MALL HALL OF FAME

Lakeland's Lake Parker Mall A circa-1970 rendering of the prospective Swan City retail facility. It would span from Winn-Dixie,...

A mid-1970s view of the mall's newly-carpeted concourse. A large Jean Nicole store is seen on the right. Off in the distance is a...

A Michigan-based company bought LAKE PARKER MALL in January 1974. The official name of the retail hub was changed to (T...

LAKE PARKER MALL East Memorial Boulevard / US 92 and 98 and North Lake Parker Avenue Lakeland, Florida Planning for Lakeland, Florida...

Orlando's Colonial Plaza COLONIAL PLAZA originated with an open-air strip center that was completed in January 1956. The 3 mil...

The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company ("A & P") established a store in COLONIAL PLAZA. It was one of the two supermark...

Anchoring the PLAZA was a 2-level Belk-Lindsey...a.k.a. Belk's. The freestanding store opened for business in March 1956. Note how ...

The original store strip spanned approximately 236,400 leasable square feet. When fully-leased, it contained twenty-five stores and se...

Jordan Marsh Florida joined the complex as a second anchor department store. Dedicated in October 1962, it was the third st...

  Mid-century shoppers stroll the enclosed and air-conditioned concourse at a newly-expanded COLONIAL PLAZA. Photo from Central Florid...

The second enlargement of COLONIAL PLAZA was performed between June 1972 and October 1973. This project added a South Mall ...

A third -and final- renovation was done between 1982 and '83. Charlotte-based Ivey's added an anchor store in front of the c...

One of the big box retailers in today's COLONIAL PLAZA power center. Photo from www.weingarten.com / Weingarten Realty Investors

COLONIAL PLAZA East Colonial Drive and Bumby Avenue Orlando, Florida One of the first regional shopping hubs in Central Florida was buil...

Orlando's Winter Park Mall  The second enclosed mall in -or around- Orlando was developed in the city's Northeastern suburbs. WIN...

The "O-Town" complex was anchored by North Carolina's J.B. Ivey (a.k.a. "Ivey's) chain and J.C. Penney. Junior anchor...

In this snapshot, we have a full-color view of the mall's massive interior and Spilling Chalice Fountain . Photo from Central Florid...

In 1965, WINTER PARK MALL covered around 528,000 leasable square feet and was the Southland's largest fully-enclosed shopping center....

WINTER PARK MALL was bulldozed in 1998, leaving two structures standing. P.F. Chang's China Bistro was the first newly-built resta...

An Ivey's-Dillard's store was one of two structures spared when the rest of the mall was razed. The building was renovated. Its...