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Century Plaza
Location Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Coordinates 33°31′58″N 86°43′27″W / 33.53278°N 86.72417°W / 33.53278; -86.72417Coordinates: 33°31′58″N 86°43′27″W / 33.53278°N 86.72417°W / 33.53278; -86.72417
Opening date 1975
Closing date May 31, 2009
Management General Growth Properties
Owner General Growth Properties
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) (GLA)[1]
No. of floors 2

Century Plaza was an enclosed shopping mall in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Opened in 1975, the mall originally included four anchor stores and more than one hundred tenants, but lost three of those anchors (JCPenney, Belk and Rich's-Macy's) in the mid-2000s. In May 2009, the mall was completely closed as Sears and the rest of the stores in the mall closed. The mall was managed by General Growth Properties of Chicago, Illinois at the time of its closure.

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History

Century Plaza opened in 1975 on the eastern side of Birmingham, Alabama, on U. S. Route 78 (Crestwood Blvd.) near Interstate 20, across from the existing Eastwood Mall. The mall's original anchor stores included Sears (which opened in 1974), Rich's, Loveman's of Alabama and JCPenney. Loveman's later became Pizitz, which in turn became McRae's in 1987.

Rich's was dual-branded as Rich's-Macy's in 2003 when Macy's acquired the Rich's chain. The Rich's-Macy's store at Century Plaza, however, closed after only one year in operation.[2] A Piccadilly Cafeteria in the mall also closed that same year.

When plans were announced to demolish Eastwood Mall across the street in 2004, two of the mall's tenants (Books-A-Million and Parisian) had announced preliminary plans to relocate to Century Plaza, with the latter taking over the McRae's space.[3] McRae's was eventually converted to Belk in 2006 when the chain was acquired, but closed later that same year. JCPenney also closed in 2006, and many inline tenants began to close as well. In February 2009, it was announced that Sears, the last remaining anchor, would close its store by May 31.[4]

Mall Closing

Century Plaza closed at the end of business on May 31, 2009. At the time of its closing, fewer than 40 stores, including Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Finish Line and Radio Shack remained open in the mall.[5] General Growth Properties announced that Sears would remain open through June 14 in order to complete the liquidation of the store.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Century Plaza". International Council of Shopping Centers. http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=AL0080. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
  2. ^ Nicholson, Gilbert (2004-01-16). "Rich's-Macy's at Century Plaza to close". Birmingham Business Journal. http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/01/12/daily31.html. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
  3. ^ Nicholson, Gilbert (2004-02-27). "Are Eastwood retailers targeting Century Plaza?". Birmingham Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/03/01/story2.html. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
  4. ^ Cooper, Lauren B. (2009-02-27). "Sears in Century Plaza to close". Birmingham Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2009/02/23/daily51.html. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 
  5. ^ "Store directory". Century Plaza official website. http://www.centuryplaza.com/mallmap.asp?mallid=400. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
  6. ^ Kent, Dawn (2009-06-01). "Birmingham's Century Plaza Mall shuttered; Sears remains open 2 more weeks for liquidation sale". al.com. http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2009/06/birminghams_century_plaza_mall.html. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 

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Century Plaza is a 2-level shopping mall in the Eastwood area of Birmingham, Alabama. It has over 100 specialty shops and restaurants with JC Penney and Sears as its anchor stores. Original anchors to the mall from when it opened in 1975 included Loveman's and Rich's. In 2004, the Rich's (as Rich's-Macy's) closed its location due to underperforming sales, the store was only 59,993 sq. ft and was not a large store. On March 8, 2006, the mall's McRae's store was converted to Belk. About a couple of months after the conversion to Belk, the store closed, along with JCPenney closing, in 2006. The Belk was about 126,000 sq. ft. and the JCPenney was 149,547 sq. ft.

The mall is owned by General Growth Properties.

Anchors

  • Sears (152,366 sq. ft.)


    • External links

  • Official Website












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