Western Hills Mall is a
shopping mall located in
Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and is located southeast of Pleasant Grove. The population was 11,117 at the 2010 census.
History
This city was founded i ...
, United States, a suburb of
Birmingham.
The mall opened in 1969 as the second in Birmingham, under the development of Aronov Realty.
Loveman's of Alabama
Loveman's of Alabama was a Birmingham, Alabama-based chain of department stores with locations across Alabama. It adopted this name to distinguish it from Loveman's department stores operating in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in Nashville, Tennessee ...
, which became
Pizitz in 1980, was one of its original anchor stores. Pizitz later became
McRae's, then
Parisian.
JCPenney was the other major store, with Yeilding's and
F.W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, se ...
as the other major tenants. The Yeilding's space was later occupied by
Goody's Family Clothing
Goody's Family Clothing Inc. was an American chain of department stores, owned and operated by Stage Stores and headquartered in Houston, TX. It specialized in retailing on-trend apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares.
It wa ...
.
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
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...
was built on the site of the former JCPenney. Parisian also closed in the late 2000s and a
Burlington Coat Factory took its place.
In January 2016, Walmart Supercenter closed its doors. In February 2017, Burlington Coat Factory also went out of business from the mall, which left the mall with no anchors.
On February 16, 2018, a shootout occurred at the mall. Anthony Alberigi, the manager of the mall, was killed in the gunfire.
In January 2022, the Peleg Group of
Miami, Florida, bought the mall from Aronov Realty for $2.94 million. 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.
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Shopping malls in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area
Buildings and structures in Birmingham, Alabama
Shopping malls established in 1969