fact that the mall was already on a small plot of land, and the expansion had made traditional parking almost impossible. J.B. White was also expanded during this time to include a third level. A relocation for the movie theater opened on top of this in 1990, known as the Litchfield Theatres Litchfield 7. The mall also included a large aviation-themed food court that wrapped around the backside of J.B. White on the upper level. The food court made it possible to avoid the walk-thru of J.B. White to get from one side of the mall to the other. A TGI Fridays was also a part of the rebirth of the mall. A few of the stores that had locations in the original Richland Mall reopened once the redevelopment was complete including S&S Cafeteria and Eckerd. Woolworth also opened a "Woolworth's Express" on the upper level. The mall struggled with customer traffic and management/financial problems from the very beginning. LJ Hooker, who developed the mall, was in serious debt and filed for bankruptcy in 1989. In recent years, the company had gained majority controlling interest in four department stores including Bonwit Teller and Parisian. Parisian's original owners bought it back from LJ Hooker, but Bonwit Teller was mostly liquidated along with the American operations of LJ Hooker. Bonwit Teller closed in August 1990, leaving an empty anchor in a still practically brand-new mall. In 1993 Dillard's opened in the former anchor space and expanded the store significantly. The mall was still underperforming however and was nearly half-vacant. In 1995, the Litchfield Theater became a Regal Cinemas. Changes (1996-1999) In the late 1990s, the mall underwent a series of small renovations. The first of these occurred in 1996 when the mall's name changed back to simply Richland Mall. The grand entrance stating "Richland Fashion Mall" was demolished and replaced with a new facade. In 1997 a Barnes & Noble opened next to the new main entrance of the mall. TGI Fridays was also relocated from the Parisian wing to the Dillard's wing on the side of the new mall entrance, opposite Barnes & Noble. In 1998 J.B. White's parent company, Mercantile Stores, was bought by Dillard's. As part of the Dillard's/Belk store swap in malls that already had a Dillard's, the J.B. White became Belk in September 1998. In 1999, the large, aviation-themed food court was closed and relocated to the