# McFarland Mall

Tuscaloosa, AL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-36dafa9c98` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/tuscaloosa-mcfarland-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail, hotel, mixed | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1969 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2025 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 40 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Ward Wharton McFarland and James Hinton | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Stan Pate | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Encore Tuscaloosa LLC | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “Dollar Tree, the last operating business in McFarland Mall, closed in July 2025, with the building being demolished the following month.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall
- **original_developer**: “The center was originally developed at an estimated $4.5 million by Ward Wharton McFarland and James Hinton.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall
- **status**: “with the building being demolished the following month.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall
- **strategy**: “In December 2012, Stan Pate announced development plans to start sometime in 2013. Under these plans, most of the mall would have been demolished, including the former Dillard's building.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall
- **gla_sqft_before**: “497,000-square-foot (46,200 m2)” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **architect_original**: “Brandon Crawford and Associates of Birmingham” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **contractor**: “N.C. Morgan Construction Company of Tuscaloosa” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **engineer**: “McGiffert and Associates of Tuscaloosa” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **demolition_year**: “Dollar Tree, the last operating business in McFarland Mall, closed in July 2025, with the building being demolished the following month.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **renovation_years**: “[Timeline] The mall saw significant renovations in 1980 and again in 1993, with the addition of a 320-seat food court under an enormous atrium and a new anchor space, occupied by Goody's Family Clothi” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **phases**: “In December 2012, Stan Pate announced development plans to start sometime in 2013. Under these plans, most of the mall would have been demolished, including the former Dillard's building.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Woolco, Zayre, T.J. Maxx, Dillard's, Goody's Family Clothing, Gayfers, Winn-Dixie

## Parties

- McFarland family — owner (from text) (1969–2009)
- Stan Pate — owner (from text) (2009–)

## Timeline

- 1969: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1969: Mall opened
- 1975: Gayfers added second floor
- 1980: Renovations added food court and Goody's anchor
- 1983: Woolco closed, replaced by Zayre
- 1998: Gayfers acquired by Dillard's
- 2009: Stan Pate purchased mall
- 2014: Demolition commenced on Dillard's anchor store
- 2016: T.J. Maxx left the mall
- 2020: Demolition restarted on former Chili's
- 2025: Dollar Tree closed and building demolished

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

McFarland Mall was a regional 497,000-square-foot (46,200 m2) L-shaped shopping mall on Skyland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Located near the interchange of Interstate 20/59 with McFarland Boulevard, it was in the southern section of the city. Opening on February 19, 1969, the mall replaced Woods Square Shopping Center and Leland Shopping Center as the main commercial retail center in the Tuscaloosa area. Brandon Crawford and Associates of Birmingham was the architect for the mall. General contractor for the project was N.C. Morgan Construction Company of Tuscaloosa. McGiffert and Associates of Tuscaloosa provided the engineering services for the mall.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "McFarland Mall, Tuscaloosa, AL." Record m-36dafa9c98, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/tuscaloosa-mcfarland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_tuscaloosamcfarlandmall,
  title = {McFarland Mall, Tuscaloosa, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/tuscaloosa-mcfarland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-36dafa9c98, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

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.