 Although Lazarus stated it was still open to being part of the mall, ultimately it did not.On April 4, 1991, the May Department Stores announced that its L. S. Ayres subsidiary would not be part of Circle Centre, with the downtown location closing in the spring of 1992.In June of that year, Parisian announced that it would open a store in Circle Centre, using the first three levels of the Ayres building.