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Brandon Mall

The main entrance of Westfield Brandon, 2006
Location	Brandon, Florida, USA
Address	459 Brandon Town Center, Brandon, FL 33511
Opening date	1995
Developer	Urban Shopping Centers, Inc.
Management	North American Development Group
Owner	North American Development Group
No. of stores and services	253
No. of anchor tenants	7 (6 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m)
No. of floors	1 (2 in Dillard's, JCPenney, and Macy's)
Website	https://brandonmall.com/

Brandon Mall, formerly known as Brandon Town Center, Westfield Shoppingtown Brandon, and Westfield Brandon, is a shopping mall located eight miles (13 km) east of Tampa, Florida, in the suburban community of Brandon. The mall is owned by North American Development Group (U.S Headquarters in West Palm Beach, FL). Westfield Brandon is directly off Interstate 75, sitting on land between State Road 60 and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.

History

The mall was first conceived in the late 1980s, and originally opened in early 1995 as Brandon Town Center. The mall served a million shoppers in its first seventeen days alone . When it first opened, Brandon Town Center boasted 974,000 square feet (90,500 m) of retail space. The original anchors were Sears, JCPenney, Burdines, and Dillard's. Maas Brothers also signed although it filed for bankruptcy as it was absorbed into Burdines four years before the mall was built.

Prior to Westfield Brandon, Carrey Cattle Company owned the land and operated a cattle farm there.

The Westfield Group acquired the Town Center in 2002 and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Brandon" in line with the other Westfield centers . Many of the distinctive fountains featuring metal sculptures of Florida wildlife were demolished in favor of vendor kiosks in the months following the transition. Currently, 986,000 square feet (91,600 m) of space is given to retail shops and restaurants. Westfield Brandon is the second-most visited mall in Tampa, behind Tampa's mall leader, International Plaza and Bay Street.

In March 2005, the Burdines was renamed Macy's after briefly operating as Burdines-Macy's. Like all Macy's in Florida that were Burdines, the palm tree columns reminiscent of the "Burdines style" of architecture remained. The "Shoppingtown" was dropped from the name in June 2005.

On January 11, 2006, Westfield announced a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m) expansion, adding a Dick's Sporting Goods anchor in addition to more retail outlets and restaurants (including The Cheesecake Factory and Starbucks). It was completed in the spring of 2007. Expanding the mall to include some planned pedestrian-friendly establishments has worried commuters who may have to temporarily find alternate routes to the already-congested State Road 60 and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.

The new, expanded wing includes stores such as the Apple Store, Books-A-Million, DSW, Fossil, Sephora, Tillys, Torrid, and The Walking Company.

On January 29, 2021, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 23 stores nationwide. The store closed on April 18, 2021.

On May 2023, Westfield sold the Brandon shopping mall for $220 million to North American Development Group, a West Palm Beach-based real estate firm.

Anchor stores

• Books A Million (2007–present)
• Dick's Sporting Goods (2007–present)
• DSW (2007–present)
• Dillard's (1995–present)
• JCPenney (1995–present)
• Macy's (opened as Burdines, 1995-2005, renamed Macy's, 2005-present)

Former Anchor Stores

• Sears (1995–2021)
• Burdines (1995-2005)

See also

• Westfield Corporation

References

1. Westfield – Our Stores
2. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50181988.html?dids=50181988:50181988&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+17%2C+1990&author=BERNICE+STENGLE&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mall+developers+moving+ahead+without+Campeau&pqatl=google
3. "Westfield Brandon".
4. "Sears and Kmart closing more stores. Is your location closing in 2021? See the updated closure list". USA Today.
5. "Westfield sells Brandon mall for $220M as it exits US". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-05-30.

External links

• Brandon Mall's Official Website
• 27°56′00″N 82°19′35″W / 27.9333°N 82.3264°W / 27.9333; -82.3264

v t e Westfield Shopping Centers in the United States
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Illinois	Old Orchard
Maryland	Montgomery Wheaton
New Jersey	Garden State Plaza
New York	World Trade Center ‡ Fulton Center ‡
Washington	Southcenter Mall
‡ Managed with no ownership interest. World Trade Center space is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Fulton Center space is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

• Buildings and structures in Hillsborough County, Florida
• Shopping malls in Florida
• Westfield Group
• Tourist attractions in Hillsborough County, Florida
• Shopping malls established in 1995
• 1995 establishments in Florida