Furniture Store In Jacksonville Florida
Furniture Store In Jacksonville Florida
This article is about the shopping center in Jacksonville, Florida. For the Florence, Alabama shopping center of the same name, see Regency Square Mall (Florence, Alabama).
Regency Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Opened in 1967, the mall features more than 100 stores, including five anchor stores (Belk, Dillard's Clearance Center, Homeworks Furniture, JCPenney, and Sears) and a food court. It is managed by General Growth Properties of Chicago, Illinois.
History
Regency Square Mall was a $12 million project of Regency Centers, constructed at an expanse of sand dunes. It initially featured three anchor stores: national chain JCPenney as well as May-Cohen and Furchgott's, two local chains. The mall also included a Woolworth dime store as a junior anchor, as well as a movie theater.
According to an Urban Land Institute study published by the Florida Times-Union in 1979, it was one of the most profitable retail centers in the nation, with yearly average sales of $156/ft² versus a national average of $88/ft². To give back to the community, the mall operators turned over thousands of dollars in coins from their decorative fountains to charities. All types of social events, from art shows to science fairs to horticultural exhibits were held there.
1980s
In 1982, a $30 million major expansion nearly doubled the size of the mall, also adding Sears, Ivey's and Montgomery Ward. As a result of this expansion, the mall comprised two separate segments: the original mall between JCPenney and May-Cohen, and the new segment between May-Cohen and Sears. Furchgott's was closed in 1985 when the chain merged with Stein Mart. Unlike the other Furchgott's stores, the one at Regency Square did not become a Stein Mart, as the mall management considered the chain too low-end for the mall. Ivey's was converted to Dillard's in 1990.
1990s
May-Cohen sold its stores in 1998 to Maison Blanche, a chain based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Four years later, this store was sold to Gayfers. Woolworth closed in 1997.
In 1998, Gayfers' parent company, Mercantile Stores, was purchased by Dillard's. As was the case in most other markets where Dillard's and Gayfers overlapped, the former Gayfers store was then sold to Belk, thus bringing that chain to Jacksonville for the first time. The mall also underwent a $30 million renovation in 1998, which comprised the addition of a new, 24-screen movie complex to replace the existing six-screen theater inside the mall. A substation of the Jacksonville Sheriff's office was also added, as was a food court. Old Navy also came to the mall in the late 1990s.
Regency announced formal conduct and dress codes in 1999 to deal with offensive or intimidating behavior and gang activity. Because the mall is private property, management has the right to ask individuals not in compliance to leave the premises.
2000s
Montgomery Ward closed in 2001. Starting in 2003, General Growth began talking with other retailers, such as Kohl's (which did not operate any stores in Florida at the time) to fill the space vacated by Montgomery Ward. Finally, in 2006, Homeworks Furniture opened in the former Montgomery Ward space, but it later closed.
Since 2000, crime has become a major issue at Regency Square. Over 1,000 incidents were reported in 2004, the highest ever. Between September, 2007 and September, 2008, 650 unlawful acts were documented by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, more than the combined total of crimes at Jacksonville's other two major retail centers, The Avenues Mall and St. Johns Town Center. On January 26, 2008, a suspect was killed by an off-duty policeman who was called to pursue a fleeing man who had stolen a pair of jeans from the mall's Belk store. The shoplifter shot the officer four times before being fatally wounded himself.
References
- ^ Waymarking: Regency Square Mall Jacksonville
- ^ a b c d e f Florida Times-Union: November 16, 2008-Remember when we all used to go to the Mall? by Diana Middleton
- ^ a b "Leasing Information". General Growth Properties . http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallDirectory.aspx?smuid=577 . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ a b "The Malling of Jacksonville". Metro Jacksonville . 2008-10-15 . http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/917/120/ . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ "Maison Blanche set to buy May Co. Florida division". Daily News Record . 1988-06-06 . http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6419736.html . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ "Belk Stores to enter Jacksonville market". Jacksonville Business Journal . 1998-07-15 . http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1998/07/13/daily10.html . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ Bennett, Jane (1998-09-18). "Regency renovation in next phase". Jacksonville Business Journal . http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1998/09/21/story4.html?q=%20Regency%20square%20%20gayfers . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ "Jacksonville, Fla., Area Mall Plans Renovation.". Florida Times-Union . 1996-08-23 . http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6388594_ITM . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ Florida Times-Union: August 9, 1999-Mall code puts out 'offensive' patrons by Peralte C. Paul
- ^ "Jacksonville, Fla., Mall Courts Kohl's, Other Retailers to Fill Ward's Void.". Tribune Business News . 2003-06-17 . http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers-clothing-accessories-stores-shoe/10343711-1.html . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ Middleton, Diana (2006-09-21). "Furniture store to fill vacancy at Regency". Florida Times-Union . http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-151721177.html . Retrieved 2008-11-03 .
- ^ Florida Times-Union: November 8, 2008-Heroic actions earn honors for police, fire officers by Dan Scanlan
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