Southland Mall (Miami)

Coordinates: 25°34′28″N 80°22′07″W / 25.574392°N 80.368735°W / 25.574392; -80.368735
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Southland Mall
Total retail floor area
986,514 sq ft (91,650.1 m2)[2]
No. of floors1 (2 in Macy's)

Southland Mall, originally known as Cutler Ridge Mall, is a shopping mall in Cutler Bay (formerly Cutler Ridge), Florida. It opened in 1978[3] as an extension of the Cutler Ridge Shopping Center, which itself was opened in 1960 (shortly after its "grand reopening", Cutler Ridge Mall moniker was subsequently applied to the entire shopping center complex). Subsequent additions extended the mall in the early to mid-1980s.

History

The original shopping center opened in 1960, anchored by

Mervyns in 1991. Pantry Pride became a Phar-Mor
.

The mall was nearly destroyed by

Kmart
.

In 2002, management of the mall was assigned to T/S Development of

Regal Cinemas in 2005, and this was also likewise done at Pompano Citi Centre where the Dillard's was also demolished.[10] T/S Development then bought the property in November 2004, and sold their interests to Investcorp International Realty, a global investment group, in December 2006. Investcorp engaged Gumberg Asset Management Corp in Fort Lauderdale to handle the day-to-day management and leasing of Southland Mall.[11]

Southland Mall features

, and Baby Elegant.

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Southland Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[12]

On July 7, 2017, it was announced that Kmart would be closing on October 1 as part of a plan to close 43 Kmart and Sears stores nationwide.

On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 14, 2020.[13]

Carousel

The mall features a full-sized Italian carousel. It was purposely built, featuring imagery of New York, and operated at the

Rotterdam, NY
from 1988 until it was sold in January 2007.

References

  1. ^ "Southland Mall - Miami, FL". Spinoso Real Estate Group. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. ^ South Florida Business Journal by Oscar Pedro Musibay (2011-01-03). "Fitch: Southland Mall in 'imminent default' - South Florida Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "University of Miami Libraries Collections". www.library.miami.edu. Archived from the original on 2002-08-23.
  4. ^ "The Miami News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  5. ^ "Cutler Ridge Mall To Be Rebuilt By Debartolo - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 1992-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  6. ^ "Post-Hurricane Andrew, Retail Returns to S. Miami by Bob Andelman". andelman.com. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  7. ISSN 1070-0242
    . Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  8. ^ "LURIA'S PLANS 40,000-SQUARE-FOOT SUPERSTORE AT REBUILT CUTLER RIDGE MALL - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  9. ^ South Florida Business Journal by Darcie Lunsford. "Former Cutler Ridge Mall making a new entrance - South Florida Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Regal plans 16-screen theater in south Miami-Dade".
  11. ^ South Florida Business Journal (2007-01-05). "Investcorp buys Southland - South Florida Business Journal". Southflorida.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "At Southland Mall | Seritage".
  13. ^ Tyko, Kelly; Bomey, Nathan (November 7, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list". USA Today. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

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