Gulf View Square

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Gulf View Square Mall
Gulf View Square
Location Port Richey, Florida, United States
Coordinates 28°17′37″N82°42′46″W / 28.2935°N 82.7128°W / 28.2935; -82.7128
Address9409 US HWY 19
Opening dateMarch 1980;44 years ago (March 1980)
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo
Owner Namdar Realty Group
No. of stores and services100+
No. of anchor tenants 6 (2 open, 1 vacant, 3 demolished)
Total retail floor area 754,000 sq ft (70,000 m2) [1]
No. of floors1 (2 in Dillard's)

Gulf View Square Mall is an enclosed mall in Port Richey, Florida. Opened in 1980, it is anchored by Best Buy & Dillard's Clearance Store and is owned by Namdar Realty Group.

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History

Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation first proposed Gulf View Square in 1974. At the time, its anchor stores were slated to be Sears, Maas Brothers, Belk-Lindsey, and Robinson's of Florida. [2] The mall opened in March 1980 with Belk-Lindsey and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores. [3] Maas Brothers opened in August 1981, [4] with Sears following in July 1982. [5]

JCPenney opened on the fifth anchor slot, which was originally planned for Burdines, in 1990. [6] Burdines ultimately entered the mall by taking over the Maas Brothers store a year later.

Dillard's bought the Belk-Lindsey store in 1992. [7] Casual Corner, Off The Wall, and Chess King all closed in 1996. [8] A food court was added in 1998. [9] In 2001, Dillard's relocated from the former Belk to the former Montgomery Ward. [10] As a result, the former Dillard's store was demolished in 2002 for Linens 'n Things and Best Buy. [11] Linens 'n Things closed in 2008 and TJ Maxx opened in 2010 and closed in 2021. [12] [13] Burdines became Burdines-Macy's in 2003 and Macy's in 2005. Old Navy, which opened in 2000, closed in 2009. [14]

A new management team began managing the mall in 2011, and announced plans to bring new stores. [13] On January 15, 2014, JCPenney announced that they would be closing as part of a plan to close 33 stores nationwide. JCPenney ended its 24-year run as anchor on August 2, 2014. [15] On January 8, 2015, Macy's announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 14 stores nationwide. The store closed in May 2015. [16]

Washington Prime Group sold Gulf View Square Mall to Namdar Realty Group in February 2017 for $15 million. [17]

On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed March 2019. [18]

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