DEAD MALL - Sarasota Square Mall - Sarasota Florida (CLOSED) | ERA_Productions

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota Florida. The mall began life in 1977 with JCPenney, Maas Brothers, and J. Byron's as anchors as well as a 6 screen movie theater. More changes would come in 1979 when Sears would join in at Sarasota Square Mall. The mid 1980s would see J. Byron's close for a new food court, and an expansion for a Parisian. However in 1996, Dillard's would take over the Parisian, and Mass Brothers would be converted to Burdines. In 2002, Westfield would take over, and would rename the mall to Westfield Sarasota Square. A major renovation would take place in 2006, and that would also see a new food court and larger movie theater, and Macy's take over the Burdines name. However, 2009 would see Dillard's close. This space would be demolished for a new Costco. However, 2014 would the Mall at UTC open, and many stores would move out of Sarasota Square for the newer UTC Mall. 2017 would see Sears and Macy's close at Sarasota Square. Today, Sarasota Square Mall is owned by Torburn Properties and is back to its original name. The mall currently sits at less than 10% occupancy, with an uncertain future. Let's take a walk through Sarasota Square Mall in case if we never see it again!

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Filmed on July 5th. 2023
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