McAlister Square
| Location | Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1968 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (former) |
| Total retail floor area | 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (anchors had 2) |
McAlister Square is a repositioned shopping mall in Greenville, South Carolina. It is a hybrid property, containing a campus of Greenville Technical College.
The mall opened in 1968, featuring anchor stores Ivey's and Meyers-Arnold. A Belk-Simpson department store was added in 1974, bringing the mall to approximately 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of leasable space. A Winn-Dixie grocery store, movie theater and bank branch were outparcels.
Decline
In 1990, the Ivey's store was converted into a Dillard's, and the store closed in 1995, when Dillard's relocated to Haywood Mall. The Belk-Simpson store closed in 1999. The Upton's anchor, which had replaced the Meyers-Arnold store, closed shortly thereafter.
Current use
The mall is owned by Greenville Technical College and the University Center of Greenville.[1] While little of the space in the main mall continues to be used as retail space, the outparcels consist of a Publix grocery store, a Camelot movie theater, a BB&T bank branch and other retailers. The world's first freestanding Chick-fil-A, which opened in the 1990s when the mall also had a Chick-fil-A at center court, is still in business along Laurens Road.
References
- ↑ "History of UCG - University Center of Greenville". New.ucgreenville.org. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
External links
- University Center of Greenville; History; Growth and Change
- Sky City: Southern Retail Then and Now: McAlister Square article
- DeadMalls.Com: McAlister Square article
- Real estate listing for the mall
Coordinates: 34°50′18″N 82°21′47″W / 34.8384°N 82.3631°W
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