Florence Mall (Alabama)

Regency Square Mall

Location	Florence, Alabama, United States
Coordinates	34.837°N 87.635°W / 34.837; -87.635
Address	301 Cox Creek Pkwy
Opening date	1978
Developer	Ralph Biernbaum
Management	Hull Storey Gibson Companies
Owner	Hull Storey Gibson Companies
No. of stores and services	61+ stores, movie theater, food court
No. of anchor tenants	5 (3 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area	637,000 sq ft (59,200 m^2).
No. of floors	1
Website	shopregency.com

Florence Mall is an enclosed regional shopping mall northeast of downtown Florence, Alabama. Owned by Hull Property Group, it was renamed from Regency Square Mall in late 2013 as part of a mall wide renovation.^[1] The anchor stores are Dillard's (formerly Castner Knott), and two Belk locations (one converted from Parisian, the other from Pizitz and McRae's). JCPenney closed in 2020 and Sears closed in 2017.

On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would close by October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide.^[2] After JCPenney closed, the 2 Belk stores and Dillard's became the only remaining anchor stores.

References

1. "Regency Square to become Florence Mall amid renovations". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
2. "JCPenney Store Closings – Penney IP LLC".

Further reading

• "Sears Moving To Mall; Regency Square Mall Building Continues". Florence Times—Tri-Cities Daily. February 26, 1978. p. D14. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Cronan, Carl (September 23, 1989). "Chicago firm buys Florence mall". TimesDaily. p. 5A. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Cronan, Carl (November 25, 1989). "Shoals shoppers kick off season". TimesDaily. p. 1A. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Regency Square Mall under new management". TimesDaily. January 26, 1997. p. 4D. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• "Florence police arrest 5 in connection with mall fights". TimesDaily. August 11, 2001. p. 7B. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Goens, Mike (December 24, 2002). "Regency Square changes ownership". TimesDaily. p. 1B. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Goens, Mike (July 11, 2003). "Carmike will build 12-screen cinema in Florence". TimesDaily. p. 1A. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Harris, Jason (August 21, 2003). "Mall policy bans unsupervised kids on Friday, Saturday nights". TimesDaily. p. 1B. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
• Corey, Russ (May 20, 1992). "Woman told to leave mall for breast-feeding baby in common area". TimesDaily. p. 7A. Retrieved February 2, 2012.

External links

• Florence Mall official website
• Property Group