Coral Square

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Coral Square

Aerial photo of the mall
Location	Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26°14′29″N 80°14′58″W / 26.2412525°N 80.2493377°W / 26.2412525; -80.2493377
Address	9469 West Atlantic Boulevard
Opening date	October 3, 1984; 40 years ago (October 3, 1984)[1]
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo Corp.
Management	Simon Property Group, Inc.
Owner	Simon Property Group, Inc. (97.2%)
No. of stores and services	120[2]
No. of anchor tenants	5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	944,159 square feet (87,715 m2)[2]
No. of floors	1 (2 in JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's Men, Children, & Home, and former Sears)
Parking	8,618
Website	www.simon.com/mall/coral-square

Coral Square, often referred to as Coral Square Mall, is a regional enclosed shopping mall located northwest of Fort Lauderdale in Coral Springs, Florida, on the northeast corner of Atlantic Boulevard and University Drive; it opened in 1984. The mall features 120 retailers, including JCPenney, Kohl's and 2 Macy's locations as its anchors.

Originally developed by a joint venture of Eddie Debartolo of DeBartolo Realty & JCP Realty, Inc. (a subsidiary of JCPenney) and the second mall in western Broward County (the first was Broward Mall in 1978), it is currently managed by Simon Property Group, which owns 97.2%, having fallen to Simon following the 1996 merger of Simon and DeBartolo Realty into Simon DeBartolo Group.

The mall opened on October 3, 1984 with four anchor stores: two Miami-based chains, Burdines and Jordan Marsh (Jordan Marsh joined a year later), along with New York-based Lord & Taylor and national retailer JCPenney. Initially, the second of its kind (a single level center with three bi-level anchors) in Broward County (the first was Pompano Fashion Square 15 years earlier), the mall is almost identical to Boynton Beach Mall and The Florida Mall with its space frame ceiling, similar to other DeBartolo properties.

Room existed for a fifth future anchor, and in 1989, Sears joined making Coral Square the second mall in Broward with five anchor stores. No other mall countywide housed five anchors at that time except for The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, though eventually Pembroke Lakes Mall would in 1992, six years later.

Shortly after, department store consolidations began to impact the anchor line-up. In 1991, Lord & Taylor was replaced by Mervyn's and Burdines converted Jordan Marsh into a men, children and home store. The 1997 withdrawal of Mervyn's led to Dillard's joining, until 2010. Kohl's joined in 2011.

The mall was renovated in 1995, 2008 and 2022, but never expanded aside from the aforementioned addition of Sears. Meanwhile, Burdines merged with Macy's in 2003, becoming a 2 store operation under the Macy's nameplate in 2005.

On November 26, 2016, a shop owner shot and wounded an employee, then fatally turned the gun on himself.^[3] Coral Springs Fire Department took the wounded to a nearby hospital, where they were expected to be ok. The mall was closed for the morning then reopened later in the afternoon with heavily armed Coral Springs Police Officers.

On February 6, 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] A contract with Round 1 Entertainment was pending as well. ^[5]

• JCPenney {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984-present)
• Kohl's (2011-present)
• Macy's; 2 locations (2005-present)

• Burdines; 2 locations:
  • Original store {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984-2005)
  • Men, Children & Home) (1991-2005)
• Dillard's (1997-2010)
• Jordan Marsh {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1985-1991)
• Lord & Taylor {ORIGINAL TENANT} (1984-1991)
• Mervyn's (1991-1997)
• Sears (1989-2020)

• Coral Square official website