The first stores in ORLANDO FASHION SQUARE were dedicated in July 1973. The "completed new mall" was commemorated -in a Grand Opening II- in October 1973. At this time, the high-fashion hub encompassed around 843,000 leasable square feet and housed 103 stores and services.
ORLANDO FASHION SQUARE STORES 1973:
SEARS (with Coffee House and freestanding Auto Center) / BURDINES (with Beauty Salon, The Dining Room restaurant and Coffee Shop) / ROBINSON'S OF FLORIDA (with Beauty Salon and Robinson's Restaurant) / Baker's Shoes / Baskin-Robbins ice cream / Beri Shoes / Bellows TV & Sound Town / Cattlemen's Restaurant / Chess King / Foxmoor Casuals / GNC / Harper's ladies' wear / HIS Store For Men / Jeans West / Lory's ladies' sportswear / Matthews ladies' wear / Mister Dunderbak's Bavarian Pantry / Motherhood Maternity / Piccadilly Cafeteria / Small Stuff ladies' wear / Stride Rite Bootery / Stuff To Wear / The Orange Bowl Snack Bar / The Ranch ladies' & men's wear / Tinder Box Tobacconist / Thom McAn Shoes / Waldenbooks / Wonderful World of Sound / Write Occasions Hallmark
Burdines anchored the southeast corner of the complex. The store, which was the tenth branch in the Miami-based chain, opened in July 1973.
Drawing from William Burdine & Son
The north anchor of ORLANDO FASHION SQUARE was the second location in the Robinson's of Florida chain, which was based in St. Petersburg. The first store had opened, in August 1973, at St. Pete's TYRONE SQUARE. The FASHION SQUARE store welcomed its first shoppers in October of the same year.
