The Florida Mall is a large enclosed shopping mall in Orlando, Florida. It opened its doors in 1986. It is located on the southeast corner of Orange Blossom Trail and Sand Lake Road. The mall has over 250 stores. At 1,849,000 ft² (179,778 m²) GLA, it stands as one of the largest single-story malls in the United States.
Originally developed by Eddie DeBartolo of DeBartolo Realty, it is currently managed by Simon Property Group, which owns 50%, having fallen to Simon following the 1996 merger of Simon and DeBartolo Realty into "Simon DeBartolo Group".
The Florida Mall's Dillard's store was added in 1993; it originally occupied two anchor buildings, but was quickly redeveloped into a single two-story anchor. Belk-Lindsay, a former mall anchor, was converted to a Saks Fifth Avenue in 1996. The J. C. Penney anchor was expanded in 1998. At the turn of the 21st century, the mall underwent a massive expansion and renovation project that brought in Burdines in 2000 and Nordstrom in 2002. In 2005, Burdines was converted to Macy's when Federated decided to end the Burdines nameplate.
Read more about The Florida Mall: Location, Major Retailers, History 2007-2012
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