# Ashley Plaza Mall

Charleston, SC · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-98b3a7af9a` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/charleston-ashley-plaza-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-98b3a7af9a.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-98b3a7af9a.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-98b3a7af9a

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a shopping center | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1964 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Gate City Realty Company of Fort Lauderdale, Florida | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Ashley Plaza opening on April 16, 1964.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Landing
- **original_developer**: “The center, located at 1401 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard at the fork of Old Towne Road was developed by Gate City Realty Company of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Landing
- **after_notes**: “Ashley Landing is a shopping center in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Landing
- **status**: “Ashley Landing is a shopping center in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Landing
- **enclosed**: “It was the first indoor shopping mall in the West Ashley area of Charleston when the complex was fully completed in 1972.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **construction_cost_original_usd**: “built at a cost of $1.75 million” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Pantry Pride, J.M. Fields Department Stores, Pantry Pride supermarket, Condon's Department Store

## Parties

- Sumar Corporation of South Carolina — owner (from text) (1964–)

## Timeline

- 1962: Ground broken for the complex
- 1964: Ashley Plaza opens
- 1970: Condon's Department Store opens as third tenant
- 1972: Complex fully completed as first indoor mall in West Ashley
- 1989: Neon pylon sign destroyed by Hurricane Hugo

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

Ashley Landing is a shopping center in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the first indoor shopping mall in the West Ashley area of Charleston when the complex was fully completed in 1972. The center, located at 1401 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard at the fork of Old Towne Road was developed by Gate City Realty Company of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ground was broken for the complex in 1962 with Ashley Plaza opening on April 16, 1964. At its opening the shopping center consisted of J.M. Fields Department Stores joined to a Pantry Pride supermarket, built at a cost of $1.75 million and owned by Sumar Corporation of South Carolina. The locally owned Condon's Department Store, constructed adjacent to Pantry Pride as a freestanding building, became the third tenant when it opened in 1970. The center, originally known as "Ashley Plaza" was noted for its large red and white neon pylon "Ashley Plaza" sign in the center of the parking lot that remained until 1989 when it was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Landing

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Ashley Plaza Mall, Charleston, SC." Record m-98b3a7af9a, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/charleston-ashley-plaza-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_charlestonashleyplazamall,
  title = {Ashley Plaza Mall, Charleston, SC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/charleston-ashley-plaza-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-98b3a7af9a, 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.