JCPenney closing Alabama store; 9 left in state
National retailer JCPenney is closing its Mobile store.
Pictures of a “closing” sign draped over the store’s front circulated on social media Friday.
The store, located at Shoppes at Bel Air, was an anchor and part of an expansion of the mall in 1974 that made it the largest in the state, until the construction of the Riverchase Galleria.
Attempts to contact the company for comment were not immediately successful.
JCPenney locations remain in Alabaster, Dothan, Fultondale, Hoover, Montgomery, Oxford, Prattville, Tuscaloosa and Trussville, according to its corporate website.
JCPenney closed some 170 locations in 2020 following what it called a “comprehensive review of the JCPenney retail footprint.”