Dillard's is shutting down its Citadel Mall store in West Ashley and sending its customers to North Charleston.

The department store chain posted closing notices on Nov. 5 at its West Ashley location, the Post and Courier reported. Signs at the store read, "Thanks for the Memories. … This store will be Closing," and pointed shoppers to the Dillard's website and its Northwoods Mall outlet in North Charleston.

Northwoods Mall becomes the retailer's only remaining Lowcountry location.

The store will not officially close until February, according to ABC News 4. All associates will transfer to the Northwoods Mall store, and inventory will begin moving there ahead of the closure. Any merchandise not making the trip will be included in a sale after Thanksgiving.

Dillard's did not provide details about the timing, the Post and Courier reported. The company did not respond to the newspaper's request for comment on Nov. 5.

Citadel Mall's shift to medical hub

The closure comes as Citadel Mall transforms into a health care campus. MUSC Health's board of trustees voted on Dec. 12, 2025, to buy 330,000 square feet of the mall and nearly 2,300 parking spaces for $83.5 million. That purchase included 126,000 square feet MUSC Health already leased. MUSC Health CEO Patrick Cawley told the Post and Courier at the time that the system had been negotiating for about a year with the property owner on an expansion when the idea of buying came up.

After the acquisition, several tenants leasing inline space inside the mall were given 90 days to vacate. Dillard's, Belk and Target own their buildings at the shopping center. JCPenney and Sears left in 2017 and 2018.

A 34-year run in the Charleston region

Little Rock, Ark.-based Dillard's expanded to the Charleston region in February 1992 when it bought the Citadel Mall and Northwoods Mall locations of rival retailer Thalhimers. It took the company a weekend to convert and reopen both stores under its name, according to news reports cited by the Post and Courier. Dillard's later built a larger store at Citadel Mall and expanded its North Charleston space.

The Dillard's at Northwoods Mall, located at Rivers Avenue and Ashley Phosphate Road, is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The post-Thanksgiving sale has no announced end date.