▁Mc F ar land ▁Bou lev ard ▁and ▁V eter ans ' ▁Memorial ▁Park way ▁in ▁T us cal o osa , ▁the ▁bus iest ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁O wn ed ▁and ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁Mont gom ery - based ▁Ar on ov ▁Real ty , ▁the ▁m all ▁opened ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁An chor ▁stores ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁en closed ▁m all ▁include ▁J CP en ney ▁( ), ▁the ▁vac ant ▁S ears ▁( ), ▁Bel k ▁Women ▁( ), ▁and ▁Bel k ▁Men , ▁Home ▁& ▁K ids ▁( ). ▁The ▁only ▁out lier ▁property ▁on ▁m all ▁prem ises ▁is ▁a ▁branch ▁of ▁Reg ions ▁Bank . ▁ ▁The ▁property ▁where ▁University ▁Mall ▁now ▁stands ▁was ▁previously ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁ru ins ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II - era ▁Nor thing ton ▁Naval ▁Hospital ▁and ▁associated ▁support ▁buildings . ▁These ▁ru ins ▁were ▁finally ▁destroyed ▁during ▁the ▁film ing ▁of ▁the ▁clim actic ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁B urt ▁Reyn olds ▁film ▁Ho oper . ▁The ▁ru ins ▁of ▁the ▁hospital ▁had ▁la in ▁der el ict ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁and ▁included ▁a ▁few ▁dozen ▁buildings ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁two ▁imm ens ely ▁tall ▁brick ▁smoke - stack s . ▁A ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁bar ra cks ▁buildings ▁remained ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 0 ; ▁they ▁hous ed ▁the ▁T us cal o osa ▁City ▁Board ▁of ▁Education ▁offices ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁re