Sacramento-based Weinstock's built a 3-level store at FLORIN CENTER, which was the chain's eighth location. It opened, as the mall's first operational tenant, in October 1967.
Photo and graphic from Broadway-Hale Stores, Incorporated
McCurry Photo & Gifts, a local chain, was one of the original forty-two stores and services at FLORIN CENTER.
Drawing from the James J. Cordano Company
The 30 million dollar FLORIN CENTER encompassed 900,000 leasable square feet. Its ample parking area had spaces for over 5,000 autos. The complex was anchored by Weinstock's, Sears and J.C. Penney. Three other department stores, Zody's, White Front and Montgomery Ward, would eventually operate in the mall's periphery.
FLORIN CENTER TENANTS 1968:
WEINSTOCK'S (with Beauty Salon and freestanding Tire Center) / J.C. PENNEY (with Snack Bar, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / SEARS (with Coffee House, Optical & Hearing Aid Center and freestanding Auto Center) / S.H. KRESS 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / JOSEPH MAGNIN / MAYFAIR MARKET (outparcel) / Anita Shops ladies' wear / Joan Bari handbags & fashion accessories / Bank of America (outparcel) / Barricini Candy / Carousel Snack Bar / Children's Shoe Boat / College-Hi Shop young men's wear / B. Dalton Bookseller / DeVon's Jewelers / Drummer Boy Restaurant / Eppie's Restaurant (outparcel) / Expectation Shop / Fabric Center / Foreman & Clark apparel / Frederick's of Hollywood / Gallenkamp Shoes / Grodins / House of Nine ladies' wear / Kay Jewelers / Kinney Shoes / Leed's Qualicraft Shoes / Marlene's ladies' wear / Mel's Restaurant / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Mister "G" ladies' wear / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / McCurry Photo & Gifts / National Shirt Shops / Parklane Hosiery / Ransohoff's / Regal Shoes / Roos-Atkins men's wear / Senator Florist / Simone Wigs / Singer Sewing Center / Smith's Clothiers / Tall Fashions / The Toy Shop / Thom McAn Shoes / United California Bank (outparcel) / Women's World ladies' wear
