The Gardens Mall

The Gardens Mall is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The mall features Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom. A former anchor store, Sears, closed in February 2024. The space sits vacant as of March 2024.

The Gardens Mall

Location	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26.84862°N 80.08552°W / 26.84862; -80.08552
Opening date	October 5, 1988; 36 years ago (October 5, 1988)
Developer	The Forbes Company
Owner	Forbes Cohen
No. of stores and services	160
No. of anchor tenants	5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	1.4 million square feet (130,000 m2)
No. of floors	2 (3 in Bloomingdale's and Macy's)
Website	www.thegardensmall.com

The mall also boasts restaurants like Brio Tuscan Grille, California Pizza Kitchen, PF Chang's China Bistro, Shake Shack, Tap 42, and Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant.^[1]

History

The Gardens Mall, originally called The Gardens of The Palm Beaches, was developed by The Forbes Company, based in Southfield, Michigan. On October 5, 1988, the mall opened with three initial anchor stores: Burdines, Sears and the second Macy's in Florida. Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue joined as tenants in 1990. Burdines closed in 2003, when Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc.), the owners of both Macy's and Burdines, consolidated all their stores into the Macy's brand, which already had a location at the mall. In March 2006, Nordstrom opened at the former Burdines site instead.

In October 2007, the mall underwent minor renovations. The fountain in the center was altered and the center court's garden theme was replaced with a more modern look. In April 2019, Macy's opened Macy's Backstage.

On February 29, 2024, the Sears anchor store closed permanently.^[2]

Anchors

• Macy's/Macy's Backstage
• Bloomingdale's
• Saks Fifth Avenue
• Nordstrom

Junior anchors

• H&M (2010 - 2021)

Former anchors

• Burdines
• Sears (Closed in February 2024) (1988-2024)