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.
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.jpg.webp) Entrance to Altamonte Mall, July 2017 | |
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| Location | Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 28.666996°N 81.3777479°W |
| Opening date | January 1, 1974 |
| Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company[1][2] |
| Management | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| No. of stores and services | 131 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,150,000 square feet (107,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 5,700 |
| Public transit access |   1, 436N |
| Website | altamontemall |
History
Altamonte Mall was built on January 1, 1974, with Robinson's of Florida, Burdines, and Sears—the same anchors Orlando Fashion Square had when it opened a year before—but Altamonte also had 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
- Robinson's (closed 1987, became Maison Blanche, now Dillard's)
- Maison Blanche (closed 1992, became Gayfers, now Dillard's)
- Gayfers (closed 1998, now Dillard's)
- Jordan Marsh (closed 1991, now JCPenney)
- Burdines (closed 2005, now Macy's)
- Sears (closed 2018)
Junior anchors
References
- "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
- "Mall developer has bigger plans". Evening Independent. October 26, 1972. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- Pedicini, Sandra. "Pandora Altamonte Mall". Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- http://www.seritage.com/retail/property/451-e-altamonte-dr/3312489/landing
- Arnold, Kyle. "Sears adds Altamonte Mall store to closing list".