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Springdale Mall is a shopping center located in Mobile, Alabama, United States, directly across from Bel Air Mall. Opened in 1959 as an open-air shopping center, Springdale Mall was later redeveloped as an enclosed shopping center. Facing competition from larger shopping centers in the area, Springdale was demolished in stages in the 2000s, with most of the former enclosed mall being replaced with big box stores. Springdale is almost entirely an open-air center again, featuring Belk, Best Buy, Big Lots, Burlington Coat Factory, Marshalls, Old Navy, Sam's Club and Staples as anchor stores. The center is managed and owned by Brixmor. ==History== Opened in November 1959 as an open-air regional shopping center,〔 〕 Springdale was initially anchored by W.T. Grant, JCPenney and two supermarkets: Delchamps and National.〔Mobile, Alabama Telephone Directory - October 1959 Edition〕 Gayfers, a Mobile-based department store, would serve as the flagship anchor upon its completion in the summer of 1960.〔 〕 Competition would arrive in late 1967 in the form of Bel Air Mall, an enclosed mall which was anchored by Sears and Hammel's. An enclosed wing was completed in 1974, adjacent to the east end of the Gayfers building; this wing was anchored by Montgomery Ward and a six-screen movie theater (later expanded to eleven screens).〔 〕 In October 1988, Toys "R" Us co-tenanted the Montgomery Ward building. A second enclosed wing was added November 1989, leading from Gayfers to an existing McRae's store that opened August 1984. This "west mall" featured more nationally known in-line retailers such as The Limited, Express and Victoria's Secret. During this same late 1980s time frame, Gayfers expanded to more than on three levels, becoming one of the largest department store buildings in the Gulf Coast region. After the completion of the west wing, the mall comprised two separate enclosed wings, as well as the original, remodeled 1950s open air wing. Springdale Mall both inside and out was featured in a motorcycle chase sequence in the 1994 film Raw Justice. Barnes & Noble debuted its first South Alabama location in Springdale in the spring of 1994, followed by Old Navy, which opened its first Alabama store here, two years later, in the fall of 1996.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Springdale Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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