The Mall at Wellington Green

Shopping mall in Wellington, Florida

26°38′47″N 80°12′30″W / 26.64646°N 80.20831°W / 26.64646; -80.20831Address10300 West Forest Hill BoulevardOpening dateOctober 5, 2001; 22 years ago (October 5, 2001)DeveloperTaubman CentersManagementSpinoso Real Estate Group^[1]ArchitectBKBC Architects, Inc.No. of stores and services170+No. of anchor tenants6Total retail floor area1,273,000 square feet (118,300 m²)No. of floors2Parking7,600Websiteshopwellingtongreen.com

The Mall at Wellington Green is a two level super-regional shopping mall in Wellington, Florida. The mall features retailers Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Ashley and City Furniture, in addition to CMX Theaters.

History

Upon opening on October 8, 2001, the mall's anchors were Burdines, Dillard's (which opened its first South Florida store at The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale in 1993 and Pembroke Lakes in 1995), JCPenney, and Lord & Taylor, whose store relocated from Palm Beach Mall.

Wellington Green, alongside Pembroke Lakes Mall, are among the few malls in South Florida that opened without a Jordan Marsh store because their Florida division went defunct before the openings of both malls. Burdines was dual branded as Burdines-Macy's in 2003, and simply Macy's in 2005. Lord & Taylor closed in 2004, and in 2007, that building was split into three tenants: City Furniture on the lower level, and Ashley Furniture and La-Z-Boy on the upper level. La-Z-Boy™ closed in 2014 to make room for Paragon Theaters, which opened on February 10, 2017, and was purchased by CMX Cinemas on September 19 of the same year. Nordstrom opened in the Fall of 2003, two years after the mall's grand opening. In January 2019, it was announced that Nordstrom had decided against extending its lease again after previously determining the high capacity of additional outposts nearby.^[2]

Surrounding area

Several properties surrounding the mall include the Shoppes of Wellington Green, a lifestyle center, and Wellington Green Commons, and a Whole Foods Market-anchored power center encircle the shopping mall.

Incidents

On July 8, 2023, popping sounds heard inside the mall triggered panic, evacuation and a law enforcement response as shoppers feared a mass shooting was taking place.^[3] An investigation later determined the sounds were fireworks set off in a bathroom by a 15 year-old juvenile, who was arrested.^[4]

Current tenants

Dillard's (original tenant) (since 2001)
JCPenney (original tenant) (since 2001)
Macy's (since 2005)
Ashley Furniture (since 2007)
City Furniture (since 2007)
CMX Cinemas (since 2007)

Former tenants

Lord & Taylor (original tenant) (2001-2004) (Replaced by La-Z-Boy, City Furniture, and Ashley Furniture Home Store)
Burdines (original tenant) (2001-2003) (Replaced by Burdines-Macy's)
La-Z-Boy (2007-2014) (Replaced by Paragon Theaters)
Burdines-Macy's (2003-2005) (Replaced by Macy's)
Paragon Theaters (2017) (Replaced by CMX Cinemas)
Nordstrom (2003-2019)

References

^ "Mall at Wellington Green - Wellington, FL". Spinoso Real Estate Group. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
^ "Nordstrom to close at the Mall at Wellington Green". 23 January 2019.
^ "Firework scare triggers lockdown at Wellington Mall, reopening expected soon". 8 July 2023.
^ "Boy, 15, arrested in fireworks scare at Mall at Wellington Green". 9 July 2023.