 The last remaining department store, Peebles, closed its doors on November 21, 2001, leaving only Food Depot, a branch of Sojourner-Douglass College, a martial arts academy, and a handful of small businesses such as Illusion's Games and Comics.The last remaining anchor—Food Depot—closed on November 19, 2003, leaving only a few small shops and the martial arts academy.The final tenant, The Connection, a locally owned clothing store, left the mall on November 23, 2004, relocating to The Twilley Center located directly behind the mall.