 Aerial image of the mall (2021) | |
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| Location | Plantation, Florida |
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| Opening date | 1978; 48 years ago (1978) |
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| Developer | Arvida Corp.,Homart Development Company, andFederated Stores Realty |
| Management | Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Inc. |
| Architect | RTKL Associates |
| Stores and services | 87[1] |
| Anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Floor area | 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) |
| Floors | 1 (2 in anchors) |
| Website | visitbrowardmall |
Broward Mall (previously known asWestfield Broward) is ashopping mall inPlantation, Florida.
Broward Mall is open from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.[1]
The mall is closed onChristmas Day (December 25).[2]
The mall was opened in August 1978, with the name Broward Mall. Original anchors wereBurdines,Sears, andJordan Marsh (the latter made its debut in November), in a similar manner toTown Center at Boca Raton (1980) andMiami International Mall (1982).JCPenney was constructed a year later.
Today, it has popular department stores and anchors includingDillard's (in the former JM/Mervyn’s spot), JCPenney,Macy's (née Burdines), andRegal Cinemas.[3]
The mall was previously owned by theWestfield Group, which acquired it in 2007 from SPG-FCM Ventures, a 50/50 joint venture between an entity owned by Simon Property Group and funds managed by Farallon Capital Management; SPG-FCM Ventures had acquired the previous owner,Mills Corporation, earlier that year.[4]
Mills had acquired it from Cadillac Fairview Corporation of Toronto in 2003.[5]
On February 28, 2013, it was announced a 12-screen Regal Cinemas was opened in the mall in December 2013.[6]
In 2015,Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including theSears at Westfield Broward, into Seritage Growth Properties.[7]
In 2017, the size of the Sears store was reduced by half and other shops were opened in the space, including Noire the Nail Bar; the Sears store closed in 2018.[8] The first and the second floor of the former Sears is expected to becomePowerhouse Gym and Game Time.
In June 2021, the ownerUnibail-Rodamco-Westfield announced that it would be turning ownership of the mall over to its lenders after it was revealed the value of the mall had dropped below the outstanding loan on the property and that owner had stopped making payment on its loan.[9] The Westfield name dropped shortly after the ownership of the property was transferred, returning to its original name ofBroward Mall.
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