Altamonte Mall
Shopping mall in Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States
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Altamonte Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States, a suburb of Orlando. The mall features the traditional retailers JCPenney, Dillard's, and Macy's, in addition to an 18-screen AMC Theatres. The mall features prominent specialty retailers such as Apple Store, Volcom, Cotton On, Sephora, and White House Black Market.[4]
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.jpg) Entrance to Altamonte Mall, July 2017 | |
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| Location | Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 28.666996°N 81.3777479°W |
| Opening date | August 1, 1974 |
| Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company[1][2] |
| Management | GGP |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties |
| Stores and services | 130[3] |
| Anchor tenants | 3 |
| Floor area | 1,150,000 square feet (107,000 m2) |
| Floors | 2 |
| Parking | 5,700 |
| Public transit |   1, 436N |
| Website | altamontemall |
The center is the largest enclosed and conventional shopping mall in Seminole County and the third largest in total by square footage in Central Florida behind The Mall at Millenia and The Florida Mall.
History
Altamonte Mall opened on August 1, 1974, with Robinson's of Florida, Burdines, and Sears—the same anchors Orlando Fashion Square had when it opened a year before—but Altamonte also had a Jordan Marsh store during its opening.
The first anchor change came when J.W. Robinson’s sold its Florida stores to Maison Blanche. Mercantile acquired Maison Blanche and rebranded the stores as Gayfers in 1992; Dillard’s later acquired Mercantile in 1998.
Another original anchor, Jordan Marsh, was husbanded in 1991 because of Allied Stores as JCPenney set up shop a year later with Mervyn's taking over seven other Florida stores from Allied as a part of an $80 million bid.
Burdines merged with Macy's in 2003, and simply became Macy's in 2005.
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Altamonte Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[5]
On June 28, 2018, it was announced that the Sears anchor store would close.[6]