# Southgate Mall

Muscle Shoals, AL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-7a87435392` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/muscle-shoals-southgate-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7a87435392.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7a87435392.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-7a87435392

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Southgate Mall is open-air shopping center (formerly an enclosed shopping mall) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Retrofit year | 2005 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “Southgate Mall is open-air shopping center (formerly an enclosed shopping mall) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate_Mall_(Muscle_Shoals)
- **status**: “Around 2005 the inside of the mall closed and the businesses that remained moved to the outside of the mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate_Mall_(Muscle_Shoals)
- **strategy**: “Around 2005 the inside of the mall closed and the businesses that remained moved to the outside of the mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate_Mall_(Muscle_Shoals)

## Anchors

Walgreens, Burke's Outlet, Tractor Supply Company, Genesis Jewelry, Pet Supplies Plus, Hibbett Sports

## Timeline

- 1968: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1968: Mall opened
- 1983: Woolco closed; space sold to Walmart
- 1989: Mall renovations announced including Rogers expansion and Hibbett Sports and Bookland opening
- 1995: Walmart closed its store in favor of a supercenter elsewhere
- 1996: Rogers acquired by Dunlaps chain
- 2001: Convergys purchased former Walmart
- 2005: Inside of mall closed; businesses moved outside
- 2006: Burke's Outlet opened
- 2007: Rogers closed

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

Southgate Mall is open-air shopping center in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Around 2005 the inside of the mall closed and the businesses that remained moved to the outside of the mall. Opened in 1968, the anchor stores are Tractor Supply Company, Walgreens, Genesis Jewelry, Pet Supplies Plus, Hibbett Sports, and Burke's Outlet. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Rogers. Walmart was a tenant of the mall at one point, but now has its own free-standing store next to the mall.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate_Mall_(Muscle_Shoals)

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southgate_Mall_(Muscle_Shoals)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Southgate Mall, Muscle Shoals, AL." Record m-7a87435392, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/muscle-shoals-southgate-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_muscleshoalssouthgatemall,
  title = {Southgate Mall, Muscle Shoals, AL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/al/muscle-shoals-southgate-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-7a87435392, 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.