# Heart of Huntsville Mall

Huntsville, AL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a521142c54` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/huntsville-heart-of-huntsville-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a521142c54.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a521142c54.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-a521142c54

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, hotel, office, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | As of August 2021, only the SpringHill Suites is finished and open for business, but the rest of the development began construction in late 2020. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1961 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2007 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 250000 | reported · web research agent |
| Redeveloper | Scott McLain | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Yrg Hotel Group 1 LLC | reported · Wikipedia |
| Planning notes | a seven-story condo/apartment tower with up to 80 residential units. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “By September 2007, all of the former Heart of Huntsville Mall was razed to make way for Constellation.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Huntsville_Mall
- **after_notes**: “As of August 2021, only the SpringHill Suites is finished and open for business, but the rest of the development began construction in late 2020.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Huntsville_Mall
- **status**: “By September 2007, all of the former Heart of Huntsville Mall was razed to make way for Constellation.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Huntsville_Mall
- **strategy**: “In the early 2000s, the owner of the mall, Scott McLain, began plans to redevelop the center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Huntsville_Mall
- **retrofit_cost_usd**: “new $150 million mixed-use development” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **units_planned**: “seven-story condo/apartment tower with up to 80 residential units.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “The mall was demolished in 2007” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Sears

## Parties

- Scott McLain — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1961: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1961: Mall opened
- 1967: Delta Zeta Arts and Crafts Show began
- 1984: Madison Square Mall opened, Sears moved
- 1992: Woolworth's closed
- 2007: Tenants moved out prior to demolition
- 2007: Mall razed
- 2008: Site construction began
- 2008: Construction on SpringHill Suites began
- 2021: SpringHill Suites finished, rest under construction

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

The Heart of Huntsville Mall was a shopping mall located in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. It opened in 1961. The mall was demolished in 2007 to make way for a new $150 million mixed-use development consisting of an apartment complex called the "Constellation" and other local businesses.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Huntsville_Mall
- found by hermes-web (staffboxfree) — https://grokipedia.com/page/heart_of_huntsville_mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Heart of Huntsville Mall, Huntsville, AL." Record m-a521142c54, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/huntsville-heart-of-huntsville-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_huntsvilleheartofhuntsvillemall,
  title = {Heart of Huntsville Mall, Huntsville, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/huntsville-heart-of-huntsville-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a521142c54, 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.