Altamonte Mall

Altamonte Mall

Entrance to Altamonte Mall, July 2017
Location	Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28.666996°N 81.3777479°W / 28.666996; -81.3777479
Opening date	August 1, 1974; 50 years ago (August 1, 1974)
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company[1][2]
Management	Brookfield Properties
Owner	Brookfield Properties
No. of stores and services	130[3]
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	1,150,000 square feet (107,000 m^2)
No. of floors	2
Parking	5,700
Public transit access	1, 436N
Website	altamontemall.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

Center of Altamonte Mall in its early days

Altamonte Mall opened on August, 1st 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

1. "Sears sells Homart's office buildings to private partnership". Orlando Sentinel. July 9, 1995. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. 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. "Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs, FL". www.brookfieldproperties.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
4. Pedicini, Sandra. "Pandora Altamonte Mall". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
5. "At Altamonte Mall | Seritage".
6. Arnold, Kyle. "Sears adds Altamonte Mall store to closing list".

External links

• Official website