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Structure

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Articles about individual malls, especially defunct ones, should take a look primarily at the mall's history. Most reasonable people would not build a retail center like a shopping mall intending for it to fail. Thus the guiding question on these kinds of articles is, "What brought this facility to the state it is in today?"

A few points worth including when writing or refining an article on a shopping mall if sources can be found:

  • Planning - What was there before? Why did the design take on the attributes it did?
  • Construction - How long did it take to build? Any problems?
  • Opening - What was the grand opening like?
  • Ownership - Who owned/owns it? Were there any changes in ownership?
  • Stores - What stores were in the mall when it opened? What about later years? What anchor or other noteworthy stores are in the mall now? See Wikipedia:WikiProject Shopping Centers/Anchors and tenants for more details.
  • Renovations - Was the mall ever renovated? When? How many times was it renovated? What was changed? Does a source state why the mall was renovated?

If the mall is a dead mall, the following may also be taken into consideration:

  • Decline - What factors caused stores to leave the mall? Was it a single event, or a series of events? Was the cause local (e.g. crime in the area, better shopping elsewhere in the town), or outside the local area (e.g. corporate decisions to close stores, especially when an anchor store is closed).
  • Closure - When did the mall close (if applicable)? What caused the plug to finally be pulled on this mall? Which stores were the last to leave? Did any stores remain open after the mall itself closed?
  • Disposition - What happened to the mall following its closure? Was it demolished? What replaced it? Does it remain standing and abandoned? Was the mall converted for other non-retail uses?

Ideally, such information should be listed in chronological order.

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The Pavilion at Port Orange

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LocationPort Orange, Florida, United States
Opening dateMarch 10, 2010
DeveloperCBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
ManagementCBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
OwnerCBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
ArchitectArtech [1]
Websitethepavilionatportorange.com

The Pavilion at Port Orange is an open-air shopping center located in Port Orange, Florida, just south of Daytona Beach. Anchored by Belk department store, The Pavilion features food, entertainment and shopping for the entire family. The Pavilion offers great shopping from local boutiques to national retailers, such as Ulta, Party City, Petco, Marshalls/HomeGoods, Michael’s and David's Bridal. After a day of shopping, enjoy dinner at one of our restaurants and a movie at one of Hollywood Theaters 14-screens.

Transport

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VOTRAN bus route 12 serves the Pavilion Monday to Saturday during daylight hours (except those days that fall on Holidays), approximately 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Votran does not offer service to the mall on Sunday, Holidays, or at night.

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Volusia Mall

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Entrance sign from Highway 92
LocationDaytona Beach, Florida, United States
Opening dateOctober 14, 1974
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ManagementCBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
OwnerCBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
No. of stores and services120
No. of anchor tenants6
Total retail floor area1,064,768 sq ft (98,920 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 Floors in Anchor Stores except JCPenney)
Websitevolusiamall.net
Information from CBL Properties and Daytona Beach News-Journal[1][2]

Volusia Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the largest retail shopping center in the Volusia-Flagler market. Opened October 15, 1974, the mall comprises more than 120 stores on one level, as well as a food court. Anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, Sears and three Dillard's locations. The mall is owned and managed by CBL & Associates Properties.

History

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Volusia Mall opened in 1974 at a 93-acre (380,000 m2) site on U.S. Highway 92, adjacent to I-95 and U.S. 1. It was originally built with 4 anchors; Ivey's, May-Cohens, Sears and JCPenney. Ivey's opened with the mall, in October 1974. May-Cohens came inline in December. Sears was the next to open, in February 1975, followed by JCPenney, in August 1975. All of the anchors except JCPenney were built as two-level stores.

The first expansion of Volusia Mall was completed in March 1982, when two-level Burdines and Belk Lindsey stores were added to the existing structure.

Maison Blanche acquired the May-Cohen's / May Florida chain in June 1988. The store was branded as a Gayfers in early 1992, when the Maison Blanche chain was acquired by Fairfield, Ohio-based Mercantile Stores. Ivey's was the first anchor to be converted to Dillard's, doing so in June 1990. Belk Lindsey's location at the mall became a second Dillard's in November 1996. The mall gained its third Dillard's in 1998 when the Gayfers chain (along with Mercantile Stores) was acquired by the Little Rock retailer. Burdines was dual-branded as Burdines-Macy's in 2003, dropping the Burdines name in 2005.

Original tenants in Volusia Mall included a Walgreens pharmacy and a tri-screen movie theater. After Walgreens relocated outside the mall, its space was converted to another mall entrance, while the theater became a storefront church. Center court housed a large fountain and wishing well a couple hundred feet in size. The structure featured multiple geysers as well as a jogging path and was also used to stage special events. This feature was downsized in 1997.

Volusia Mall is the largest mall in the Daytona Beach area.[2]

Transport

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VOTRAN routes 10,11,18,19 and 60 serve the Mall Monday to Saturday during daylight hours(except those days that fall on Holidays), Votran Night Service Route 10 serves the mall at night Monday to Saturday with a limited schedule on Sundays and most Holidays.

References

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  1. ^ "Fact Sheet - Volusia Mall". CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Retrieved 2007-08-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Volusia Mall Getting Some Adjustments". Daytona Beach News-Journal. 31 August 2005. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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