Heritage Towne Centre

Heritage Towne Centre is an 85,289 square-foot retail shopping center located at 833–873 Dennison Avenue Southwest, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr Drive, just south of Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham's Woodland Park neighborhood.

The shopping center was part of a larger 70-acre residential subdivision developed by attorney Lynn Battle in partnership with Dan Roberts. The center itself was developed by Wideman & LaFoe Associates of Jackson, Mississippi for $5.8 million. It opened in March 1992, and was originally marketed and leased by Roberts & Hand.

Larry Thornton opened his first McDonald's franchise at the corner outparcel of the shopping center later in June 1992.

The center is currently anchored by a Sav-A-Lot discount grocery store. Its parent, Moran Foods, received about $650,000 in incentives from the City of Birmingham in 2010 to renovate and lease the former Food-World space at the western end of the center after an earlier request for $3.3 million was rejected. The new store occupied only 20,000 square feet of the former 50,000 square-foot supermarket. The remainder was partitioned off and later leased to Rose's Express.

Shannon Waltchack led a group of investors which acquired the shopping center property in 2014 for $5,636,000 from an affiliate of Churchill Capital Co. of Dallas, Texas.

In 2021 Community Shelves LLC applied for and received a $1 million loan plus another $750,000 in public incentives from the city to acquire, renovate and operate the anchor grocery store, which had been slated to close.

In 2023 Shannon Waltchack sold the shopping center to Northward Development of Boston, Massachusetts for $5.2 million. The Save-A-Lot grocery store closed on August 31 of that year.

Tenants

• 873 Dennison Avenue Southwest
  • Suite 101: Cadence Bank (2022–), former location of Southeastern School of Cosmetology (2011–2015)
  • Suite 103: Rainbow clothing (2015–), former location of Family Dollar (2011)
  • Suite 105: Tasty Wings (2022), former location of Happiness & Hair beauty salon (2011), Tricia's Happiness & Hair beauty salon (2015)
  • Suite 107: Laundramate coin laundry (2011–)
• 849 Dennison Avenue Southwest
  • Suite 109: Top Fashion men's clothing (2015–), former location of Rainbow clothing (2011)
  • Suite 111A: former location of Subway restaurant (2011–2019)
  • Suite 111B: former location of Birmingham Police Department Heritage Towne Centre substation (2011–2019)
• 861 Dennison Avenue Southwest
  • Suite 113–115: Beauty Trendz beauty supply (2022), former location of Imperial Hair & Beauty Supply (2011–2019)
  • Suite 117: Always Money loans (2015–), former location of The Money Store (2011)
• 873 Dennison Avenue Southwest
  • Suite 119A: Hong Kong City Chinese restaurant (2011–)
  • Suite 119B: Nail Place (2022), former location of Nail Palace (2011–2019)
  • Suite 121–122: former location of Top Fashion men's clothing (2011)
    • Suite 121: former location of Pizza Hut (2015–2019)
    • Suite 122: Metro by T-Mobile, former location of MetroPCS (2015–2019)
  • Suite 123: H & R Block (2011–)
  • Suite 125: Young Entrepioneers (2022), former location of Al Harris Tailoring (2011–)
  • Suite 127: Ez Cutz barber shop (Eric Ryles 2015–), former location of Boost Mobile (2011)
• Suite 131–135: former location of Food-World (1992–2007)
  • Suite 131–133: Save-A-Lot grocery store (2010–2023)
  • Suite 135: Roses Express (2015–)
• former location of Harco Drugs / AmSouth Bank (1992-)
• former location of Baskin Robbins ice cream (1992–)
• former location of Vie's Children's Shoes (Keith & Viola Mims 1992–)
• former location of Muzik & More (Aquil Abdur-Rasheed –2008)

References

• "Center Breaks Ground" (November 22, 1991) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. C9
• Singleton, William C. III (December 14, 1991) "Heritage project bears fruit of planner's labor." The Birmingham News, p. D19
• Bryant, Joseph D. (April 9, 2010) "Save-A-Lot moves to claim former Food World spot." The Birmingham News
• Davis, Bryan (September 12, 2014) "Heritage Towne Centre sold for $5.6 million." Birmingham Business Journal
• "Birmingham grocery store to be acquired, renovated." (March 10, 2021) Birmingham Business Journal
• Parker, Illyshia (August 14, 2023) "West Birmingham shopping center sells for $5.2M." Birmingham Business Journal
• Chandler, Courtney (September 5, 2023) "Grocery store closure brings concerns to residents on the westside of Birmingham." CBS42.com
• Parker, Illyshia (September 7, 2023) "What's next for closed Save A Lot property in West Birmingham shopping center." Birmingham Business Journal