Orange Park Mall

Orange Park Mall

Location	Orange Park, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates	30°11′4″N81°44′5″W / 30.18444°N 81.73472°W / 30.18444; -81.73472
Opening date	October 2, 1975;50 years ago (1975-10-02) [1]
Developer	Retail Planning Corp. [2]
Management	Washington Prime Group
Owner	Washington Prime Group
Stores and services	112
Anchor tenants	6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Floor area	953,000 sq ft (88,500 m2)
Floors	1 (2 in traditional anchors)
Website	orangeparkmall.com

Orange Park Mall is a shopping mall located in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, an unincorporated suburban area just west of Orange Park, Florida, United States. It features Dillard's, JCPenney, Belk, Dick's Sporting Goods, and AMC Theatres as anchor stores.

Mall history

First opened in 1975, the Orange Park Mall is the largest mall on the west side of the St. Johns River in the Jacksonville area. The mall contains over 110 stores and services. When it opened, it featured three anchors: Ivey's, May Cohen's, and Sears, like Volusia Mall a year before. ^[3] In 1984, the mall added 300,000 square feet (28,000 m²) that included a new food court and a JCPenney anchor. May Cohen's became May Florida shortly before being acquired by Maison Blanche in June 1988. Ivey's changed to Dillard's in June 1990. Maison Blanche was in turn taken over by Gayfers in early 1992 due to Mercantile Stores buying the chain. In 1997, the mall built a 24-screen AMC Theatres. Gayfers finally ended up as Belk in late 1998 because Mercantile was bought out by Dillard's which already had a store at the mall. Later, in 2006, the mall added a 48,003-square-foot (4,459.6 m²) Dick's Sporting Goods anchor. The mall was sold to Washington Prime Group in 2014 and today stands at 953,000 square feet (88,500 m²). On February 8, 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. ^{[4] [5]}

Anchors

• JCPenney (137,232 sq ft (12,749.3 m²))
• Dillard's (121,805 sq ft (11,316.1 m²))
• Belk (104,551 sq ft (9,713.1 m²))
• Dick's Sporting Goods (48,003 sq ft (4,459.6 m²))
• AMC Theatres (105,010 sq ft (9,756 m²))

Former

• Sears (203,869 sq ft (18,940.0 m²)) (closed April 2020)
• Ivey's (121,805 sq ft (11,316.1 m²)) (converted to Dillard's)
• May Co. (104,551 sq ft (9,713.1 m²)) (converted to Maison Blanche)
• Maison Blanche (104,551 sq ft (9,713.1 m²)) (converted to Gayfers)
• Gayfers (104,551 sq ft (9,713.1 m²)) (converted to Belk)

Major tenants

• Old Navy
• Books-A-Million

Outparcel restaurants

• Buffalo Wild Wings

Former outparcel services

• Sears Automotive (closed April 2020) ^[5]

References

1. "Official Grand Opening Today". Newspapers.com. The Florida Times-Union. October 2, 1975. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
2. "Orange Park Mall". Newspapers.com. The Florida Times-Union. October 2, 1975. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
3. "The Malling of Jacksonville". Metro Jacksonville. October 15, 2008.
4. "Sears and Kmart store closings continue. Is your location closing in early 2020?". USA Today .
5. Mills, Gary (February 17, 2020). "Orange Park Mall Sears To Close". WJCT News. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

• http://www.simon.com/Mall/LeasingSheet/62024_OrangePark.pdf

External links

• Orange Park Mall official website