Gulf View Square Mall

Location	Port Richey, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28°17′37″N 82°42′46″W / 28.2935°N 82.7128°W / 28.2935; -82.7128
Address	9409 US HWY 19
Opening date	March 1980; 44 years ago (March 1980)
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo
Owner	Namdar Realty Group
No. of stores and services	100+
No. of anchor tenants	6 (2 open, 1 vacant, 3 demolished)
Total retail floor area	754,000 sq ft (70,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors	1 (2 in Dillard's)

Gulf View Square Mall is an enclosed mall in Port Richey, Florida. Opened in 1980, it is anchored by Best Buy & Dillard's Clearance Store and is owned by Namdar Realty Group.

The mall has not been in great shape in recent years. There have been plans to demolish the mall, but the mall is trying to find other ways to make money.

History

Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation first proposed Gulf View Square in 1974. At the time, its anchor stores were slated to be Sears, Maas Brothers, Belk-Lindsey, and Robinson's of Florida.^[2] The mall opened in March 1980 with Belk-Lindsey and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores.^[3] Maas Brothers opened in August 1981,^[4] with Sears following in July 1982.^[5]

JCPenney opened on the fifth anchor slot, which was originally planned for Burdines, in 1990.^[6] Burdines ultimately entered the mall by taking over the Maas Brothers store a year later.

Dillard's bought the Belk-Lindsey store in 1992.^[7] A food court was added in 1998.^[8] In 2001, Dillard's relocated from the former Belk to the former Montgomery Ward.^[9] As a result, the former Dillard's store was demolished in 2002 for Linens 'n Things and Best Buy.^[10] Linens 'n Things closed in 2008 and TJ Maxx opened in 2010 and closed in 2021.^[11][12] Burdines became Burdines-Macy's in 2003 and Macy's in 2005. Old Navy, which opened in 2000, closed in 2009.^[13]

A new management team began managing the mall in 2011, and announced plans to bring new stores.^[12] On January 15, 2014, JCPenney announced that they would be closing as part of a plan to close 33 stores nationwide. JCPenney ended its 24-year run as anchor on August 2, 2014.^[14] On January 8, 2015, Macy's announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 14 stores nationwide. The store closed in May 2015.^[15]

Washington Prime Group sold Gulf View Square Mall to Namdar Realty Group in February 2017 for $15 million.^[16]

On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed March 2019.^[17]