The first expansion of the mall was done in 1973-1974. A Northeast Wing and parking garage were added and Robinson's of Florida opened as a third anchor. When construction dust settled, WEST SHORE PLAZA encompassed approximately 869,000 leasable square feet and contained sixty-two stores. Parking facilities now accommodated nearly 4,000 autos.
A snapshot of Maas Brothers, for years the mall's north anchor. The store was rebranded by Miami-based Burdines in 1991 and Macy's in 2005.
Photo from Wikipedia / "BaronPlourde"
Pantry Pride was shuttered in 1979, with its space divided into five stores. The grocery structure was expanded southward in the mid-1980s. Part of this addition, and a portion of a vacant Walgreen Drug, were used for the mall's first Food Court (dark gray). A mall-wide face lift was completed in May 1993, with the complex redone in a Spanish-Mediterranean motif.
The WEST SHORE Saks, which opened in November 1998. Its construction was the second stage of a three-phase renovation. The aforementioned 1993 face lift comprised the first stage. The third (and final) part of the project would get underway in the year 2000.
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