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Revision as of 23:38, 10 July 2015 by MallExpert (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Shopping mall in Florida, U.S.Location | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
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Address | 3501 South Tamiami Trail |
Opening date | 1956 |
Developer | King and Smith Development |
Management | Westfield Group |
No. of stores and services | 47 |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 421,778 square feet |
No. of floors | 1 |
Westfield Southgate, formerly Southgate Plaza, is a shopping mall in Sarasota, Florida. Opened in 1956, it is anchored by Dillard's and Macy's. It features over 40 stores, including Banana Republic, Dillard's, Macy's, Pottery Barn, Saks Fifth Avenue, Talbots, and Williams-Sonoma.
History
Southgate Plaza opened in 1956 as a strip mall. It was enclosed in 1988. The original strip included two supermarkets: Publix and Winn Dixie's Kwik Chek, along with a W. T. Grant and Woolworth. J. C. Penney was added as part of a 1961 expansion.
W. T. Grant closed its store in 1976, which was then sold to Burdines. A J. W. Robinson's department store replaced the former J. C. Penney in 1978, after J. C. Penney moved to Sarasota Square Mall (now Westfield Sarasota Square). Robinson's became Maison Blanche in 1987 and Dillard's in 1992. Three years after Robinson's opened, an enclosed wing was added.
In 1994, Publix moved to a larger store across the street. The Publix building became Saks Fifth Avenue in 1996.
Following the opening of Saks, the mall was renovated to include more upscale stores such as Williams-Sonoma, Ann Taylor, and Banana Republic.
Westfield Group bought the mall in 2002, renaming it Westfield Southgate. Burdines became Macy's in 2003.
In 2012, Saks confirmed that it would move to Mall at University Town Center, a new mall being built in Sarasota by Taubman Centers. Dillard's closed their doors at Southgate soon after, consolidating into their newer UTC location nearby. In late 2014, Cobb Theatres announced it would take over the Saks space for a "Cinebistro" concept.
References
- Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search
- http://corporate.westfield.com/properties/us/westfield-southgate/?region=FL
- Southgate Plaza has new owners and a new name | HeraldTribune.com
- Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE9781060CEDB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- Sarasota Florida news, weather, sports and business | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota FL
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search
- Saks' departure announcement spooks other Southgate tenants | HeraldTribune.com
- http://www.bradenton.com/2014/10/07/5399441/benderson-buys-dillards-southgate.html
- http://www.bradenton.com/2014/11/17/5480054/cinebistro-to-open-at-westfield.html
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