Decatur Mall

Decatur Mall
Location 1801 Beltline Road
Decatur, Alabama United States
Coordinates 34°34′21″N 87°01′01″W / 34.57250°N 87.01694°WCoordinates: 34°34′21″N 87°01′01″W / 34.57250°N 87.01694°W
Opening date 1978
Owner Urban Retail
No. of stores and services 50+ stores, movie theater, food court
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail floor area 575,947 square feet (53,507 m2)
No. of floors 1
Website shopdecaturmall.com

Decatur Mall (formerly Beltline Mall, River Oaks Center, and Colonial Mall) is a regional shopping mall located southwest of downtown Decatur, Alabama on State Route 67. The mall is owned by Urban Retail. It is the only mall in the Decatur Metropolitan Area. Anchor stores include Belk and Electronic Express. The mall also features a Regal Cinema and a Chuck E. Cheese's.

History

The Belk store was originally J.C. Penney until 1987, when J.C. Penney relocated to a new store and sold the old building to Parisian.[1] Dillard's had two anchors in the mall: one that it acquired from Castner Knott in 1998, and a second which was originally Rogers. Both of these closed in 2011. The former Rogers store became a movie theater, while the former Castner Knott partially became Electronic Express in late 2012.[2]

J. C. Penney announced the closure of all its outlet stores in October 2013.[3] The closure of the Sears store was announced in January 2014.[4]

References

  1. "Valley of Years Past". Decatur Daily. September 30, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. Owens, Tiffany (20 September 2012). "New store at Dillard’s site". Decatur Daily. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  3. Miller, Linda (2 October 2013). "JC Penney announces closing of outlet stores". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. "Sears closing at Decatur Mall, laying off 91 employees". WAAY-TV. January 13, 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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