The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale is an upscale super regional shopping mall on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was originally constructed in 1954 as the open-air shopping mall the Sunrise Center.
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| Location | Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States |
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| Coordinates | 26.136667°N 80.113721°W |
| Address | 2414 East Sunrise Boulevard |
| Opening date | November 11, 1980 |
| Developer | Leonard L. Farber, Inc. |
| Management | Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Owner | Keystone Florida Property Holding Corp. |
| Architect | Gamble, Pownall & Gilroy (Sunrise Center) |
| No. of stores and services | 120+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (former 4) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 (4 in Dillard's) |
| Parking | Garages |
| Website | galleriamall-fl.com |
The mall is owned by Keystone Florida Property Holding Corporation, a title holding company for the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System. The mall managed by the Kravco Company and its successors Kravco Simon and Simon Property Group up until May 2012, when management was taken over by Jones Lang LaSalle.
History
The Galleria was originally the Sunrise Center, an open-air shopping mall constructed in 1954, but was demolished except for the Jordan Marsh store (reopened as South Florida's first Dillard's, followed by Pembroke Lakes Mall in 1995 and The Mall at Wellington Green in 2001), and rebuilt as an enclosed mall.[1] The Galleria opened in three phases, initially on November 11, 1980, with Burdines (now Macy's) and Saks Fifth Avenue (mostly now H&M and IWG), second in 1982 featuring Neiman Marcus (which closed in 2020 following an announcement on July 23[2][3]) and lastly in 1983 with Lord & Taylor (partially now Powerhouse Gym).[4]
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System pension fund bought the mall in 1993 for $125 million.[5]
From 2001 to 2003, $44 million was spent on renovations that included bringing in palm trees, opening windows and adding tri-color floor tiles.[5]
In 2014, redevelopment of the area around The Galleria was proposed, with 1,600 condos and 150 hotel rooms.[6] The redevelopment never materialized due to community opposition.[5][7]
In 2018, an aquarium was proposed for the space previously occupied by Lord & Taylor. Aquarium operator SeaQuest proposed adding 1,200 marine animals, including sharks and stingrays to the space. The plan never materialized.[5]
Current anchors
Former anchors
- Burdines (converted to Macy's in 2005)
- Jordan Marsh (closed in 1991 and became Dillard's in 1993)
- Lord & Taylor (closed in February 2002 and is now partially split into a 22,000 square foot Powerhouse Gym and a 63,000 square foot vacant space.)
- Neiman Marcus (closed in September 2020)
- Saks Fifth Avenue (closed in July 2008, became a Publix Health and Fitness Expo in 2011, then mostly split into a 28,000 square foot H&M and a 22,781 square foot IWG in 2016 with a 22,000 square foot vacant space)
References
- Rosenberg, Gayle (9 November 1980). "Galleria moves into mall picture". Boca Raton News. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- "Neiman Marcus in the Galleria mall to close permanently". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- "Bankrupt Neiman Marcus to vacate the Hudson Yards mall in New York". CNBC. 24 July 2020.
- "The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale To Welcome The Area's First Powerhouse Gym During Spring 2018". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- DiStefano, Joseph N. "Why PSERS investment strategy has failed to pay off for Pa. taxpayers and school employees". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- Sentinel, By Miriam Valverde, Sun. "Galleria mall announces billion-dollar development plans". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Galleria Mall | Keystone-Florida Property Holding Corp". The Real Deal South Florida. 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2021-08-08.