Green Springs Plaza (6th Street)

For other shopping centers with this name, see Green Springs Plaza (disambiguation)

Green Springs Plaza was a shopping center development announced in April 1958 for the intersection of Green Springs Highway and 6th Street South, near Ollie's Barbecue. The project was jointly developed by Molton, Allen & Williams and a group of Minneapolis, Minnesota investors incorporated as "Green Springs Plaza Shopping Center, Inc."

33 stores were planned as part of the $3.5 million development which would serve shoppers from Five Points South, West End, Homewood, Edgewood, Edgemont, Oak Grove, Bluff Park and Vestavia Hills. When it was announced it was expected to amass $13 million in annual gross sales and to employ 400 people. The parking lot was designed for 1,600 cars.

Tenants

• S. S. Kresge Co. (28,000 square feet, 1st area store)
• Western Auto Supply Co. (7,500 square feet, 5th area store)
• Kroger Co. (15,000 square feet, 7th area store)
• Colonial Foods (16,500 square feet, 8th area store)
• Butler's Shoes (3,750 square feet)
• Sherwin-Williams Paints (2,000 square feet)
• International Shoes (2,500 square feet)
• Dan Cohen (3,000 square feet)
• Three Sisters (7,500 square feet)
• junior department store (35,000 square feet)

References

• Beiman, Irving (April __, 1958) "Area to get new shopping center" Birmingham News - accessed via Birmingham Rewound