The Florida Mall

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The Florida Mall

One of the mall's entrances
Location	Orange County, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28°26′45″N 81°23′44″W / 28.44592°N 81.39554°W / 28.44592; -81.39554
Address	8001 South Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32809
Opening date	March 12, 1986 (March 12, 1986)
Developer	Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. and JCP Realty, Inc.
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group (50%)
No. of stores and services	294
No. of anchor tenants	6
Total retail floor area	1,699,571 sq ft (157,900 m2)[1]
No. of floors	1 (2 in Sears, Macy's, JCPenney, Dillard's, Old Navy, H&M, Zara and Crayola Experience, 12 in Florida Hotel)
Parking	Parking lot, valet parking with 9,220 spaces[2]
Public transit access	7, 37, 42, 107, 108, 111, 418, 441 at the Florida Mall SuperStop
Website	Official website

The Florida Mall is a super regional enclosed shopping mall located south of Orlando in unincorporated Orange County, Florida, United States, on the southeast corner of Orange Blossom Trail and Sand Lake Road; it opened in 1986. The mall features JCPenney, Dillard's, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Sears, in addition to the Crayola Experience.

The facility was developed by a Joint Venture of Eddie DeBartolo of DeBartolo Realty & JCP Realty, Inc. (Subsidiary of J. C. Penney Company) starting in 1979-1984; it is currently managed by Simon Property Group, which owns 50%, having fallen to Simon following the 1996 merger of Simon and DeBartolo Realty into Simon DeBartolo Group. With 1,699,571 sq ft (157,900 m²) of gross leasable area and 294 retailers,^[3] it is one of the largest single-story malls in the United States and the largest mall in Central Florida.