Jasper Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Jasper, Alabama

Jasper, Alabama

Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,659. As of 2011 the population had was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal....

, United States

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, approximately 30 miles (48.3 km) away from Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

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Overview

The mall opened on August 8, 1981. It currently is approximately 350000 square feet (32,516.1 m²) in size, and includes three anchors and about 35 smaller stores.

Originally developed by the local Simmons family and Georgia

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 developer George Ewing, the mall is currently owned by Jasper Retail Group. Anchor JCPenney moved from downtown to the mall when it opened. The local paper has reported that it is unusual for a mall to have Kmart

Kmart

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 as an anchor.

Sharp Development Group, led by Sam Sharp, purchased the mall from Jasper Mall Associates in 1996.

Third anchor Belk

Belk

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opened an approximately 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) store in March 2002. This was part of an 80000 square feet (7,432.2 m²) expansion of the mall by Sharp Realty.