Eastern Shore Centre is a

lifestyle center A lifestyle center (American English), or lifestyle centre (Commonwealth English), is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall with leisure amenities oriented toward ...

located at the intersection of Malbis Parkway (

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) and

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, United States, a suburb of

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. A landscaped perimeter road, Eastern Shore Boulevard, connects the lifestyle and power center components of this hybrid regional center. An apartment community, The Arlington at Eastern Shore Centre, was developed in the northeastern section of the complex. Eastern Shore Centre is Baldwin County's first large-scale, multi-anchored regional shopping center and the first lifestyle center to open in South Alabama. Developed by The MGHerring Group and designed by CMH Architects of

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, it officially opened on November 17, 2004, following a slight delay caused by

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, although the Dillard's department store was operating a few weeks earlier. The lifestyle center is anchored by the

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and

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department stores, while the bookstore

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and the regional footwear retailer Shoe Station are additional junior anchors. In-line merchants include

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, and Kirkland's Home. Numerous eateries and service-oriented businesses are situated on outparcels in the parking lots of both Eastern Shore Centre and Eastern Shore Plaza. As of spring 2017, the regional shopping center is managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group. Eastern Shore Centre added an entertainment anchor, in the form of a fourteen screen stadium seat

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multiplex. This facility features more than 2,500 seats and is Alabama's first all-digital theater complex. This multiplex was constructed on of land immediately behind the

section of the lifestyle center complex. More than of long-vacant inline tenant space and a former

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clothing store was developed for a location of the upstart

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fashion accessory merchant. This retailer is located in the

anchored wing of the lifestyle center. In April 2015,

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closed and relocated to the Jubilee Square power center in nearby

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. Regional shoe retailer Shoe Station relocated from an outparcel at Eastern Shore Plaza into a redeveloped 23,130 square foot combination of the former Bed Bath & Beyond and adjoining mall space in the fall of 2015. In January 2017, home furnishings retailers

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and

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relocated to the Legacy Village at Spring Hill shopping center in West Mobile. As it is a regional shopping center, Eastern Shore Centre also includes a smaller power center component located on site, adjacent to the lifestyle center. Eastern Shore Plaza, as this power center is known, is more than in size and is tenanted with

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s such as

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, and

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. Phase five of development comprised the construction of a

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supermarket and adjoining community-oriented strip mall on a site north of the

department store building. Publix supermarket opened as the anchor of the Eastern Shore Commons shopping center on November 19, 2011. According to the master and lease plans of Eastern Shore Centre, plans also call for the eventual development of a big-box retailer of no more than to the east of the Publix-anchored strip mall, while an additional of commercial space will be developed south of the

site.

References

External links

Eastern Shore Centre - Official SiteSquare Footage Information for Eastern Shore Centre & PlazaArticle about Eastern Shore Centre in Shopping Centers TodayArticle interviewing Security about Shopping during the holiday season
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