Boynton Beach Mall

Boynton Beach Mall
Location Boynton Beach, Florida
United States
Coordinates 26°32′08″N 80°05′45″W / 26.535555°N 80.095825°W / 26.535555; -80.095825Coordinates: 26°32′08″N 80°05′45″W / 26.535555°N 80.095825°W / 26.535555; -80.095825
Address 801 North Congress Avenue
Opening date October 10, 1985
Developer Edward J. DeBartolo Corp.
Management Washington Prime Group
Owner Washington Prime Group (formerly Simon Malls)
Architect None
No. of stores and services 135+
No. of anchor tenants 6
Total retail floor area 1,101,000 square feet (102,300 m2)
No. of floors 1 (2 in anchors)
Parking All
Website boyntonbeachmall.com

The Boynton Beach Mall is an enclosed single-story shopping mall in Boynton Beach, Florida, that is owned by Washington Prime Group, which took over the mall along with Seminole Towne Center, Orange Park Mall, Paddock Mall, Melbourne Square, and Edison Mall after its spinoff from Simon Property Group in 2014. Its tenants include Macy's, Dillard's Clearance Center, JCPenney, Sears, Christ Fellowship, Cinemark, and about 135 specialty stores and eateries. It was built by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation like Coral Square for which it is similar in layout.

History

The center court's butterfly fountain in 1986

In the mall's center court, there used to be a fountain with a large monarch butterfly statue atop a waterfall, which fell in short bursts so as to create an unusual sound. The shopping mall also had a running theme with its additional two smaller bronze fountains, one featuring a boy and his dog playing with a garden hose, and at the other end of the mall a girl pouring water out of a bucket into the fountain. The Boynton Beach Mall was renovated in 2001, and all three fountains were removed. The statue of the girl still remains at one end of the mall even though it is completely dry. The sculptures were designed by contracted sculpturist Norman Mansson.[1]

The mall's original anchors included Burdines (became Macy's in 2005), JCPenney, Jordan Marsh (became Sears in 1991), Dillard's (became Dillard's Women's and now Christ Fellowship), and Lord & Taylor (became Mervyns, then Dillard's Men's, Children, and Home, and now a Dillard's Clearance Center). A Macy's was later added, but was demolished in 2005 to make way for a new lifestyle center.

On May 4, 2007, Muvico Theaters opened a 14-screen movie theater at the mall's new lifestyle center addition. In March 2009, Muvico sold the theater to Cinemark. Several eateries and stores were also opened on the former site of the mall's original Macy's.

In summer 2010, a new trackless train from Beston opened. It closed in 2015 to make way for Safari Rides. In 2017, The Disney Store closed.

In 2013, Small Fry Carousel was closed to make way for a bungee jumping attraction in the Dillard's wing. H&M opened a 15,000-square-foot store in summer 2015.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ ""Children At Play"". NormanMansson.Blogspot.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Valverde, Miriam (November 12, 2014). "H&M opening another South Florida store". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Disney Store at Boynton Mall to close". PalmBeachPost.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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