(Video Request) Century Plaza (abandoned mall) in Irondale, Alabama

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Century Plaza was an enclosed shopping mall in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Opened in 1975, the mall originally included four anchor stores and more than one hundred tenants, but lost three of those anchors (JCPenney, Belk and Rich's-Macy's) in the mid-2000s. In May 2009, the mall was completely closed as Sears and the rest of the stores in the mall closed. The mall was managed by General Growth Properties of Chicago, Illinois at the time of its closure.

Century Plaza opened in 1975 on the eastern side of Birmingham, Alabama, on U. S. Route 78 (Crestwood Blvd.) near Interstate 20, across from the existing Eastwood Mall. The mall's original anchor stores included Sears (which opened in 1974), Rich's, Loveman's of Alabama and JCPenney. Loveman's later was replaced by Pizitz, which in turn became McRae's in 1987.

Rich's was dual-branded as Rich's-Macy's in 2003 when Macy's acquired the Rich's chain. The Rich's-Macy's store at Century Plaza, however, closed after only one year in operation.[2] A Piccadilly Cafeteria in the mall also closed that same year.

When plans were announced to demolish Eastwood Mall across the street in 2004, two of the mall's tenants (Books-A-Million and Parisian) had announced preliminary plans to relocate to Century Plaza, with the latter taking over the McRae's space.[3] McRae's was eventually converted to Belk in 2006 when the chain was acquired, but closed later that same year. JCPenney also closed in 2006, and many inline tenants began to close as well. In February 2009, it was announced that Sears, the last remaining anchor, would close its store by May 31.

Century Plaza closed at the end of business on May 31, 2009. At the time of its closing, fewer than 40 stores, including Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Finish Line and Radio Shack remained open in the mall.[5] General Growth Properties announced that Sears would remain open through May 31 in order to complete the liquidation of the store

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• irondale
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• plaza
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• fountain

[bamaboy3702]

can you do a video where your driving and talking about how the trucks been treating you......and if it's not to personal, how much your truck cost?

[TheTerminator310]

@bamaboy3702 Yeah, man. It might be a little while though. Been busy with work lately, but I'll see what I can do in the meantime.

[northsiderollers]

beginning of video was epic win! too bad the gangstas kept robbin it. looks real nice. we should buy it and just fuck off in it lol

[TheTerminator310]

@northsiderollers lol, yeah, man. Sounds awesome, haha.

[kenny8528]

I used to shop there. Sad to see it go. Sad to see eastwood mall being turned into a wallmart. wow times change places for sure. shopped at eastwood mall when I was a kid in the 70's. I used to work in Irondale and eat lunch there also. Those day's are behind us. This country will never be as great as it was then. We are faced with even a worse economy ahead. Hate to be negative but I feel in my heart this will come to pass.

[FarleyTube]

Century Plaza's business really started to decline in the mid-late '90s. The Galleria had become the predominant shopping destination in the area, especially for people from out of town and with I-459, people didn't have to cut through the heart of the city. They were less likely to fight traffic from the Galleria to the area of Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall. It should also be noted that the first Toys R Us in the state was across the street from Century Plaza.

[DVeck89]

Turn it into an airsoft or paintball place!

[faythe78]

I loved this mall, we used to come down every Christmas and make rounds to the Century Plaza and Galleria, or at different times through the year, if I was down that way, we would stop by. We were in Irondale this past weekend, I noticed a lot of businesses had closed in the area. My dad remembered Eastwood Mall that used to be across the street. Thanks for sharing!

[SockBilly]

good place to rip donuts and burnouts

[YukoAsho]

It doesn't even look that bad now. At least from where you showed us in the video - for all I know, it's been ransacked to hell and back. The overwhelming theme with a lot of these stories, however, seems to be "new mall and/or big box moved in, people went there, mall went out of business." Either way, it's a crying shame. The owner should try selling it, giving someone with more money and more business acumen a chance to do something with it, even if it's just an office and strip mall.

[FPGT24]

I love videos of abandoned buildings, i enjoyed the vid thanks for uploading it. I wish you would have taken a longer video and walked around the mall or drove around it.