The Florida Mall

The Florida Mall

Florida Mall

Orlando (Fla.)

Shopping malls--United States

Retail industry

This report gives an overview of the Florida Mall's perspective place in the Central Florida retail market. The Florida Mall was designed and constructed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, founded by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (1909-1994) in 1944. Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. (b. 1946) joined his father's business and together they became known as the "kings of the shopping mall." By the late 1980s, the DeBartolo Corporation had constructed 51 shopping malls, including 21 in Florida. The Florida Mall, located on the corner of Sand Lake Road and Orange Blossom Trail, was designed to appeal to Central Florida's large tourist economy and opened in March of 1986. Originally, the mall sat on 250 acres, contained over 1.3 million square feet of shopping space, and featured over 160 stores.

Original typed flyer: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.

ca. 1985

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Lake, Harriett

Digital reproduction of original typed flyer.

Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1-page flyer

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Florida Mall, Orlando, Florida

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Originally published by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation.

Copyright to this resource is held by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Barnes, Mark

Crawford, Selwyn. "Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. bristles at even the slightest….'" The Orlando Sentinel, June 15, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-06-15/business/0230120196_1_DeBartolo-shopping-malls-mall-in-south.

1-page flyer