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.

Coral Square

Aerial photo of the mall
Location	Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26.2412525°N 80.2493377°W / 26.2412525; -80.2493377
Address	9469 West Atlantic Boulevard
Opening date	October 3, 1984; 40 years ago (October 3, 1984)[1]
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo Corp.
Management	Simon Property Group, Inc.
Owner	Simon Property Group, Inc. (97.2%)
No. of stores and services	120[2]
No. of anchor tenants	5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	944,159 square feet (87,715 m2)[2]
No. of floors	1 (2 in JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's Men, Children, & Home, and former Sears)
Parking	8,618
Website	www.simon.com/mall/coral-square

The mall's north entrance in between JCPenney and former Sears

Originally developed by a joint venture of Eddie Debartolo of DeBartolo Realty & JCP Realty, Inc. (a subsidiary of JCPenney) and the second mall in western Broward County (the first was Broward Mall in 1978), 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.

History

The mall opened on October 3, 1984 with four anchor stores: two Miami-based chains, Burdines and Jordan Marsh (the latter debuted a year later and both today operate as Macy's) along with New York-based Lord & Taylor (now Kohl's) and national retailer JCPenney. Initially, the second of its kind (a single level center with three bi-level anchors) in Broward County (the first was Pompano Fashion Square 15 years earlier, followed by Pembroke Lakes Mall 8 years later), 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.^[3] 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.^[4] A contract with Round 1 Entertainment was pending as well.^[5]

Anchors

Current Anchors

• JCPenney {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984–present)
• Kohl's (2011–present)
• Macy's; 2 locations (2005–present)

Former Anchors

• Burdines; 2 locations:
  • Original store {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984-2005)
  • Men, Children & Home) (1991-2005)
• Dillard's (1997-2010)
• Jordan Marsh {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1985-1991)
• Lord & Taylor {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984-1991)
• Mervyn's (1991-1997)
• Sears (1989-2020)

Anchor timeline

Coral Square anchor timeline
Decade	1980s						1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
Year	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
Anchor #1 (south/center)	Burdines (September 1984 to March 2005)																					Macy's Ladies Apparel (from March 2005)
Anchor #2 (east)	Lord & Taylor (October 1984 to January 1991)							Mervyn's (July 1991 to April 1997)						Dillard's (October 1997 to December 2010)														Kohl's (from September 2011)
Anchor #3 (northwest)	JCPenney (from October 1984)
Anchor #4 (west)		Jordan Marsh (August 1985 to October 1991)						Burdines Men, Children & Home (October 1991 to March 2005)														Macy's Men, Children & Home (from March 2005)
Anchor #5 (northeast)						Sears (from November 1989 to April 2020)