Midtown DeSoto Square Mall

Midtown DeSoto Square Mall
Location Bradenton, Florida
Coordinates 27°27′57″N 82°34′00″W / 27.4657°N 82.5668°W / 27.4657; -82.5668Coordinates: 27°27′57″N 82°34′00″W / 27.4657°N 82.5668°W / 27.4657; -82.5668
Address 303 301 Boulevard West
Opening date August 15, 1973 (1973-08-15)
Developer Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
Management Dave Marcinko
Owner Madison Properties
No. of stores and services 100
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 678,000 square feet (63,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1

Midtown DeSoto Square Mall (formerly DeSoto Square Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall serving Bradenton, Florida. It was built in 1973 and is currently anchored by J.C. Penney, Hudson's Furniture, Sears, and Your Treasure House.

History

The center was built by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. in 1973. It was originally to be called Bradenton Mall, but the name was determined unacceptable by city officials because the mall was not located within city limits.[2] At the time, the mall included Sears, J.C. Penney and Maas Brothers as its anchor stores.[3] The mall had its grand opening on August 15, 1973 with about 37 shops open and 47 still moving in.[4] Belk-Lindsey was added as a fourth anchor in 1979, after having been evicted from a nearby store at Cortez Plaza.[5]

Burdines expressed interest in opening a store at DeSoto Square as early as 1979,[6] but it did not join the mall until taking over the former Maas Brothers in 1991. A year later, Belk sold its store in the mall to Dillard's.[7] Old Navy was added in 2000.[8] The Burdines became Burdines-Macy's in 2003, then just Macy's in 2005.

Several stores closed in 2009 due to the declining economy, including Old Navy, Foot Locker, Waldenbooks and the Dillard's anchor.[9] The Old Navy space became a family entertainment center called Saturn 5 in 2010.[10]

In May 2012, Simon Property Group (which bought out DeBartolo in 1996) announced plans to sell the mall.[11] In November of that year, Mason Asset Management acquired the mall for $25 million.[12] Macy's announced the closure of its store at the mall in July 2014, which relocated to the Mall at University Town Center.[13] The theater closed a month later.[14] In March 2017 The Mason Asset Management sold the mall for $25.5 million to New York-based Meyer Lebovitz. Lebovitz chose Madison Properties USA LLC for the task of redeveloping and leasing the mall. Jerrell M. Davis, president of the Madison Properties Southeast Region, will oversee the project.[15]

In January 2018, Your Treasure House, a retail store and auction house, opened on the first floor of the former Macy's location.[16] The mall was later renamed "Midtown DeSoto Square Mall" in July 2018.[17]

Anchors

Store Opened Notes
Anchor stores
JCPenney 1973 One of the mall's original anchors
Sears 1973 One of the mall's original anchors
Hudson's Furniture 2014 Previously Belk and Dillard's
Your Treasure House 2018 Previously Macy's

Former anchors

References

  1. ↑ "Local Mall Leasing". simon. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Desoto Square Mall tackles economy". bradenton. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "3 Belk Lindsey stores sold to Dillard". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Retailers open in Desoto Square". bradenton. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hot this week: Family entertainment center officially opens". HeraldTribune.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "DeSoto Square Mall appears set to change hands". HeraldTribune.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ Salman, Josh (November 20, 2012). "DeSoto Square mall in Bradenton is sold". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Macy's closing DeSoto Square store in". bradenton. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ comments, Movie theater closes in DeSoto Square Mall 0. "Movie theater closes in DeSoto Square Mall". Sarasota News | Mysuncoast.com and ABC 7. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  15. ↑ O'Dea, Janelle (March 28, 2017). "Plans for DeSoto Square include $7 million investment". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  16. ↑ Menderski, Maggie (January 30, 2018). "Old DeSoto Square Macy's reopens as resale store, auction house". Sarasota Herald Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  17. ↑ Finaldi, Laura (July 2, 2018). "A new chapter for DeSoto Square". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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