Altamonte Mall

Altamonte Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States, a suburb of Orlando. Mall anchors are Dillard's, JCPenney and Macy's with one vacant anchor once occupied by Sears, and other notable tenants are Abercrombie and Fitch, H&M, Forever 21, Banana Republic, Apple Store, AMC Theatres, Pandora Jewelry,[3] and Barnes & Noble. The center is the largest enclosed and conventional shopping mall in Seminole County and the third largest in total by square footage in Central Florida behind The Mall at Millenia and The Florida Mall.

Altamonte Mall
Entrance to Altamonte Mall, July 2017
LocationAltamonte Springs, Florida, United States
Coordinates28.666996°N 81.3777479°W / 28.666996; -81.3777479
Opening dateJan. 1, 1974 (Jan. 1, 1974)
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company[1][2]
ManagementBrookfield Properties Retail Group
OwnerBrookfield Properties Retail Group
No. of stores and services131
No. of anchor tenants4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,150,000 square feet (107,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking5,700
Public transit access 1, 436N
Websitewww.altamontemall.com/en.html

History

Altamonte Mall was built on January 1, 1974 with Robinson's of Florida, Burdines, and Sears just like Orlando Fashion Square a year before but also included a Jordan Marsh store during its opening.

The first anchor change happened when J.W. Robinson's sold its Florida stores to Maison Blanche, which in turn then became Gayfers in 1992 when MB was bought out by Mercantile, which in turn was acquired by Dillard's in 1998.

Another original anchor, Jordan Marsh, was husbanded in 1991 because of Allied Stores as JCPenney set up shop a year later with Mervyn's taking over seven other Florida stores from Allied as a part of an $80 million bid.

Burdines merged with Macy's in 2003 and simply became Macy's in 2005.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Altamonte Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[4]

On June 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 10 stores nationwide, making it the last original anchor to close. The store closed on September 30, 2018 and will eventually be redeveloped by Seritage Growth Properties into retail and hotels.

Current Anchors
  • Dillard's (former Robinson's, Maison Blanche, and Gayfers location)
  • JCPenney (former Jordan Marsh location)
  • Macy's (former Burdines location)

The fourth anchor was Sears which closed on September 30, 2018[5]

Former Tenants

Junior Anchors

References
  1. "Sears sells Homart's office buildings to private partnership". Orlando Sentinel. July 9, 1995. Retrieved March 23, 2010. In Central Florida, Homart developed Altamonte Mall and is building the West Oaks Mall
  2. "Mall developer has bigger plans". Evening Independent. October 26, 1972. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  3. Pedicini, Sandra. "Pandora Altamonte Mall". Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  4. http://www.seritage.com/retail/property/451-e-altamonte-dr/3312489/landing
  5. Arnold, Kyle. "Sears adds Altamonte Mall store to closing list".
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