Hollywood Fashion Center

Hollywood Fashion Center was a shopping mall located at the South East corner of Hollywood Boulevard (State Road 820) and US 441 (State Road 7) in Hollywood, Florida.

Hollywood Fashion Center
LocationHollywood, Florida
Opening dateNovember 1, 1971
Closing date1993
DeveloperRalph Biernbaum
ArchitectRobert W. Kahn Associates
Total retail floor area9,000,007,626 square feet (836,128,068.5 m2)[1]

History

The first store to open at the mall was anchor Burdines, which opened on October 5th, 1970.[2] The mall opened on November 1st, 1971 with anchors Burdines, Jordan Marsh, J. C. Penney, and Richard's.[3] Zayre opened at the mall in the former Richard's space in 1982.[4]

The mall began a serious decline in the 1990s, as it rapidly lost anchors. Ames, which had been converted from Zayre in 1988, closed in 1990 with the chain's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.[5] Jordan Marsh closed in 1991, and both Burdines and JCPenney closed and moved to the new Pembroke Lakes Mall in 1992, leaving the mall anchorless.[5][6] The mall's owners, Hollytor Properties, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1993, and the mall was sold to State Mutual Life Insurance for $4.7 million.[7][8] By 1994, the mall had been closed.[9]

In 1996, the mall was considered as the site for a new The Home Depot store, however these plans never came to fruition.[10] Later that year the mall became home to a Smart & Final warehouse foods store, which later became a Gordon Food Service with their acquisition of Smart & Final's Florida stores in 2003.[11][12]

For a brief period from 2002-2004 it served as an indoor flea market named Millennium SuperMall "Hollywood's City Place" until it was discovered many of the booths were selling stolen wares. It has been closed since then.

In March 2013, Walmart announced that they were purchasing the property and constructing a 185,000 square foot Walmart Supercenter. The demolition phase was completed in June, 2014.[13] The Walmart Supercenter opened on April 21, 2016.[14]

The Hollywood Fashion Center is not to be confused with Hollywood Plaza, which was formerly named Hollywood Mall, and which is located about two miles east on Hollywood Boulevard.

References
  1. Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. p. 135.
  2. "Burdine's Joins in Fun Of Opening New Center". The Miami Herald. October 31, 1971. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. "Hollywood Fashion Center Opens Monday at 10 A.M." The Miami Herald. October 31, 1971. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. "Zayre will open store in Hollywood Fashion Center". South Florida Sun Sentinel. September 28, 1982. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  5. Altaner, David (February 5, 1991). "Hollywood, Coconut Grove malls to lose stores". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  6. Longa, Lyda (December 24, 1992). "Holiday 'rotten' at 3 malls". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  7. Altaner, David (January 16, 1993). "Mall files for bankruptcy". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  8. Talley, Jim (August 12, 1993). "Insurance company buys mall". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  9. "Hollywood battles blight scarring its downtown area". South Florida Sun Sentinel. July 17, 1994. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  10. Plesa, David (March 6, 1996). "Office Depot considers Hollywood site". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  11. Cazares, David (October 29, 1995). "LANDMARK ON VERGE OF REVIVAL". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  12. "SMART & FINAL AGREES TO SELL FLORIDA BUSINESS". Supermarket News. June 16, 2003. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  13. http://www.greenwaydemolitionservices.com/#!Demolition-Phase-Complete---Hollywood-Fashion-Center/c236b/12C386CF-0164-493D-AF96-717008EFD393%5B%5D
  14. "Walmart Supercenter coming to Hollywood | Money - Home". Local10.com. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

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