Cross County Mall
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Cross County Mall in 1980 | |
| Location | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| Address | 4348 Okeechobee Blvd. |
| Opening date | 1979 |
| Developer | Wespac Investments |
| No. of stores and services | 50 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 365,000 square feet[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Cross County Mall was a partially enclosed mall located west of West Palm Beach, Florida at Military Trail and Okeechobee Blvd, approximately 2 miles west of Interstate 95. The site is within 1.5 miles of Florida's Turnpike and Palm Beach International Airport. It was purchased in September 1997 and subsequently demolished and revamped into a power center keeping some of the same anchors. It now features a Ross, Winn-Dixie, and many chain and local shops and restaurants.[2]
History
The mall was developed by Wespac Investments as a local regional shopping mall for residents in suburban West Palm Beach. It was anchored by an 8 screen AMC Theaters, Jefferson Ward (later Kmart) and Britt's (later Ross Dress for Less). Several out parcels such as Chili's outlined the mall. In the 1990s, its owner, Wespac Investments, declared bankruptcy and began to let many things deteriorate around the mall making many retailers unhappy with the condition of the mall. It wasn't long before many of the mall inside retailers chose to leave rather than renewing their leases. A fire caused by an irresponsible employee at the Builders Square in 1993 further sped up the inevitable demise of the mall.[3]
Today
| Location | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| Address | 4348 Okeechobee Blvd. |
| Opening date | 1998 |
| Developer | Swerdlow |
| Management | Cross County Associates LTD |
| No. of stores and services | 50 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 365,000 square feet[4] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
After demolition of the mall was complete in late 1997, Swerdlow Group reworked the lot to keep many anchors and lease to new ones. New leases were negotiated with Kmart, Ross, and Winn-Dixie providing for their relocation into new premises at current market rental rates. The new owners failed to lure back some other former tenants such as AMC Theaters which left Palm Beach County altogether earlier that year having closed their last location in Delray Beach. Today stores like Kmart, Ross, and Winn-Dixie continue to be a part of the power center now known as The Cross County Plaza. K-Mart plans to close their Cross County Plaza location in the summer of 2016.
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.swerdlow.com/retprojects2.html
- ↑ http://www.swerdlow.com/retprojects2.html
- ↑ Chua, Linus. ,The Palm Beach Post, 1996-05-31. Retrieved on 2012-05-13.
- ↑ http://www.swerdlow.com/retprojects2.html
In Popular culture
- The Mall was mentioned in the 2014 film Rainforest Rock