Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about AVENTURA MALL!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: anchored by Macy’s, JCPenney, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s, the center is highlighted by a mix of over 300 stores, including Apple, Adidas, Anthropologie, Burberry, Car the mall was originally designed to accommodate a fifth anchor . as part of the break-up of assets, Soffer’s new firm assumed control of the Aventura Mall . in 1996, the ground was broken for a major expansion of Aventura Mall . a two-story Rainforest Cafe also opened, but was closed just a few years later . two of the original anchors, JCPenney and Lord and Taylor, were enlarged . two department stores were built to anchor the addition . a three-story Bloomingdale’s came inline in 1997 . in 2005 Lord & Taylor closed their location citing a weak and competitive marketplace . in 2005, Lord and Taylor closed as they withdrew from the Florida Market . Nordstrom announced they would construct a store adjacent to in 2015, Sears Holdings spun 235 of its properties into Seritage Growth Properties . in 2017, aventura mall opened a three-level, 241,000-square-foot expansion wing . the