Malls · Alabama

Mobile Festival Centre

Imported, unreviewedClosedMobile, AL

Opened in 1986 as a 55‑store mall covering 488,138 sq ft, Mobile Festival Centre now stands closed with no further details recorded. · summary, model-written

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Mobile Festival Centre — Exterior view of a strip center with MovieStop and GameStop storefronts. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline

Closed per a 2014 list or a Wikipedia category, unchecked

This site: …closed import, no source · all sites with this

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/437385433005553 overture · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.kimcorealty.com/0949B overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 51,288 on Co Rd 56 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

High hurricane risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 100% census-acs · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -0.4% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

Status	ClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Mobile Festival Centre” and “Mobile” (9 hits, first 9 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2013-06-05 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2013 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C14	4	2013-06-05 to 2013-10-15	8-K/A 2, 8-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)	Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12	2	2013-07-30 to 2013-10-15	8-K/A 1, 8-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	14: ASPEN DENTAL; CHEVRON PRODUCTS 45390; EXTRA SPACE STORAGE MOBILE; HOME DEPOT STORE #865; KIMCO REALTY CORPEPA FRS
Census tract 01097003206	1,707 people, 3,483 per sq mi; median household income $72,672; median gross rent $1,024; 100% renters; 5.8% vacant units; 1.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Mobile County (AL), 2024	264 units in 5+ unit buildings, 74 in 2–4, 1,377 single-family; 2023: 56 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.43; socioeconomic 0.72; housing and transport 0.39; 33% below 150% of poverty; 6% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Springdale Mall (1.4 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Festival Centre (shopping_mall, confidence 0.95, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 14,218 m², 6.213477611541748 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.kimcorealty.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 1998–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 67.2); expected annual loss $1.8M; high: hurricane; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	19,283 jobs in 1,594 establishments; average annual pay $38,838; employment location quotient 1.11; employment -1.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	2,910 jobs; 327 in retail trade, 803 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 01097003206)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 37th income percentile as adults; 3.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (481 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 23.5%; median family income $40,104; 384 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Mobile County School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Acceleration Day and Evening Academy; Acceleration Preparatory Academy; WP Davidson High SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	42 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	293 county-logged events: 127 thunderstorm wind, 84 flash flood, 39 tornado, 26 hail; $916,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 36608, 2026-09	median list price $280,000 (+1.8% on the year); 142 active listings; median 65 days on market; 18% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,468 establishments (+0%); 20,062 jobs (+2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $195,684 (+0% 1 yr, +18% 5 yr); typical rent $1,280/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	51,288 vehicles a day on Co Rd 56 (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 2,052 trucks; 24 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1986 as a mall with 55 stores and 488,138 sq ft of gross leasable area. The site operated as a retail center until it closed, with no further events recorded in the source.

Why. The record does not specify why the mall closed; no anchor loss, competition, debt, or demolition details are provided.

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed, and the record does not identify any current owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

No documented redevelopment precedents or policy interventions are noted in the record.
Open questions include the cause of closure, current ownership, and any zoning or land‑use plans.
Further sources would be needed to assess applicable planning tools or incentives.

For a developer

Site size: 488,138 sq ft GLA (approx 11.2 acres).
Control and entitlement stage are unknown per the record.
No context‑layer data (flood, transit, environmental constraints) are provided.
Market signals from surrounding tract data are not recorded.

What we do not know yet

Cause of closure is not stated in the record.
Current owner or controlling entity is unidentified.
Any existing zoning, entitlements, or pending development proposals are unknown.
Environmental constraints (floodplain, wetlands, contamination) are not documented.
Transit access and nearby market demographics are missing.

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Similar sites

Hutchinson Mall, Hutchinson, KS · Malls · similar GLA (525,368 sq ft); opened 1985
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Fingerlakes Mall, Auburn, NY · Malls · similar GLA (427,447 sq ft); opened 1980
The Mall at Steamtown, Scranton, PA · Malls · similar GLA (565,000 sq ft); opened 1993

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Mobile Festival Centre on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

News | Mobile Festival Centre Adds America's Thrift Stores To Benefit ... costar.com
Mobile Festival Centre | Revere platform.reverecre.com

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Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened	1986Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area	488,138 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	55Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Circuit City, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Turner Furniture-Mobile, Ross Dress For Less
Address	Airport Blvd. & Montlimar
County	Mobile
Census division	6 · East South Central
Notes	Listed as a closed mall in Esri's 2014 Closed_US_Malls layer (Directory of Major Malls data). Current status to be checked.

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Timeline

1986 Opened

Sources

Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Mobile Festival Centre, Mobile, AL." Record m-73fbbf7378, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/mobile-mobile-festival-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_mobilemobilefestivalcentre,
  title = {Mobile Festival Centre, Mobile, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/mobile-mobile-festival-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-73fbbf7378, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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