Florin Towne Centre
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| Location | Total retail floor area | 484,500 sq ft (45,010 m2) |
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| No. of floors | 1 | |
Florin Towne Centre
History
Florin Mall
Florin Mall (originally named Florin Center) was built by the James J. Cordano Company and Blumenfield Enterprises. The single-level center was situated on 70 acres (280,000 m2), 8 miles (13 km) southeast of downtown Sacramento. It was the Sacramento area's first fully enclosed shopping mall built from the ground up. The site had previously been utilized as the Sky Ranch Airfield.
The mall was opened in February 1968 and was anchored by a 3-level, 157,000 square foot (14,600 m2), Sacramento-based
The only physical expansion of the 620,400 square foot (57,640 m2) shopping center was completed in 1978. A 1-level, 46,600 square foot (4,330 m2) addition was built at the main entrance at the front of the mall, increasing its
As the second mall-type center on Sacramento's south side, it eclipsed its nearest commercial competitor, Southgate Plaza, which has since converted to a conventional shopping center.
By the 1980s, Florin Mall was becoming rather notorious as a haven for shootings, stabbings and car thefts. Local gangs had made the complex a regular hangout spot by the early 1990s. Customers began wafting to other frequent regional centers, such as Arden Fair, Downtown Plaza and Sunrise Mall. A remodeling of Weinstock's in 1989 and a facelift renovation of the mall proper in the second half of 1990 did little to dispel the negative image that the center had taken on, especially in 1991 when four perpetrators took 41 people hostage at a Good Guys! electronics store that was adjacent to the mall (now a Dollar Tree). It resulted in the deaths of three hostages, injuring 14 others and remains, to this day, the largest hostage rescue operation in U.S. history.
With the acquisition of Weinstock's by Federated Department Stores in August 1995, it was decided that the Florin Mall location be shuttered rather than converting it to Macy's. The store closed in March 1996. This was seen as the first significant decline to Florin Mall. JCPenney was converted to an outlet store in November 1998. The store was shuttered in 2003, leaving Sears as the sole anchor of the mall.[1]
In a state of disrepair for some time, the bulk of Florin Mall was purchased by
Florin Towne Centre
Construction of Florin Towne Centre commenced shortly after Florin Mall was demolished. It included a
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at the Florin Towne Centre, into Seritage Growth Properties.[7]
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.[8] The store closed later that year. Sears was the only remnant and remaining anchor from the former Florin Mall that continued to operate until its closure.
In the early 2020s, the remaining portion of the former Mervyn's has since been filled by BioLife, a plasma donation center, and local discount retailer Falling Prices.[9][10]
In 2021, 24 Hour Fitness was shuttered. It was replaced by Chuze Fitness in 2023.
Anchor stores
Current
- AutoZone (41,961 square feet (3,898.3 m2), opened 2019)
- Chuze Fitness (34,070 square feet (3,165 m2), opened 2023)
- PetSmart (17,900 square feet (1,660 m2), opened 2011)
- US Foods CHEF'STORE (22,000 square feet (2,000 m2), opened 2019 as Smart Foodservice Warehouse)
- Walmart Supercenter (218,500 square feet (20,300 m2), opened 2009)
Former
- 24 Hour Fitness (34,070 square feet (3,165 m2), opened 2008, closed 2021)
- Famsa (22,000 square feet (2,000 m2), opened 2008, closed 2014)
- JCPenney / JCPenney Outlet Store (125,000 square feet (11,600 m2), opened 1968, closed 2003)
- Mervyn's (80,000 square foot (7,400 m2), opened 2008, closed 2009)
- Sears (259,000 square feet (24,100 m2), opened 1968, closed 2018)
- Weinstock's (157,000 square foot (14,600 m2), opened 1967, closed 1996)
Notes
- ^ a b Developer of the original mall
- ^ The spelling of "towne" and "centre" are intentional misspelling/sensational spellings
References
- ^ "JC Penney To Close Florin Mall Outlet". KCRA-TV. 24 January 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Kelly (4 November 2005). "New owner plans $65M remake for Florin Mall". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "Florin Mall Closes Its Doors". KOVR. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Johnson, Kelly (25 April 2011). "Sizzler coming to Florin Towne Centre - Sacramento Business Journal". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Johnson, Kelly (18 November 2011). "Retailers optimistic about holiday shopping - Sacramento Business Journal". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ Larson, Mark (November 2008). "Up Towne Development: Florin Towne Centre bucks market trends". Comstock's magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ^ "At Florin Mall | Seritage".
- ^ "Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy".
- ^ Geraldo, Renata (6 September 2021). "BioLife to open multimillion-dollar plasma donation site in Florin Towne Centre". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Falling Prices - Florin Towne Center Now Open". 17 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.