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Brevard Mall
Brevard Mall, Florida's first DeBartolo-built mall, was redeveloped into the Florida Business Centre office complex after demolition in Melbourne today · summary, model-written
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Redeveloped
This site: Florida Business Centre extraction · all sites with thisOffice
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| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | officeextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | Florida Business Centreextracted, unreviewed |
Site context
| Housing permits, Brevard County (FL), 2024 | 702 units in 5+ unit buildings, 12 in 2–4, 3,889 single-family; 2023: 1,551 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 3,244 since 2015; 762 in the last 12 months (+20% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-06 with 105Wikimedia |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 28,628 jobs in 2,087 establishments; average annual pay $39,335; employment location quotient 1.19; employment +0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 16,664 jobs; 587 in retail trade, 485 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 12009064702)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 5.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (537 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 5% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 29.7%; median family income $40,976; 149 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Brevard County School District (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 21 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 230 county-logged events: 104 thunderstorm wind, 52 hail, 20 tornado, 13 heavy rain; $21,038,600 property damage reported; 6 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 32901, 2026-09 | median list price $325,625 (-2.8% on the year); 106 active listings; median 67 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 2,049 establishments (+5%); 29,504 jobs (+14%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $342,346 (-0% 1 yr, +16% 5 yr); typical rent $1,887/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 10,200 vehicles a day on DR MLK JR BLVD (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 388 trucks; 5 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Brevard Mall opened as the first mall in Brevard County and the first DeBartolo Corporation mall in Florida. It later operated as Florida Marketplace before being redeveloped into an office complex known as Florida Business Centre. The original mall structure has been demolished, leaving the office complex on the site.
Why. not stated in the record
Where it stands. The site currently hosts the Florida Business Centre office complex, though the original mall structure has been demolished; ownership or control details are not provided in the record.
For a planner
- Precedent: first mall in Brevard County and first DeBartolo-developed mall in Florida.
- Policy tools noted: redevelopment strategy with a planned new use as office.
- Open questions: reasons for demolition, current ownership/control, and any zoning or entitlement status for the office complex.
For a developer
- Site size: not stated in the record.
- Control/ownership: not specified in the record.
- Entitlement stage: not indicated; only strategy and new_use are listed.
- Context constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals from tract data: not provided in the record.
What we do not know yet
- Reason for demolition or closure not stated in the record.
- Current ownership or controlling entity of the Florida Business Centre not provided.
- Site dimensions, parcel boundaries, and exact footprint not given.
- Zoning, entitlement, or permitting status for the office complex unknown.
- Environmental constraints (floodplain, wetlands) and transit access not detailed in the record.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- My Florida Retail Blog: Brevard Mall - Melbourne, FL myfloridaretail.blogspot.com
- Exploring The Historic Brevard Mall In Melbourne Florida - YouTube youtube.com
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Multifamily screen
- closed or demolished site (sourced)
- county grew 7.6% 2018–23
- median rent $1,456
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History and original facts
| Original developer | DeBartolo Corporationextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Anchors | Brevard Mall |
| County | Brevard County |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
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Background
Florida Business Centre, formerly Florida Marketplace and Brevard Mall, is an enclosed office complex and former shopping mall in Melbourne, Florida, United States. A small, two-anchor mall, it was the first mall in Brevard County, Florida, and was the first mall built by the DeBartolo Corporation in Florida. Tenants of the complex include Percepta, Collins Aerospace, and IHeartMedia.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Brevard Mall · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy
4 quoted sentences
first mall built by the DeBartolo Corporation in Florida
Florida Business Centre
enclosed office complex and former shopping mall
redeveloped
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