Decatur Mall

Decatur Mall (formerly Beltline Mall, River Oaks Center, and Colonial Mall Decatur) is a regional shopping mall located southwest of downtown Decatur, Alabama on State Route 67. The mall is owned and managed by Hull Property Group. It is the only mall in the Decatur Metropolitan Area. Anchor stores include Belk, and Electronic Express. The mall also houses a AMC Theatres and a Chuck E. Cheese's.^{[citation needed]}

Decatur Mall

Entrance to Decatur Mall, 2017
Location	Decatur, Alabama, United States
Coordinates	34°34′21″N 87°01′01″W
Address	1801 Beltline Road
Opening date	1978
Developer	Bramalea
Management	Hull Property Group
Owner	Hull Property Group
No. of stores and services	20+ stores, movie theater
No. of anchor tenants	4 (2 open, 2 vacant, 1 additional anchor store demolished)
Total retail floor area	575,947 square feet (53,507 m2)
No. of floors	1
Website	shopdecaturmall.com

History

The Belk store was originally JCPenney until 1987, when JCPenney relocated to a new store and sold the old building to Parisian.^[1] Dillard's had two anchors in the mall: one that it acquired from Castner Knott in 1998, and a second which was originally Rogers. Both of these closed in 2011. The former Rogers store was partially demolished and replaced with a Carmike Cinemas movie theater in November 2012, while the former Castner Knott partially became Electronic Express in late 2014 and Bed Bath & Beyond in 2015.^[2]

JCPenney announced the closure of all its outlet stores in October 2013.^[3] The closure of the Sears store was announced in January 2014.^[4]

The vacant Sears building was demolished in early 2017. JCPenney's former space is now closed off to the main corridor of the mall and is currently for sale.

On May 30, 2021, it was announced that Bed Bath & Beyond would be closing on July 31, 2021.^[5]

References

General

1. "Valley of Years Past". Decatur Daily. September 30, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
2. Owens, Tiffany (20 September 2012). "New store at Dillard's site". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
3. Miller, Linda (October 2, 2013). "JC Penney announces closing of outlet stores". NewsOK.com. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
4. "Sears closing at Decatur Mall, laying off 91 employees". WAAY-TV. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
5. "Auto parts store opening, mall store closing".

Specific

• "Decatur Mall" (PDF). Fact Sheets. Urban Retail. Retrieved February 2, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Accardi, Marian (December 12, 2011). "Belk announces $5 million expansion, renovation at Decatur Mall store". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Carmike to Bring New "BIGD" Enhanced Experience to Decatur Area Movie-Goers with Next Fall's Opening of the Carmike 12 Entertainment Complex in the Decatur Mall". Seeking Alpha. November 29, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Dillard's Closing at Decatur Mall". WAAY-TV. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on April 21, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Fleischauer, Eric (February 6, 2011). "Putting a new face on Decatur Mall; New management evident in visible ways, but marketing challenges remain". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Decatur Mall worth a visit". Decatur Daily. February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Shearin, Randall (November 2010). "Coyote's Big Buy". Shopping Center Business. Retrieved February 2, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Fleischauer, Eric (August 26, 2010). "Decatur Mall sells for $8.5 million". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Decatur mall sold". WAFF-TV. August 26, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Belanger, Evan (May 28, 2010). "Mall for sale: Fed. judge puts Decatur property on auction block". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Fleischauer, Eric (January 28, 2010). "Decatur Mall loses 3 tenants". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Belanger, Evan (January 12, 2008). "Decatur Mall plans to expand". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Belanger, Evan (December 5, 2007). "Renovations in store for Decatur Mall". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Burkey, Martin (September 14, 2006). "Officials voice optimism over Colonial Mall renovation". Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2012.

External links

• Decatur Mall website