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November 2014, the western portion of the Eastwood Village shopping center has been sold. MAP Eastwood LLC sold the portion of the mall west of the Walmart, along with an out parcel to Eastwood Village Shopping Center LLC for $ 17 million, according to Jefferson County public records.
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bought the property from Lehman
Brothers (the last owner of Eastwood Mall), and demolition of the mall began on June 23, 2006. It was completed about 10 weeks later. A Walmart Supercenter opened on the site on October 22, 2007. This replaced the smaller Walmart in Irondale.
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Eastwood Mall was the creation of Newman H. Waters, who owned a chain of drive-in theaters in the
Birmingham area, including one adjacent to where Eastwood was built. Eastwood Mall's original tenant list included
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829:Birmingham
740:Selma Mall
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471:The Summit
412:Birmingham
322:References
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181:Winn-Dixie
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310:See also
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185:Parisian
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29:Location
553:Alabama
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