Jasper Mall
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.jpg) Interior view of Jasper Mall, December 2016 | |
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| Location | Jasper, Alabama, United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°51′06.1″N 87°16′18.7″W / 33.851694°N 87.271861°W |
| Opening date | August 8, 1981 |
| Developer | George Ewing |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 12 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (2 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | shopjaspermall |
Jasper Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Jasper, Alabama, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Birmingham.[2]
History
[edit]The mall opened on August 8, 1981. It currently is approximately 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) in size,[3] and includes two anchors and about 10 smaller stores.
Originally developed by the local Simmons family and Georgia developer George Ewing, the mall is owned by Kohan Retail. Anchor JCPenney moved from downtown to the mall when it opened. The local paper has reported that it is unusual for a mall to have Kmart as an anchor.[4][5]
Sharp Development Group, led by Sam Sharp,[6] purchased the mall from Jasper Mall Associates in 1996.[2]
Third anchor Belk opened an approximately 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) store in March 2002.[7][8][9] This was part of an 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) expansion of the mall by Sharp Realty.[10]
On December 28, 2016, Sears Holdings announced that Kmart would be closing as part of a plan to close 30 Sears and Kmart stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2017.[11]
On March 17, 2017, it was announced that the JCPenney store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 138 locations. The store closed its doors permanently on July 31.[12]
On January 24, 2020, Jasper Mall, a documentary feature film billed as "a year in the life of a dying shopping mall, its patrons, and its tenants" premiered at Slamdance Film Festival.[13]
On November 12, 2021, Dunham's Sports opened in the former JCPenney anchor location on the east end of the mall, acquiring the entire JCPenney space. Upon this event, the mall effectively has two anchor stores, Belk Department Store and Dunham's Sports.
On January 17, 2023, the Jasper City Council approved an incentive package, which will allow a Rural King store to open in the former Kmart space in the Jasper Mall.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Nicole; Cohron, Jennifer (January 8, 2019). "Four businesses announce closures in Jasper". Daily Mountain Eagle. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sharp Group buys Jasper Mall with plans for major face-lift". The Birmingham News. July 14, 1996.
- ^ "Sharp lands retail tenants for Jasper, Northport". Birmingham Business Journal. December 28, 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ "20 years and still growing...". Daily Mountain Eagle. August 9, 2001.
- ^ Ed Howell (November 19, 2006). "25 years and still going strong" (PDF). Daily Mountain Eagle. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Meet the development team – Sam Sharp". The Oak Ridger. March 1, 2002. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ "Belk opens to steady stream of shoppers". Daily Mountain Eagle. March 6, 2002.
- ^ "Belk's coming to Jasper Mall". Daily Mountain Eagle. February 25, 2001.
- ^ "Belk to open Jasper Mall store". The Birmingham News. January 4, 2002.
- ^ "Sharp Realty plans Jasper Mall expansion". Birmingham Business Journal. August 16, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ "Sears and Kmart are closing more stores — see if your store is on the list".
- ^ "See if your J.C. Penney store is among 138 closures".
- ^ "Slamdance 2020: Documentary JASPER MALL Gets a Teaser Trailer". Film Pulse. January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.