Lakeland Square Mall

Lakeland Square Mall is a shopping mall located on the northern side of Lakeland, Florida. It is one of two enclosed malls serving Polk County. It is the only shopping mall located off of I-4 between Tampa and Orlando, and it serves the populations of western Polk County. The mall is owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group.
The shopping mall opened in 1988 and has four anchor stores, including the Burlington Coat Factory, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Cinemark Theaters. some notable tenants/stores at the mall are H&M, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, PINK and rue21. When it opened, it had featured Mervyns and Sears, but also had Belk (now Burlington Coat Factory), with Maison Blanche opening a few months later. Both the Mervyns and Maison Blanche stores became Dillard's; the former Mervyn's location was shuttered in 2012, with Dillard's consolidating to the former Maison Blanche. The former Mervyns/Dillard's building was torn down in 2013 and replaced with a Sports Authority and movie theater.
Pier 1 Imports opened outside the mall in 1997. In 1998, Toys "R" Us opened in the mall's area. It closed in June 2018. Lowe's Home Improvement opened south of the mall in 2006.
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Lakeland Square Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.
On May 25, 2016, it was announced that Sports Authority would be closing as it is going out of business. The store closed in late August 2016, with Urban Air opening later in its place.
In January 2017, Macy's announced it would close its Lakeland Square Mall store as a part of a larger round of closings across the country.
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears and Sears Auto Center would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.
On March 7, 2019, it was announced that Charlotte Russe would be closing at the Lakeland Square Mall as part of a company wide liquidation plan of over 500 stores nationwide.
In February 2019, it was announced that the location of Payless ShoeSource would be closing as a result of the store closures by the company.
"Crazy 8," "Yankee Candle," and "Things Remembered" stores have closed as of April 2019.
Lakeland Square Mall has been the main upscale shopping center for Lakeland during the 1990s, but since 2005 it has lost Belk to the competing Lakeside Village, an open-air lifestyle center that opened on the south side of the city.
Category:Malls in Florida
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Brookfield Properties Retail Group Malls
Category:Single-Level Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1988
Category:Seritage Locations