J.B. White Biography

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J.B. White was a department store chain in the Southeastern United States founded in Augusta, Georgia in 1874 by James Bryce White, an Irish immigrant. Owned by now-defunct Mercantile Stores for most of its existence, most locations of the chain were in South Carolina, though locations existed in Augusta and Savannah. Most locations became Dillard's when the Mercantile Stores chain was sold in 1998; some J.B. White locations in overlapping areas became Belk. In Augusta, original downtown store added three suburban branches over time. The last of these opened at Augusta Mall in 1998 after relocating from failing Regency Mall and was quickly changed over. The Savannah location opened at Savannah Mall in 1990. The original downtown Augusta store is being converted into loft apartments

Former Stores

Georgia

• Augusta, Georgia - Augusta Mall - 160,000 sq. ft. (opened in 1998; bought by Dillard's)
  
• Augusta, Georgia - National Hills Shopping Center (bought by Dillard's)
  
• Augusta, Georgia - Regency Mall (opened in 1978, closed in 1998)
  
• Savannah, Georgia - Savannah Mall -190,000 sq. ft. (opened in 1990; bought by Dillard's)
  

South Carolina

• Aiken, South Carolina - Heritage Square (now Aiken Mall)
  
• Columbia, South Carolina - Columbiana Center - 180,000 sq. ft. (opened in 1990; purchased by Belk)
  
• Columbia, South Carolina - Dutch Square
  
• Columbia, South Carolina - Richland Mall - (opened in 1989; purchased by Belk)
  
• Greenville, South Carolina - Greenville Mall - (opened in 1978; purchased by Dillard's)
  
• Spartanburg, South Carolina - Westgate Mall - (opened in 1975)
  

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