Altamonte Mall

28°40′01″N 81°22′40″W / 28.666996°N 81.3777479°W / 28.666996; -81.3777479Opening dateJanuary 1, 1974; 50 years ago (January 1, 1974)DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company^[1][2]ManagementBrookfield PropertiesOwnerBrookfield PropertiesNo. of stores and services130^[3]No. of anchor tenants3Total retail floor area1,150,000 square feet (107,000 m²)No. of floors2Parking5,700Public transit access 1, 436NWebsitealtamontemall.com

Altamonte Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States, a suburb of Orlando. The mall features the traditional retailers JCPenney, Dillard's, and Macy's, in addition to an 18-screen AMC Theatres. The mall features prominent specialty retailers such as Apple Store, Volcom, Cotton On, Sephora, and White House Black Market.^[4]

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.

History

Altamonte Mall opened 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.^[5]

On June 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format. The previous Sears outpost will be developed 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)

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)^[6]

Junior anchors

• Forever 21
• H&M

References

External links

• Official website