Melbourne Square
| Location | Melbourne, Florida |
|---|---|
| Address | 1700 W. New Haven Avenue |
| Opening date | 1982 |
| Developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation |
| Owner | WP Glimcher |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 703,000 square feet[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://melbournesquare.com/ |
Melbourne Square is an enclosed shopping mall in Melbourne, Florida. Opened in 1982, it is anchored by two Dillard's stores, J. C. Penney, Macy's, and Dick's Sporting Goods.
History
The mall was built on what had formerly been an orange grove.[2]
The first store to open at Melbourne Square in 1982 was Ivey's, with J. C. Penney and Jordan Marsh as the other two anchors at the time.[3] Expansions in 1986 added a new wing to the mall,[4] featuring Belk-Lindsey and Burdines.
Jordan Marsh closed in 1992 and became the first Florida location for Mervyn's the same year.[5] The Mervyns store closed and became a second Dillard's in 1997.[6] The mall is currently managed by WP Glimcher.
Belk moved to The Avenue in Viera in 2004.[7] The former Belk building was torn down in 2006 for Dick's Sporting Goods and Circuit City,[8] the latter of which went out of business in 2009. The former Circuit City became LA Fitness in 2014 [9] and H&M joined the same year.[10]
An annual Hanukkah menorah parade takes place near the mall in association with the local branch of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
On January 17, 2015, one person was killed and one was wounded in a shooting inside the mall food court before the gunman José Garcia Rodriguez committed suicide. The event was evidently a domestic dispute.[11]
References
- ↑ http://business.simon.com/leasing/melbourne-square
- ↑ Bayley, Barbara (November 8, 2014). "New Englander is now 'so Brevard'". Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida. pp. 13A. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Changes In Store For 1st Mall Merritt Square Renovations Include New Pavilion, Offices, Shops". Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ "Merritt Square Mall Will Get $3.2 Million Facelift". Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ "Retail Chain Moves Into Central Florida". Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ "Developers Bask In Florida Retail Heat". nreionline.com.
- ↑ "Belk ready for opening of Avenue". pqarchiver.com.
- ↑ "Mall makes way for 2 anchor stores". pqarchiver.com.
- ↑ Wayne T. Price, FLORIDA TODAY (10 July 2014). "LA Fitness coming to Melbourne Square mall". floridatoday.com.
- ↑ FLORIDA TODAY Staff (2 June 2014). "H& to open at Melbourne Square mall". floridatoday.com.
- ↑ Jerry Hume, Greg Pallone and Lena Vargas (17 January 2015). "Police ID shooter, 1 victim in deadly Melbourne Square mall shooting". My News 13.