Roebuck Marketplace
Roebuck Marketplace (originally Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center, later Roebuck Shopping City) is a 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.
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.
Pizitz Roebuck Plaza opened just southwest of the original shopping center in 1960.
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. It is managed by American Commercial Realty.
Tenants
Original
- J. C. Penney (later Goody's Family Clothing)
- A & P Super Market
- Kenney Shoes
- Lane Drugs
- Terry Town
- Grant's (rebuilt as Cinema City 8 in 1978, then Winn-Dixie, closed in 2004)
- Johnny Ray's barbecue
- First National Bank of Birmingham
- Kroger Super Market
- Utopia Cleaners
- Western Auto
- Bell Bros. Shoes
- Stein's
- Woolworth's (later Golbro)
- Sikes and Bratton Shoes
- Lawless Shoppe
- Marsh Bakers
- Roger's Toy Shop
- Plaza Gift Shop
Later
- ABC Store
- Cinema City 8 (1978–1990s)
- Citi Trends
- Dollar Tree
- Goody's Family Clothing
- GNC
- Golbro
- Goodyear Tires
- Hibbett Sports
- K-Mart (later Wal-Mart)
- Marty's Menswear
- The Mature Male
- Olan Mills
- Pizitz Roebuck Plaza (opened 1960, converted to McRae's in 1986, closed in 2006)
- Rainbow Apparel
- Rite-Aid
- Roebuck Barber Shop
- Sally Beauty Supply
- Shoe Carnival
- Simply Fashions
- S. S. Kresge (later K-Mart)
- Super Wal-Mart (2004–)
- Watkins Book Shop (1973–1994)
- Winn-Dixie (1990s–2004)
- Fashion Bug
References
- "Roebuck Marketplace shopping center sold to Cohen Commercial" (December 23, 2004) Birmingham Business Journal