Eastwood Village

Eastwood Village is a $55 million shopping center constructed on the 50-acre former site of Eastwood Mall. It opened in October 2007. The anchor of the development is Wal-Mart, which purchased the property along with development partners MAP Development and with a $11 million incentive package from the City of Birmingham.

A 200,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter occupies 23 acres. It replaced the location nearby in Irondale. Other stores in the adjacent 160,000 square-foot shopping center include Old Navy, Ross Dress for Less, and Party City. Developers had hoped to sign former Eastwood Mall tenant Books-A-Million. The Birmingham-based bookstore chain, however, declined to return to the area. Wachovia is expected to build a new 4,025-square-foot financial center to replace their existing branch.

The shopping center is oriented to face Montclair Road, backing up to the existing Olive Garden and Arby's locations. Up to ten outlying parcels will be occupied by Wachovia and Regions Bank as well as a 5,000-square-foot Ruby Tuesday and other restaurants.

References

• Tomberlin, Michael. (June 29, 2006). "Eastwood Village awakens". The Birmingham News.
• "Retail renaissance expected to accompany Wal-Mart at old Eastwood Mall". (June 29, 2006). Birmingham Business Journal.
• Goodman, Sherri C. (October 24, 2007). "Big retail is back at Eastwood." The Birmingham News.

External links

• Eastwood Village page at MAP Development