Westfield Broward
 The Westfield Group | |
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| Location | Plantation, Florida |
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| Opening date | 1978 |
| Developer | Arvida Corp., Homart Development Company, and Federated Department Stores, Inc. |
| Management | Westfield Group |
| Owner | Westfield Group GM Pension Trusts |
| Architect | RTKL Associates, Inc. |
| No. of stores and services | 87 [1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in anchors) |
| Website | [2] |
Westfield Broward (previously known as the Broward Mall) is a shopping mall in Plantation, Florida.
History[]
The mall was opened in 1978, with the name Broward Mall.
It was with a Burdines store as its anchor. Popular department stores and anchors including Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Regal Cinemas.[1]
The mall is owned by the Westfield 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.[2]
Mills had acquired it from Cadillac Fairview Corporation of Toronto in 2003.[3]
In February 28, 2013 it was announced a 12-screen Regal Cinemas was opened in the mall on December 2013.[4]
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Westfield Broward, into Seritage Growth Properties.[5]
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.[6] The first and the second floor of the former Sears is expected to become Powerhouse Gym and Game Time.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "South Florida shopping malls, then and now". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Press release: Westfield buys two U.S. shopping centres". Westfield via Reuters. August 10, 2007.
- ^ Brenner, Elsa (December 15, 2002). "Galleria to Be Sold and Spruced". The New York Times.
- ^ "Movie theater coming to Westfield Broward mall". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "At Westfield Broward Mall | Seritage".
- ^ Huriash, Lisa J. (July 11, 2018). "Goodbye, Sears. Hello bowling alley at Westfield Broward Mall?". Sun-Sentinel.com.
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† Managed with no ownership interest, owned by Starwood Capital Group. Does not carry the Westfield brand. ‡ Managed with no ownership interest. World Trade Center space is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Fulton Center space is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. | ||||||
- Shopping malls established in 1978
- Shopping malls in Broward County, Florida
- Westfield Group
- Plantation, Florida
- 1978 establishments in Florida