# Montgomery Mall

Montgomery, AL · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-85e7d4e4ab` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/montgomery-montgomery-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-85e7d4e4ab.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-85e7d4e4ab.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-85e7d4e4ab

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | reported · authors' map |
| Strategy | regreen, reinhabit | reported · authors' map |
| New use | education, civic | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Partial reinhabitation: education, 2017 • Partial regreening: sports, 2016 | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1970 | reported · Wikidata |
| Closed | 2008 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2012 | reported · authors' map |
| GLA (sq ft) | 726577 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 108 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed on September 22, 2008, with Steve & Barry's staying until September of that year.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Mall_(Alabama)

## Anchors

Steve & Barry's, JCPenney, Parisian, Montgomery Fair

## Parties

- Glimcher Realty Trust — owner (from text) (1998–2007)

## Timeline

- 1970: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1970: Opened
- 1988: Expansion completed
- 1998: Sold to Glimcher Realty Trust
- 2005: JCPenney and Dillard's closed
- 2006: Parisian closed
- 2007: Glimcher sold the mall
- 2008: Mall closed
- 2011: Keith Corporation announced purchase plans
- 2012: Retrofit: reinhabit, regreen
- 2013: Redevelopment began

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Montgomery Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Opened in 1970, it closed in 2008 after several years of declining traffic. In February 2013, redevelopment began on the vacant mall property. Three former anchor tenants buildings are occupied by Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP) High School, Montgomery Preparatory Academy for Career Technologies (MPACT), and the City of Montgomery Department of Public Safety which encompasses the South Central Montgomery Police Department.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Mall_(Alabama)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Mall_(Alabama)
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Montgomery Mall, Montgomery, AL." Record m-85e7d4e4ab, release 2026-10-20, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/montgomery-montgomery-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_montgomerymontgomerymall,
  title = {Montgomery Mall, Montgomery, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/montgomery-montgomery-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-85e7d4e4ab, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.