Century Plaza was an enclosed shopping mall located in Birmingham, Alabama.
History[]
Century Plaza opened in 1975 on the eastern side of Birmingham on U.S. Route 78 near Interstate 20 across the street from Eastwood Mall.
The mall's original anchor store consisted of Sears, Rich's, Loveman's of Alabama (which was later replaced by Pizitz which in turn became McRae's) and JCPenney.
In 2003, Rich's became dual-branded as Rich's-Macy's in 2003 after Macy's acquired the chain; however, it closed after only a year. A Piccadilly Cafeteria located in the mall was also closed down during that same year.
In 2004, there were plans to demolish Eastwood Mall. Two of the mall's tenants: Books-A-Million and Parisian announced preliminary plans to relocate to Century Plaza with the latter taking over the McRae's location. McRae's was closed down and converted to Belk in 2006 after the chain was acquired, but closed down during that same year. In 2006, JCPenney closed and many of the mall's inline tenants began closing down as well.
Closure[]
On May 31, 2009, Century Plaza closed down. At the time of its closing, there were fewer than 40 stores that remained open such as Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Finish Line and RadioShack.
In December of 2017, the Howard Hughes Corporation sold the mall for $3 million to a real estate company, Lumpkin Development based in Pelham, Alabama. Lumpkin said that the Sears store would be converted into a self-storage facility and that the rest of the mall was available for rent.
In May of 2020, it was reported that the Century Plaza site was being considered for development as an Amazon last-mile delivery center. As of November 2020, the mall had begun demolition for the delivery center.