Gainesville Mall

Gainesville Mall
	Aerial view, 1971
Location	Gainesville, Florida, United States
Coordinates	29°40′33″N82°20′27″W / 29.67583°N 82.34083°W
Address	2564 N.W. 13th Street
Opening date	1968
Closing date	1993
No. of anchor tenants	2
No. of floors	1

Last updated November 21, 2024

The Gainesville Mall was the first enclosed shopping mall in Gainesville, Florida. It was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of NW 13th Street (US 441) and NW 23rd Avenue and operated from Fall 1967 to 1993.^[1]^[2]

The Gainesville Mall closed permanently in 1993 after years of decline and was initially replaced with a Kmart. The Kmart was demolished in 2004 and replaced by a Lowe's that opened in 2006 and still resides there.^[1]^[3]

History

When the mall opened in 1967, it has two anchors: Sears on the south side, and Tampa-based Maas Brothers on the north side. The mall played a major role in establishing a retail corridor along NW 13th Street. This retail corridor would end up replacing downtown Gainesville as the area's commercial center.^[2]

In 1977, The Oaks Mall, a larger indoor mall, opened across town near Interstate 75. Sears would relocate to its store to The Oaks Mall in 1983, leaving Maas Brothers as the only anchor at the Gainesville Mall.^[4]

In 1991, Maas Brothers was merged with Burdines by the parent company of the two stores. Despite the fact that Burdines operated a store at The Oaks Mall since 1983, the company retained its store at the Gainesville Mall for a few years. The Maas Brothers store was officially rebranded as Burdines on October 20, 1991.^[5]

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References

1 2 Tanner, Lexie. "When did the Gainesville mall close?". newsbasis.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
1 2 Coombs, Joe (26 May 2004). "THE FIRST MALL HAD ARRIVED". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
↑ Blomberg, Marina (17 May 2006). "Lowe's construction 'moving right along' despite challenges". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
↑ "Oaks Phase Three is Completed; Another Store is Planned". Gainesville Sun . August 1, 1984.
↑ Lisicki, Michael J. (2015). Remembering Maas Brothers. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-1473-8.

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[Tanner-1] 1 2 Tanner, Lexie. "When did the Gainesville mall close?". newsbasis.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[Coombs-2] 1 2 Coombs, Joe (26 May 2004). "THE FIRST MALL HAD ARRIVED". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[3] Blomberg, Marina (17 May 2006). "Lowe's construction 'moving right along' despite challenges". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[4] "Oaks Phase Three is Completed; Another Store is Planned". Gainesville Sun . August 1, 1984.

[Lisicki-5] Lisicki, Michael J. (2015). Remembering Maas Brothers. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-1473-8.

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