Parkway Place

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Parkway Place


caption =
location = Huntsville, Alabama
opening_date = October 16, 2002
developer =
manager =
owner = CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
number_of_stores = 70
number_of_anchors = 2
floor area = convert|650000|sqft|m2|abbr=on
floors = 2
website = [http://www.parkwayplacemall.com ParkwayPlaceMall.com]

Parkway Place is an upscale shopping mall in Huntsville, Alabama.

The mall opened on October 16, 2002, on the site of the older Parkway City Mall, which was torn down to allow for the construction of the newer facility. The mall is located at the intersection of Memorial Parkway (U.S. 231) and Drake Avenue. With a total of convert|650000|sqft|m2 and 70 in-line stores, Parkway Place is anchored by Dillard's and Belk.cite news |title=Dillard's and Parisian Announced as Anchor Stores for Parkway Place Redevelopment |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27633556_ITM |work=Business Wire |date=2000-04-12]

Parkway Place offers shoppers of the Tennessee Valley several stores that are new to the Huntsville market, including Banana Republic, Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch, Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. The mall has over 2,800 free parking spaces (including the parking deck) and seats 400 people in the food court.

Parkway Place is a joint venture of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and Colonial Properties.

History

The original Parkway Shopping Center opened in 1957 as an open-air strip mall with 25 stores, with seven more stores added two years later. [ [https://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0503/page75.php Shopping Centers Today ] ] Two major events in the shopping complex's history occurred in 1974. First, the mall was acquired by Arlen Real Estate (which later became CBL), and a tornado destroyed the south end of the center.In February 1976, the shopping complex was re-opened as Parkway City Mall, a single-level enclosed mall, with Pizitz (later purchased by McRae's), Montgomery Ward and Parisian as anchors. The mall was opened with convert|467000|sqft|m2, and was expanded in 1984 and 1994. It was Huntsville's largest shopping center until Madison Square Mall opened in 1984. [ [http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/2007/04/future-article-space_3490.html Mall Hall Of Fame ] ] Plans began in 1998 to redevelop the location. The mall was already losing stores, and, in 2001, the Montgomery Ward chain closed all of its retail stores, costing the shopping complex one of its three anchors.The demolition of Parkway City Mall and 2002 construction of Parkway Place were completed in stages so as to allow the greatest possible open time for Piccadilly Cafeteria, one of the major remaining businesses at the time of the demolition. In January 2007, an expansion to the mall began, enlarging the anchor spot used by Parisian as it transitioned into a Belk store. Parisian was then renamed Belk on September 12, 2007.

Anchor stores

*Dillard's
*Belk

Former anchors

*Parisian (sold to Belk in 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.parkwayplacemall.com Parkway Place Mall website]