Coral Square

The mall's north entrance in between JCPenney and former Sears
Location	Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26°14′29″N 80°14′58″W / 26.2412525°N 80.2493377°W / 26.2412525; -80.2493377
Address	9469 West Atlantic Boulevard
Opening date	October 3, 1984; 39 years ago (October 3, 1984)[1]
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo Corp.
Management	Simon Property Group, Inc.
Owner	Simon Property Group, Inc. (97.2%)
No. of stores and services	120[2]
No. of anchor tenants	5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	944,159 square feet (87,715 m2)[2]
No. of floors	1 (2 in JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's Men, Children, & Home, and former Sears)
Parking	8,618
Website	www.simon.com/mall/coral-square

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Coral Square, often referred to as Coral Square Mall, is a regional enclosed shopping mall located northwest of Fort Lauderdale in Coral Springs, Florida, on the northeast corner of Atlantic Boulevard and University Drive; it opened in 1984. The mall features 120 retailers, including JCPenney, Kohl's and 2 Macy's locations as its anchors.

Originally developed by a joint venture of Eddie Debartolo of DeBartolo Realty & JCP Realty, Inc. (a subsidiary of JCPenney) and the second mall in western Broward County (the first was Broward Mall in 1978), it is currently managed by Simon Property Group, which owns 97.2%, having fallen to Simon following the 1996 merger of Simon and DeBartolo Realty into Simon DeBartolo Group.

History

The mall opened on October 3, 1984 with four anchor stores: two Miami-based chains, Burdines and Jordan Marsh (the latter followed a year later), along with New York-based Lord & Taylor and national retailer JCPenney. The mall is almost identical to Boynton Beach Mall and The Florida Mall, among other DeBartolo properties.

There was also room to accommodate a fifth anchor, and in 1989, Sears joined, making Coral Square the second mall in Broward with five anchor stores. No other mall countywide had five anchors at the time except for The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, and eventually Pembroke Lakes Mall (1992) six years later.

Shortly after, store consolidations and acquisitions have started varying the anchor line-up. In 1991, Lord & Taylor was replaced by Mervyn's and Burdines converted the Jordan Marsh into their men, children and home store. Mervyn's 1997 withdrawal from Florida caused the switch to Dillard's, which lasted until 2010 and transitioned into Kohl's in 2011.

The mall was renovated in 1995, 2008 and 2022, but never expanded aside from the aforementioned addition of Sears. Meanwhile, Burdines merged with Macy's in 2003, so their two store operation simply became Macy's in 2005.

On November 26, 2016, a shop owner shot and wounded an employee, then turned the gun on himself and killed himself.^[3] Coral Springs Fire Department took the wounded to a nearby hospital, where they were expected to be ok. The mall was closed for the morning then reopened later in the afternoon with heavily armed Coral Springs Police Officers.

On February 8, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 39 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2020.^[4] A contract with Round 1 Entertainment was pending as well. ^[5]

Anchors

Current Anchors

• JCPenney (original tenant) (1984-present)
• Kohl's (2011-present)
• Macy's; 2 locations (2005-present)

Former Anchors

• Burdines; 2 locations:
  • Original store (original tenant) (1984-2005)
  • Men, Children & Home) (1991-2005)
• Dillard's (1997-2010)
• Jordan Marsh (original tenant) (1985-1991)
• Lord & Taylor (original tenant) (1984-1991)
• Mervyn's (1991-1997)
• Sears (1989-2020)

References

External links

• Coral Square official website