two-screen theater with about 300 seats in each auditorium. In the 1980s, General Cinema built a new six-screen theater named Kennedy Mall Cinema 6 in the parking lot just west of the mall to replace the theater inside the mall. Phoenix Theaters now occupies the space. Part of the northeast corner of the mall was torn down and rebuilt to accommodate a new Borders book store. The book store took over most of what had previously been the food court area and the mall's Sam Goody store. On July 15, 2011, Borders Group announced it would liquidate all of its stores by September, including the Kennedy Mall location. By the end of July, Books-A-Million acquired 30 Borders stores, including the Kennedy Mall location. Books-A-Million, opened the former Borders spot in late 2011, after renovations were completed. Best Buy obtained part of the southeast parking lot, which was originally overflow parking, and built their own store at that location. For many years Walgreens operated a store at Kennedy Mall. This store, with both interior and exterior entrances, sat between the Bishop's Buffet and J.C. Penney store. In 2005 the company built a new, free-standing store about 1/2 mile away at 55 JFK Road. When the new store was opened in late 2005 the company closed the existing store at the mall. Dick's Sporting Goods had the space torn down and rebuilt to accommodate a new store, which opened in late 2010. On January 22, 2014, it was announced that Sears would be closing by early May. Vertical Jump Park took over the former Sears and some smaller stores in 2016. Kennedy Mall announced Phoenix Theatres that will replace Mindframe Theaters in March 2018 In April 2018, Younkers parent company announced they would be closing all stores, including the two stores at the Kennedy Mall. The two stores permanently closed on August 29, 2018. It is now unclear what the two anchor stores will become. With half of the Younkers store used for the seasonal Spirit Halloween every few years. Renovation In April 2007, the Cafaro Company announced that it was moving forward with plans to renovate Kennedy Mall. The project will be completed in 2 phases, with work beginning in 2007. Changes to the mall included the replacement of floors, entrances, landscaping, and parking lots. Also, skylights were be installed, and the east front of the mall was re-configured to enable