Santa Rosa Mall (Florida) Explained

Santa Rosa Mall
Location:Mary Esther, Florida, United States
Coordinates:30.4172°N -86.6571°W
Address:300 Mary Esther Boulevard
Opening Date:1976
Developer:Jim Wilson & Associates
Owner:Radiant Properties
Architect:Crawford Giattina and Michael[1]
Number Of Stores:104
Number Of Anchors:0 (1 open, 2 will be vacant)
Floor Area:733,996 square feet[2]
Floors:1

Santa Rosa Mall is a shopping mall located in Mary Esther, Florida. It is anchored by Dillard's-closing 2023. It also has a 10-screen United Artists cinema outside the mall. Stirling Properties manages and owns the mall.

History

Jim Wilson & Associates built the mall in 1976. A wing anchored by McRae's was added in 1984; the store became Belk in 2006.[3] Gayfers, an original anchor of the mall, became Dillard's in 1998.[4] A carousel was installed in 1996.

It was sold in 1987 to California Public Employees Retirement System, sold back to Jim Wilson in 1997, and re-sold in 2003.[5]

The mall underwent structural damage after Hurricane Opal in late 1995.[6]

In 2007, the mall underwent renovations which included new flooring and the opening of new restaurants. Space was also made for a Ross Dress for Less store, although it never opened.[7] The area ultimately became a Planet Fitness in 2013.[8]

Belk announced its closure in December 2013.[9]

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.[10]

In August 2019, the demolition of the former Belk began.[11]

On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that this location would close as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide.[12] This left Dillard's as the only anchor.

On February 22, 2023, it was announced that Dillard’s Clearance Center would be closing by March 31 as part of a plan to close 3 stores nationwide. This leaves the mall without any anchor stores. [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chain Store Age, Executives Edition Combined with Shopping Center Age - Google Books . 2010-10-20 . 2019-12-26.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . santarosamall.s3.amazonaws.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213159/http://santarosamall.s3.amazonaws.com/santarosamall/files/Santa-Rosa-Mall-Fact-Sheet.pdf . 3 March 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: Belk stores coming to Pensacola Bay Area . https://archive.today/20130411173008/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/pnj/access/1788363511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+31,+2005&author=Alvin+Peabody&pub=Pensacola+News+Journal&desc=Belk+stores+coming+to+Pensacola+Bay+Area&pqatl=google . 11 April 2013 . dead.
  4. Web site: Eat, Play, Stay Destin. Northwest Florida Daily News.
  5. Web site: Mary Esther, Fla., Mall Sold. - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060707/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99511582.html. 2016-03-04. March 4, 2016.
  6. Web site: Fla. panhandle stores still reel in Opal wake. (Florida, Hurricane Opal) - Footwear News. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065332/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17551529.html. 2016-03-25. March 25, 2016.
  7. Web site: MALL makeover. - Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140610085920/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-166415444.html. 2014-06-10. June 10, 2014.
  8. Web site: Health club to open at Santa Rosa Mall - Local Business News - Northwest Florida Daily News . www.nwfdailynews.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012902/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/business/local-business-news/health-club-to-open-at-santa-rosa-mall-1.237146 . 19 December 2013 . dead.
  9. Web site: Santa Rosa Mall Belk closing - WEAR ABC Channel 3 - Top Stories . www.weartv.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219015310/http://www.weartv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/santa-rosa-mall-belk-closing-39469.shtml#.UrEj9GYep7c.facebook . 19 December 2013 . dead.
  10. Web site: Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Nathan Bomey and Kelly. Tyko. USA TODAY.
  11. Web site: Construction begins on mall apartments.
  12. Web site: JCPenney Store Closings – Penney IP LLC.
  13. Web site: 2023-02-22 . Dillard’s posts $289.2M profit, to close stores in Florida, Nebraska and Arizona . 2023-02-24 . Arkansas Online . en.

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