Malls · Alabama

Montgomery Mall

From the authors' mapRegreenedReinhabitedPartly retrofittedMontgomery, AL

Opened 1970. Closed 2008. Partial Regreened · Reinhabited in 2012.

Status nowPartly retrofittedauthors' map reported

What it becameeducation, civicextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size726,577 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit year2012authors' map reported

Walkability15.5 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Montgomery Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile16 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/141110759391462 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Mall_(Alabama) overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 36,826 on Southern Bypass fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 1 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High heat wave risk

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

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.93 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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

Renter-majority tract

This site: 57% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Scale

Building footprint 50,000+ m²

This site: 59,523 m² overture · all sites with this

Strategy

Regreened

This site: Partial reinhabitation: education, 2017 Partial regreening: sports, 2016 arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

Reinhabited

This site: Partial reinhabitation: education, 2017 Partial regreening: sports, 2016 arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

New use

Civic and government

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

Education

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

AL, Montgomery: Montgomery Mall/One Center, 2012
• Partial reinhabitation: education, 2017
• Partial regreening: sports, 2016

Now

Status	Partly retrofittedauthors' map reported
Strategy	Partial Regreened · Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
New uses	education, civicextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	Partial reinhabitation: education, 2017 Partial regreening: sports, 2016authors' map reported
Retrofit year	2012authors' map reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Montgomery Mall” and “Montgomery” (521 hits, first 100 sampled, 5 other filers such as tenants left out). Common name: these matches are unreliable. 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 2014-06-11 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2014 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 2014-C21	18	2014-08-12 to 2022-03-10	10-K 17, 8-K 1
CMBS trust (weak)	Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16	9	2014-06-11 to 2022-03-14	10-K 8, 8-K 1
Public owner (strong)	GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST	43	2001-03-16 to 2010-03-11	8-K 19, 10-K 15, 10-Q 9
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)	7	2004-05-06 to 2004-11-08	10-Q 4, 8-K 3
Public owner (weak)	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/	4	2004-08-16 to 2004-11-15	10-Q 4
Public owner (weak)	WESTFIELD AMERICA INC	1	2001-04-02 to 2001-04-02	10-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	8: BOJANGLES; BP OIL CO SITE #24290; CIRCLE K-EAST SOUTH BLVD; FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE #63F7; GOODYEAR #2285EPA FRS
Census tract 01101002800	4,747 people, 3,523 per sq mi; median household income $50,427; median gross rent $986; 57% renters; 16.9% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15.5 of 20; 80 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 111 m; land-use mix 0.55; 37,898 jobs within 45 min by car, 7,405 by transit; 17% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	5 of 6 daily needs: 1 grocers, 4 schools, 5 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 2 civic, 2 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 4 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Montgomery County (AL), 2024	37 units in 5+ unit buildings, 2 in 2–4, 421 single-family; 2023: 104 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.93; socioeconomic 0.94; housing and transport 0.73; 41% below 150% of poverty; 9% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Montgomery Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 59,523 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	en.wikipedia.org (alive); archived 2003–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	77,986 since 2015; 10,138 in the last 12 months (-30% vs the prior 12); peak 2023-10 with 4,233Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +17% (4,042 → 4,747); median income +16% ($43,281 → $50,427); renters 50% → 57%; median home value -4% ($128,600 → $123,800)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 51.7); expected annual loss $1.4M; high: tornado, heat wave, lightning; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 160 units: South Mall Apts (160 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	11,515 jobs in 926 establishments; average annual pay $39,673; employment location quotient 0.88; employment -1.6% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	930 jobs; 204 in retail trade, 198 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 01101002800)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 35th income percentile as adults; 5.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (273 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 22.1%; median family income $56,895; 483 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Montgomery County School District (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School; Montgomery Preparatory Academy for Career TechnologiesNCES EDGE
Elevation	216 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	80 county-logged events: 36 thunderstorm wind, 17 tornado, 13 flash flood, 12 hail; $850,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 36111, 2026-09	median list price $238,450 (-10.8% on the year); 69 active listings; median 82 days on market; 22% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	888 establishments (-2%); 11,766 jobs (-6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $163,380 (+2% 1 yr, +20% 5 yr); typical rent $1,330/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	176 (2000 = 100), +52% 5 yr, +66% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	36,826 vehicles a day on Southern Bypass (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 3,315 trucks; 23 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Similar sites

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Dutchess Mall, Fishkill, NY · Malls · similar GLA (580,000 sq ft); opened 1974; same strategy: reinhabit
100 Oaks Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · similar GLA (850,000 sq ft); opened 1967; same strategy: reinhabit
Lexington Mall, Lexington, KY · Malls · opened 1974; closed 2005; same strategy: reinhabit

Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Sky City: Retail History: Montgomery Mall: Montgomery, AL skycity2.blogspot.com
Montgomery Mall Montgomery, AL (15247166197) commons.wikimedia.org
New and Coming Soon to Montgomery Mall: March 2024 - NewsBreak share.newsbreak.com
Montgomery Mall – Vacant For Over A Decade - Architectural Afterlife architecturalafterlife.com
Montgomery Mall abandonedsoutheast.com
Parisian - Montgomery Mall Montgomery, AL | Mike Kalasnik | … flickr.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
726,577 sq ft GLA (large site)

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

Now called / also known as	One Center
Opened	1970Wikidata
Closed	2008extracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on September 22, 2008, with Steve & Barry's staying until September of that year. en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	726,577 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	108Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Steve & Barry's, JCPenney, Parisian, Montgomery Fair
Address	McGehee Rd. & Eastern Blvd.
County	Montgomery
Census division	6 · East South Central

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Montgomery Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Opened in 1970, it closed in 2008 after several years of declining traffic. In February 2013, redevelopment began on the vacant mall property. Three former anchor tenants buildings are occupied by Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP) High School, Montgomery Preparatory Academy for Career Technologies (MPACT), and the City of Montgomery Department of Public Safety which encompasses the South Central Montgomery Police Department.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1970 Opened (Wikidata)
1970 Opened
1988 Expansion completed
1998 Sold to Glimcher Realty Trust
2005 JCPenney and Dillard's closed
2006 Parisian closed
2007 Glimcher sold the mall
2008 Mall closed
2011 Keith Corporation announced purchase plans
2012 Retrofit: reinhabit, regreen
2013 Redevelopment began

Sources

Wikipedia · supports: year closed
10 quoted sentences
The mall closed on September 22, 2008, with Steve & Barry's staying until September of that year.
Montgomery Mall opened in 1970 with Montgomery Fair and JCPenney as its anchor stores.
An expansion, begun in 1987 and completed in 1988, added a new wing anchored by Parisian.
In 1998, Glimcher Realty Trust bought the mall for $70 million.
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Montgomery Mall, Montgomery, AL." Record m-85e7d4e4ab, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/montgomery-montgomery-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_montgomerymontgomerymall,
  title = {Montgomery Mall, Montgomery, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/montgomery-montgomery-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-85e7d4e4ab, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. 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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