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Winter Park Village

Winter Park Village

Winter Park Village is an outdoor shopping center in Winter Park, Florida, United States featuring many shops, restaurants, and a 20-screen Regal Cinemas. The center opened in 1999 on the site of the former Winter Park Mall. The mall's anchor stores are Publix, Arhaus, Guitar Center, REI, and Regal

Cinemas. Restaurants include Brio Tuscan Grille, The Cheesecake Factory, Ruth's Chris Steak House and P.F. Chang's China Bistro. History The site was originally home to Winter Park Mall, which was Greater Orlando's first enclosed shopping mall. The mall opened in 1964 and had Ivey's and JCPenney as the original anchor stores. At the time, the JCPenney store was the second-largest in the nation. A large section of the mall burned on Easter morning, April 6, 1969, in "the first major fire incident in the United States involving an enclosed shopping mall," and was rebuilt. Ivey's was sold to Dillard's in 1990. Over the years, the mall lost popularity, as many shoppers preferred the Park Avenue, Winter Park's upscale shopping district, or newer malls in the area. JCPenney moved to Orlando Fashion Square in 1993 leaving Dillard's as the only anchor store. At the time, developers had begun seeking replacements for the JCPenney store, with prospective replacements including Belk and Parisian. After this, the mall's owners entered into a joint venture between Don M. Casto Organization and the Nikitine family for redevelopment. The mall was razed in 1998 except for the Dillard's store. Howe

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