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'''Roebuck Marketplace''' (originally '''Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center''', later '''Roebuck Shopping City''') is a 167,140-square-foot shopping center located at [[U.S. Highway 11]] just northwest of the [[Roebuck Municipal Golf Course]] and near the [[Parkway East]] exit of [[I-59]]. It was developed by the National Plazas Company of New York and opened on [[March 14]], [[1957]] at a cost of $2.5 million.
'''Roebuck Marketplace''' (originally '''Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center''', later '''Roebuck Shopping City''') is a 167,140-square-foot shopping center located at [[U.S. Highway 11]] just northwest of the [[Roebuck Municipal Golf Course]] and near the [[Parkway East]] exit of [[I-59]].  


The grand opening ceremony was presided over by [[Mayor of Birmingham]] [[Jimmy Morgan]] with music from the [[Woodlawn High School]] marching band conducted by [[Gerald Smith]]. It opened with 21 tenants and parking spaces for 1,200 cars.
The original shopping center opened on [[March 14]], [[1957]]. It was developed by the National Plazas Company of New York  at a cost of $2.5 million. The grand opening ceremony was presided over by [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[Jimmy Morgan]] with music from the [[Woodlawn High School]] marching band conducted by [[Gerald Smith]]. It opened with 21 tenants and parking spaces for 1,200 cars.


[[Pizitz Roebuck Plaza]] opened just southwest of the original shopping center in [[1960]]. The [[Bowl-O-Bama]] 48-lane bowling center was added, just west of the [[Roebuck Drive-In Theater]], in [[1961]].
[[Pizitz Roebuck Plaza]] and a Liberty Super Market opened adjacent to the center in [[1960]], along with a second phase of construction to accommodate seven more retail tenants, including S. S. Kresge.
 
Nine more tenants were accommodated in a third phase of development in [[1961]]. The new $250,000 building was developed by [[Barco, Inc.]], headed by [[Mervyn Barstein]]. It was designed by [[Harry Hester]] and built by the [[Brice Building Company]]. It featured air conditioning, fire sprinklers, and piped-in mood music. A [[Bowl-O-Bama]] 48-lane bowling center was added just west of the [[Roebuck Drive-In Theater]] the same year.


From [[March 15]]-[[March 19|19]], [[1967]] the shopping center hosted a display of life-size replica dinosaurs from the 1964 World's Fair presented by Sinclair Oil.
From [[March 15]]-[[March 19|19]], [[1967]] the shopping center hosted a display of life-size replica dinosaurs from the 1964 World's Fair presented by Sinclair Oil.
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* [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/Roebuck50_main.htm Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center] at [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* [http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/Roebuck50_main.htm Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center] at [[Birmingham Rewound]]


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Revision as of 15:19, 1 February 2011

Roebuck Marketplace (originally Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center, later Roebuck Shopping City) is a 167,140-square-foot shopping center located at U.S. Highway 11 just northwest of the Roebuck Municipal Golf Course and near the Parkway East exit of I-59.

The original shopping center opened on March 14, 1957. It was developed by the National Plazas Company of New York at a cost of $2.5 million. The grand opening ceremony was presided over by Mayor Jimmy Morgan with music from the Woodlawn High School marching band conducted by Gerald Smith. It opened with 21 tenants and parking spaces for 1,200 cars.

Pizitz Roebuck Plaza and a Liberty Super Market opened adjacent to the center in 1960, along with a second phase of construction to accommodate seven more retail tenants, including S. S. Kresge.

Nine more tenants were accommodated in a third phase of development in 1961. The new $250,000 building was developed by Barco, Inc., headed by Mervyn Barstein. It was designed by Harry Hester and built by the Brice Building Company. It featured air conditioning, fire sprinklers, and piped-in mood music. A Bowl-O-Bama 48-lane bowling center was added just west of the Roebuck Drive-In Theater the same year.

From March 15-19, 1967 the shopping center hosted a display of life-size replica dinosaurs from the 1964 World's Fair presented by Sinclair Oil.

The center was renovated in 1995 as the "Roebuck Marketplace" by Real Estate Southeast LLC of Prattville. A Super Wal-Mart opened near the shopping center in 2004. Cohen Commercial Properties purchased the center later that year and placed it under the management of American Commercial Realty. American Commercial Realty itself owns the 64,000-square-foot former Pizitz building.

In September 2010 Cohen announced a full redevelopment of the shopping center with new outparcel sites.

Tenants

Original

Phase Two (1960)

Phase Three (1961)

Later

References

  • "Roebuck Marketplace shopping center sold to Cohen Commercial" (December 23, 2004) Birmingham Business Journal
  • Cooper, Lauren B. (September 28, 2010) "Cohen plans redevelopment of Roebuck Marketplace." Birmingham Business Journal

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