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 Exterior view of Western Hills Mall, July 2012 | |
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| Location | Fairfield, Alabama |
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| Opening date | 1969 |
| Developer | Aronov Realty |
| Owner | Peleg Group |
| No. of stores and services | 37 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 0 (space for 2) |
| Total retail floor area | 547,926 square feet (50,904.0 m2) [1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | shopmalls.com |
Western Hills Mall is a shopping mall located in Fairfield, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Birmingham.
The mall opened in 1969 as the second in Birmingham, [2] under the development of Aronov Realty. [3] Loveman's of Alabama, which became Pizitz in 1980, was one of its original anchor stores. [4] Pizitz later became McRae's, then Parisian. JCPenney was the other major store, with Yeilding's and F.W. Woolworth Company as the other major tenants. [5] The Yeilding's space was later occupied by Goody's Family Clothing.
In 2006, Western Hills Mall underwent a major transformation. The JCPenney location was demolished, with the mall building being truncated at the former Penney entrance. A new Walmart Supercenter was built on the site of the former JCPenney. [6] Parisian also closed in the late 2000s and a Burlington Coat Factory took its place. [7]
In January 2016, Walmart Supercenter closed its doors. [8] In February 2017, Burlington Coat Factory also went out of business from the mall, which left the mall with no anchors. [9]
On February 16, 2018, a shootout occurred at the mall. Anthony Alberigi, the manager of the mall, was killed in the gunfire. [10]
In January 2022, the Peleg Group of Miami, Florida, bought the mall from Aronov Realty for $2.94 million. [11] Once taking ownership, they went forward with a $4 million renovation project that included new AC, new paint, a new parking lot and fixing various roof issues. [12]