Oak Court Mall is in its final era.
The East Memphis mall dates back to September 1988 and was originally designed by Belz Enterprises. The Oak Court moniker, however, goes back further than that to the 1960s.
In 1961, Memphis-based Goldsmith’s Department Store began plans for an East Memphis shopping center called Goldsmith’s Oak Court. That name was derived from a centuries-old oak tree that was at the site, and the intended centerpiece for the shopping center…