Eastern Shore Centre

infobox shopping mall | right
shopping_mall_name = Eastern Shore Centre


caption = Class A Office Space is located above the Barnes & Noble junior anchor building
location = Spanish Fort, Alabama
opening_date = November 17, 2004
developer = The MGHerring Group
manager = The MGHerring Group
owner = Eastern Shore Centre I, L.L.C.
number_of_stores = 70 [http://www.easternshorecentre.com/office.php]
number_of_anchors = 2
floors = 1
website = [http://www.easternshorecentre.com/ Eastern Shore Centre]

Eastern Shore Centre is a convert|540000|sqft|m2|-3|sing=on lifestyle center located in Spanish Fort, a suburb of Mobile, Alabama, at the intersection of Malbis Parkway (Alabama State Route 181) and Interstate 10. A landscaped perimeter road, Eastern Shore Boulevard, connects the lifestyle and power center components of this hybrid regional center. Eastern Shore Centre is Baldwin County's first large-scale, multi-anchored regional shopping center and the first lifestyle center to open in South Alabama. The Eastern Shore Centre at first glance may seem like an overly large facility for a city of only 5,500 people, however, the serviced region encompasses an estimated 183,158 people (by 2007). [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A TOUCH OF CLASS | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0205/focus_gulf_3.php | work =Shopping Centers Today | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-02 | language = ]

Developed by The MGHerring Group and designed by CMH Architects of Birmingham, it officially opened on November 17, 2004, following a slight delay caused by Hurricane Ivan, although the Dillard's department store was operating a few weeks earlier. The lifestyle center is anchored by the Dillard's and Belk department stores, while the bookstore Barnes & Noble and the home furnishings retailer Bed, Bath and Beyond are additional junior anchors. In-line merchants include Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Ann Taylor LOFT, Coldwater Creek, Charlotte Russe, Hollister Co. and Kirkland's Home. Numerous eateries and service-oriented businesses are situated on outparcels in the parking lots of both Eastern Shore Centre and Eastern Shore Plaza.

Recently, it was announced that Eastern Shore Centre would add an entertainment anchor, in the form of a fourteen screen stadium seat Premiere Cinemas multiplex. Scheduled to open in late 2008, this convert|45000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility will feature more than 2,500 seats and will be Alabama's first all-digital theater complex. This multiplex will be constructed on eleven acres of land immediately behind the Barnes & Noble section of the lifestyle center complex. [cite web
last = Jumper
first =Kathy
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title =Eastern Shore Centre's coming attraction: 14-screen theater
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publisher = Mobile Register
date =2007-11-04
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accessdate = 12/08/2007 ]

Over the last couple of years, Eastern Shore Centre has developed a very noticeable vacancy problem. Numerous shuttered storefronts and undeveloped spaces can be found throughout the lifestyle center complex. A number of factors have contributed to Eastern Shore Centre’s unfortunate noticeable vacancies. Many of the local and regional merchants that have initially leased space in the shopping center were unable to maintain their lease agreements, mainly due to declining revenue. [Citation
last =Jumper
first =Kathy
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last2 =Farrara
first2 =David
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title =Restaurant closes, more tenants open at Eastern Shore

newspaper =Mobile Register
pages =1
year =2006
date =July 27, 2006
url =

] National retailers, such as Pottery Barn and Aeropostale, have been able to sustain sales and continue to lease space in the lifestyle center. A second factor is the fact that retailers are flocking to competing regional developments, such as Legacy Village at Spring Hill, in nearby Mobile.

As it is a regional shopping center, Eastern Shore Centre also includes a smaller power center component located on site, adjacent to the lifestyle center. Eastern Shore Plaza, as this power center is known, is more than convert|250000|sqft|m2|-3 in size and is tenanted with big box stores such as Best Buy, PetSmart, Old Navy, Ross Dress For Less and Cost Plus World Market.

Anchors & Junior Anchors

*Dillard's (124,824 sq ft)
*Belk (96,240 sq ft)
*Barnes & Noble (22,500 sq ft)
*Bed, Bath & Beyond (19,551 sq ft)

References

External links

* [http://www.easternshorecentre.com/ Eastern Shore Centre - Official Site]
* [http://www.trotmancompany.net/retail_info.aspx?id=161 Square Footage Information for Eastern Shore Centre & Plaza]
* [http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0205/focus_gulf_3.php Article about Eastern Shore Centre in Shopping Centers Today]
* [http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2007/11/24/local_news/doc47430f68e91fa953997369.txt Article interviewing Security about Shopping during the holiday season]