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| Location | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 27°47′38″N82°44′00″W / 27.793818°N 82.73344°W /27.793818; -82.73344 |
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Stores and services | 151 |
| Anchor tenants | 7 |
| Floor area | 960,215 square feet (89,206.9 square meters)[1] |
| Floors | 1 (2 in Dillard's, JCPenney, and Macy's) |
| Public transit |  PSTA bus: 5, 7, 18, 20, 22, 23, 38, 62, 68, 73, 75, 79 |
| Website | www |
Tyrone Square (also referred to asTyrone Square Mall) is an enclosedshopping mall inSt. Petersburg, Florida. Opened in 1972, it featuresAldi,Dick's Sporting Goods,Dillard's,Five Below,JCPenney,Macy's andPetSmart as itsanchor stores.
Tyrone Square's first anchor,Sears, opened as a freestanding store in April 1968, four years before the rest of the mall. Tyrone Square Mall was built by theEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation and construction began in 1971. In addition to the pre-existing Sears, three additional anchors were planned for the mall, includingJCPenney andMaas Brothers. The fourth anchor was the firstRobinson's of Florida, the newly created Florida division of California-basedJ.W. Robinson's.[2][3]
Maas Brothers opened on August 17, 1972, and it was their third store to be located in a shopping mall (their first and second mall stores were atEdison Mall andWestShore Plaza, respectively).[4]
The mall itself was officially opened on October 5, 1972.[5] Upon its opening, the mall featured more than 110 stores, includingHickory Farms,Chess King,Thom McAn,McCrory,Spencer Gifts,Bresler's Ice Cream,Hot Sam pretzels,Orange Julius,Kinney Shoes,Hallmark Cards,Casual Corner,Waldenbooks, and a six-screenmovie theater.[2]JCPenney opened on January 3, 1973 at the west end of the mall where they still operate today.[6]
Robinson's of Florida was the last anchor to open, which debuted on September 4, 1973. Robinson's sold its entire Florida division toMaison Blanche, a Louisiana-based department store, in 1987. By 1991, Maison Blanche had sold its Tyrone Square location and six others on the Gulf Coast of Florida toDillard's who still operates at the mall today.[7][8]
Also in 1991, Maas Brothers was merged with its former rivalBurdines by their parent company under the Burdines nameplate. At the time, Burdines operated a store at the Crossroads shopping center across the street from Tyrone Square.[9] In the wake of the merger, Burdines closed its store at Crossroads (which later became aMontgomery Ward) on September 28, 1991 and consolidated its operation with Maas Brothers at Tyrone Square.[10] The Maas Brothers store was officially rebranded as Burdines on October 20, 1991.[4] Burdines was subsequently renamed Burdines-Macy's in 2003, dropping the Burdines name two years later.[11] Macy's still operates at the mall today.
Mall expansion in 1998 brought afood court and aBorders Books & Music store (nowDesigner Shoe Warehouse).[12]
The long-standing Gap closed in 2015, with a toys and games store taking its place. In 2015,Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Tyrone Square Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[13] TheCobb Tyrone Luxury 10 Theatres (nowCMX Cinemas Tyrone Luxury 10) opened in 2016, with 10 theaters and 1,200 seats. It is located in an adjacent yet detached building near JCPenney.
On November 16, 2016, Sears announced that it would close its location on January 28, 2017 because of a redevelopment project by Seritage that brought inPetSmart,Lucky's Market (became Hitchcock's Green Market in 2020, which subsequently closed in 2022, and becameAldi in 2024),Five Below, andDick's Sporting Goods.[14] Outparcels on the Seritage site includeAmerica's Best, Nitrogen Ice Cream,Verizon Wireless,Chili's,Portillo's,Torchy's Tacos, andLongHorn Steakhouse.