Coral Square


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. and the second mall in western Broward County, 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.
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History

The mall opened on October 3, 1984 with four anchor stores: two Miami-based chains, Burdines and Jordan Marsh along with New York-based Lord & Taylor and national retailer JCPenney. Initially, the second of its kind in Broward County, the mall is almost identical to Boynton Beach Mall and The Florida Mall with its space frame ceiling, similar to other DeBartolo properties.
Room existed for a fifth future anchor, and in 1989, Sears joined making Coral Square the second mall in Broward with five anchor stores. No other mall countywide housed five anchors at that time except for The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, though eventually Pembroke Lakes would from 1995-1997.
Shortly after, department store consolidations began to impact the anchor line-up. In 1991, Lord & Taylor was replaced by Mervyn's and Burdines converted Jordan Marsh into a men, children and home store. The 1997 withdrawal of Mervyn's led to Dillard's taking over, lasting until 2010 and becoming 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, becoming a 2 store operation under the Macy's nameplate in 2005.
On November 26, 2016, a shop owner shot and wounded an employee, then fatally turned the gun on himself. 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 6, 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, thus bringing the mall back to its original four anchor pad configuration. A contract with Round 1 Entertainment was pending as well.

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