Southland Mall (Miami, Florida)

Southland Mall, originally known as Cutler Ridge Mall, is a shopping mall located in Cutler Bay (formerly Cutler Ridge), Florida. It opened in 1978 [http://www.library.miami.edu/archives/ohp/perrine/chronology.html] as an extension of the Cutler Ridge Shopping Center, which itself was opened in 1960 (shortly after its "grand reopening", the Cutler Ridge Mall moniker was subsequently applied to the entire shopping center complex). Subsequent additions extended the mall in the early-to-mid 1980s.

The mall was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. When Cutler Ridge Mall reopened the following year, none of the original Cutler Ridge Shopping Center (except Sears) remained standing, along with two of the four expansions. The owner, the Simon DeBartolo Group declared bankruptcy in the late 1990s and ownership was transferred to Lender Ocwen Federal Bank, which has maintained ownership of the mall to the present time. In 2002, management of the mall as assigned to T/S Development of Miami, Florida, which subsequently changed the name of the mall in November 2003 to Southland Mall [http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2004/01/26/focus3.html] .

Currently, Southland Mall features JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears as its anchor stores. The mall also features a Regal Cinemas movie theater, Bally Total Fitness, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Old Navy, TJ Maxx, Casual Male, and Ulta. Additional businesses on the mall property include Kmart, Ross Dress for Less, SunTrust, Applebees, and Regions Bank.

Former anchors

*Burdines ("Became Macy's 2004")
*Dillard's ("torn down for theater")
*Food Fair ("original anchor of Cutler Ridge Shopping Center; became Pantry Pride in 1978")
*Garden Ridge Pottery
*Jordan Marsh ("closed 1991")
*Lord & Taylor ("closed 1991, later Mervyn's")
*L. Luria & Son ("original anchor; closed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992")
*Mervyn's ("later became Dillard's when Mervyn's left Florida")
*Pantry Pride ("closed mid 1980s")
*Phar-Mor ("took over space formerly occupied by Food Fair/Pantry Pride in 1984; closed 1992")
*Richard's ("original anchor; closed 1980, later Burdines")

External links

* [http://www.www.mysouthlandmall.com Official website]