Mall is bustling; JCPenney reopens Wednesday

Business picking up as shoppers venture out.

Lisa Olin, center, brandishes numerous T.J. Maxx bags after a shopping trip Tuesday afternoon with her daughter, Ryley, and mother, Kim. Lake City Mall stores are mostly reopened, with J.C. Penney set to reopen Wednesday. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter).
Lisa Olin, center, brandishes numerous T.J. Maxx bags after a shopping trip Tuesday afternoon with her daughter, Ryley, and mother, Kim. Lake City Mall stores are mostly reopened, with J.C. Penney set to reopen Wednesday. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter).

As retail stores continue to gradually reopen across the state, Lake City Mall showed signs of life on Tuesday.

It was a faint pulse at first, but it grew stronger by the hour. A steady flow of shopper…