NetPark Tampa Bay
NetPark Tampa Bay | |
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Former names | East Lake Square Mall |
General information | |
Status | active |
Type | Business park, former shopping mall |
Address | 5701 East Hillsborough Avenue |
Town or city | Tampa, Florida |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 27°59′35″N 82°23′24″W / 27.99306°N 82.39000°W |
Opened | August 4, 1976 |
Renovated | June 1999 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Floor area | 1,006,932 sq ft (93,547.0 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation (as East Lake Square Mall) |
Other information | |
Number of anchors | 0 (4 when it was a shopping mall) |
Website | |
http://www.netparktampabay.net/ |
NetPark Tampa Bay is a
History
DeBartolo had begun construction on the mall by the end of 1975, at which point
By July 1976, the mall was near completion with a targeted opening date of August 4, except for the Belk-Lindsey which would not be completed until early 1977.
Decline and conversion to offices
Despite the addition of Service Merchandise and Dillard's, the mall struggled with tenancy for most of its life. Aissatou Sidime of The Tampa Tribune attributed the mall's decline to a number of factors. One factor was a lack of commercial and residential growth around the mall; by the 1990s, most of the mall was instead surrounded by industrial sites. In addition, the mall was the scene of several crimes, including car vandalism, shoplifting, and armed robbery.[13][14]
By 1998, Dillard's, Service Merchandise, and Montgomery Ward had all closed as well, leaving the mall without an anchor store.
The center officially reopened as NetPark Tampa Bay in June 1999, with the first tenant being a 115,000 sq ft (10,700 m2) call center for General Motors. John Hancock also converted 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) of former mall space into a call center, and the former location of the mall's food court into a restaurant. Other tenants installed by John Hancock included security, child care, and a fitness center for employees of the complex. John Hancock sold a fifty percent share of NetPark Tampa Bay to Triple Net Properties in 2003; two years later, a group of tenants within the complex bought out Triple Net. Management duties changed several times until 2014, when the property became managed by Bluett Capital Realty. By 2017, NetPark Tampa Bay was at 100 percent occupancy.[18]
Tenants of the center include Maximus Inc., Humana, and T-Mobile.[19]
References
- ^ a b Donaldson, Grant (March 10, 1975). "Merchants fear north Tampa may be overbuilt". The Tampa Times. Tampa, Florida. p. 8-A. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. p. 165.
- ^ "New Shopping Mall Rising In Northeast Tampa". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. December 4, 1975. p. 7-B. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ward's building store at Tampa". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. September 4, 1975. p. 13B. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Lake Square Mall Nears Completion". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. July 11, 1976. p. 1-E. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penney's Impact on State Economy Noted". St. Lucie News Tribune. Fort Pierce, Florida. August 4, 1976. p. 12. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Opening Day At Tampa's East Lake Square Is Busy". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. August 5, 1976. p. 1-B. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Costello, Harry (January 19, 1977). "Belk Lindsey ready to open East Lake store". The Tampa Times. Tampa, Florida. p. 10-A. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wilson's Jewelers To Open Store At East Lake Square In September". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. December 6, 1979. p. 3-G. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kellerhalls, Merle D. (May 15, 1985). "Service Merchandise buys Wilson's". The News and Courier. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Szymanski, Dave (April 23, 1992). "Dillard negotiating to buy 3 Belk stores". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. Business & Finance 1. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mark Albright (August 26, 1992). "Dillard to reopen three ex-Belk Lindsey stores today". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ a b Sidime, Aissatou (December 7, 1997). "Mauled malls". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. Business & Finance 1, 6. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Backman, Lisa (January 12, 1995). "Lender takes over Eastlake Square". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. Business & Finance 1. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Issues to watch: Brandon Town Center". St. Petersburg Times. January 22, 1995. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ Ledig, Sean C. (August 31, 1997). "Dillard's hanging firm at Eastlake Square Mall". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. Polk 1. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Parker, Karlayne R. (March 28, 1998). "Reinventing Eastlake". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. p. University & New Tampa 1, 9. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "NetPark Tampa Bay was a creative conversion". Florida Business Observer. February 1, 2019. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "NetPark Tampa Bay official website". NetPark Tampa Bay. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.