Aventura Mall: Luxury Shopping mall
Aventura Mall is a shopping mall in Aventura, Florida. It is the largest conventional shopping mall in Florida and one of the nation’s premier fashion destinations, having a gross leasable area of 2,700,000 square feet, and is the second largest shopping center in the United States. The mall has three floors of retail space, with more than 300 retailers.Also there is a food court with eighteen fast food eateries, as well as several chains and other restaurants at the mall’s entrance.
The center is anchored by five department stores, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s, and features luxury retailers such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Burberry, Fendi, Givenchy, CHANEL Fragrance & Beauty, Bally, Emilio Pucci, Breitling, Tiffany & Co., Rolex and many more.
Aventura Mall features a collection of upscale boutiques and more than 300 of the world’s most iconic, recognized retailers
Led by partners Donald Soffer, Edward J. Lewis, Mark E. Mason, Eugene Lebowitz, and Ray Parello the Oxford Development Company officially dedicated Aventura Mall in April 1983, There would be four anchors in the original, 1.2-million-square-foot (110,000 m2), complex: Lord & Taylor, JCPenney (opened April 28, 1983), Sears (opened July 6, 1983) and Macy’s (the first in Florida, in a three story structure with Spanish architecture which became the template for future Macy’s in South Florida, dedicated October 1, 1983).
Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. a mall-developer was on board as an original investor in the project The mall was originally designed to accommodate a fifth anchor, and there was even a section of drywall in place where its mall entrance would be located.
Aventura Mall owners, Turnberry Associates, said in 2014 they were planning to add a three-story, 241,000-square-foot retail wing and a seven-level parking garage. If approved by Aventura city officials, this expansion to 2.7 million square feet (250,000 m2) of retail space would make the Aventura Mall the second largest in America.
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Is located at 19501 Biscayne Boulevard (US 1), Aventura, FL 33180.
Aventura Mall is easily accessible by Interstate 95 (Head east on Ives Dairy Road and proceed south on U.S. 1)