 Six days after that, on January 4, 2012, CEO Terry J. Lundgren announced that Macy's intended to close five locations nationwide that no longer met their performance standards, including their Hickory Hollow store.By mid-March 2012, Sears had closed its doors in the west wing and Macy's had vacated the east wing, leaving the mall with no department stores.In April 2012, it was announced that the final big box tenant around the mall would be departing as Best Buy closed 50 stores nationwide, part of the company's plan to eliminate its underperforming stores.