# McAlister Square

Greenville, SC · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-9fb765b353` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/greenville-mcalister-square/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9fb765b353.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9fb765b353.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-9fb765b353

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | education, civic, healthcare, retail, entertainment | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The mall is owned by the Greenville Tech Foundation and houses a variety of non-profit and educational businesses, with the largest tenant being the University Center of Greenville. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “The mall is owned by the Greenville Tech Foundation and houses a variety of non-profit and educational businesses, with the largest tenant being the University Center of Greenville.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlister_Square
- **status**: “The mall is owned by the Greenville Tech Foundation and houses a variety of non-profit and educational businesses.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlister_Square
- **strategy**: “It is now a hybrid property, with the largest tenant being the University Center of Greenville.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlister_Square

## Anchors

Dillard's, Meyers-Arnold, Ivey's, Belk-Simpson, Uptons, S. H. Kress & Co., Walgreens Drug

## Parties

- Greenville Tech Foundation — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1965: Mall first announced
- 1967: Construction began
- 1968: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1968: Mall opened
- 1974: Belk-Simpson added
- 1990: Ivey's converted to Dillard's
- 1995: Dillard's relocated/store closed
- 1998: Belk-Simpson announced closure
- 1999: Belk-Simpson closed
- 1999: Uptons anchor closed

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

McAlister Square is an American repositioned shopping mall in Greenville, South Carolina. It is notable for being the first enclosed shopping center in South Carolina, and the largest shopping center in the state at the time it was built. It is now a hybrid property, with the largest tenant being the University Center of Greenville.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlister_Square

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "McAlister Square, Greenville, SC." Record m-9fb765b353, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/greenville-mcalister-square/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_greenvillemcalistersquare,
  title = {McAlister Square, Greenville, SC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/sc/greenville-mcalister-square/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9fb765b353, 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}
}
```

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.