Panama City Mall
 The Panama City Mall Entrance Sign | |
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| Location | Panama City, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°11′13″N 85°38′51″W / 30.187°N 85.6476°W |
| Address | 2150 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. |
| Opening date | August 10, 1976 |
| Closing date | December 5, 2018 |
| Developer | Charles N. Agree |
| Owner | Hendon Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 13 (at its peak) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 608,339 square feet (57,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www |
Panama City Mall was a single story enclosed shopping mall in Panama City, Florida. Opened in 1976, it featured J. C. Penney, Dillard's, and Planet Fitness as its anchor stores. It is owned and managed by Hendon Properties of Atlanta as of September 2013, purchased from CBL & Associates Properties. The mall closed due to Hurricane Michael and received major damages. It will not be reopening.[1]
History
The mall, built by Charles N. Agree, opened in August 1976 with Sears and Gayfers as its anchor stores.[2][3]
An East Wing, and J.C. Penney anchor store, were completed in November 1982. The Gayfers store was rebranded by Dillard's in 1999.
Cost Plus World Market and Linens 'n Things were both added to the mall in the late 2000s, resulting in the relocation of existing stores.[4] Linens 'n Things is now Bed Bath & Beyond, while Cost Plus World Market has since moved to Pier Park at Panama City Beach, Florida. Planet Fitness is now open next to Dillard's
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Panama City Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[5]
On October 15, 2018, Sears announced that it will be closing its location at the mall in the future, after Sears declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[6]
On December 5, 2018 owner Hendon Properties announced the permanent closure of the mall, citing costs to rebuild as the primary factor after catastrophic damage from Hurricane Michael. Dillard's and JCPenney announced their locations would be repaired and reopened as stand-alone stores in 2019.[7] On August 30, 2019 J.C. Penney reopened for business and Bed Bath & Beyond has closed and consolidated to its Pier Park North location as of Spring 2019.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Panama City Mall to Close". December 5, 2018.
- ^ "Florida". Engineering News Record: 50. 1974.
- ^ "Mall ground breaking today". Panama City News-Herald. 9 May 1975. p. 8B.
- ^ Carson, Daniel (4 May 2007). "Mall has changes in store". Panama City News-Herald. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "At Panama City Mall | Seritage". seritage.com.
- ^ Tyko, Nathan Bomey and Kelly. "Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Panama City Mall to close for the "foreseeable future"". www.wjhg.com.