Edward DeBartolo, Senior (on the left) assists with the official ribbon-cutting at Florida's ALTAMONTE MALL, in August 1974. To his right, we see Delta Burke, "Miss Florida 1974."
Photo from www.floridamemory.com / State Library & Archives of Florida / Jim Wright


Mr. DeBartolo's "showplace" was the enormous RANDALL PARK MALL, which was built in the Village of North Randall, an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. Christened in August of 1976, the super-sized shopping hub encompassed an astounding 2,196,100 leasable square feet and contained over 150 stores and services under its roof.
Graphic from the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation 


By the late 1970s, the DeBartolo Corporation had expanded its scope over to America's Pacific coast. The first stores in Greater Seattle's ALDERWOOD MALL began business in October 1979. 
Drawing from http://www.historylink.org / University of Washington Special Collections


Orange County, California's MISSION VIEJO MALL was another "left coast" DeBartolo development. The complex, also dedicated in October 1979, morphed into THE SHOPS AT MISSION VIEJO in 1999.
Photo from www.simon.com / Simon Property Group


Back east, Greater Pittsburgh's CENTURY III MALL was the third DeBartolo project to be christened in October 1979. The massive complex originally encompassed 1,273,000 leasable square feet, with a tenant list of 170 stores and services.
Photo from http://c3nostalgia.livejournal.com / "Century 3 Nostalgia"

From our shopping center article library, we present DeBartolo's Malls: