Editing Charleston, West Virginia (section)

===Retail===
[[File:Capitol Market (Charleston WV).jpg|thumb|upright|Capitol Market]]
In 1983, the [[Charleston Town Center]] became the largest downtown mall east of the Mississippi River.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Conn|first=Anthony|title=What is next for the Charleston Town Center Mall?|url=https://wchstv.com/features/eyewitness-news-investigates/charleston-town-center-mall|url-status=live|website=WCHS TV|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924173345/https://wchstv.com/features/eyewitness-news-investigates/charleston-town-center-mall}}</ref> It is a three-story shopping and dining facility, formerly with 130 specialty stores; 31 remain open. The closure of [[Macy's]] in 2019 made [[J.C. Penney]] the sole remaining commercial anchor pad in the mall after [[Sears]] closed in 2017. The fourth and final anchor pad is a branch of Encova Insurance; it was occupied by various other insurance companies after Montgomery Ward left the mall in 2000. In 2021, it was announced that Hull Group, based in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta GA]], will add the Town Center to its roster of malls in the eastern US and will work toward redeveloping the mall.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BSHARAH|first=MEGAN|date=May 10, 2021|title=Mayor: Charleston Town Center sale is 'a step forward in the right direction'|url=https://wchstv.com/news/local/mayor-charleston-town-center-sale-is-a-step-forward-in-the-right-direction|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=WCHS|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204920/https://wchstv.com/news/local/mayor-charleston-town-center-sale-is-a-step-forward-in-the-right-direction|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are five major shopping plazas in Charleston, two in the Kanawha City neighborhood—The Shops at Kanawha and Kanawha Landing—and three in the Southridge area, divided between Charleston and [[South Charleston, West Virginia|South Charleston]]—Southridge Centre, Dudley Farms Plaza, and The Shops at Trace Fork.