# Sarasota Square Mall

Sarasota, FL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-93689f50b7` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/sarasota-sarasota-square-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-93689f50b7.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-93689f50b7.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-93689f50b7

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, regreen, reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | mixed, housing, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | 1,200 apartments, mixed retail | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1977 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2024 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2025 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Arlen Realty and Development Corporation | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Torburn Partners | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Zoning change | mixed-use | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2023 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed in late 2024” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **original_developer**: “Arlen Realty and Development Corporation... announced Sarasota Square Mall in 1976” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **after_notes**: “1,200 apartments, mixed retail” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **status**: “demolished in February 2025” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **strategy**: “Torburn Partners proposed... 1,200 apartments... build-out expected within five to seven years” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **zoning_change**: “Torburn Partners proposed... 1,200 apartments... build-out expected within five to seven years” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- **demolition_year**: “The mall was demolished in February 2025 with its anchor stores, Costco and JCPenney, operating as freestanding stores.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Parisian, Maas Brothers

## Parties

- Westfield Group — owner (Wikidata, undated)
- Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield — owner (from text) (2005–2021)
- CBL & Associates Properties — owner (from text) (1977–2003)
- Arlen Realty and Development Corporation — owner (from text) (1976–1977)
- Coyote Group — owner (from text) (2003–2005)
- Torburn Partners — owner (from text) (2021–2025)
- Costco — owner (from text) (2012–2025)

## Timeline

- 1976: planned
- 1977: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1977: opened
- 1989: anchor added
- 1991: rebranding
- 2003: acquired
- 2006: refurbishment
- 2009: closure
- 2017: closure
- 2020: foreclosure
- 2024: closure

## Deals and debt

- 2025 sale: 10500000.0 Costco ← Torburn Partners  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- 2009 sale:  Costco ← Dillard's  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall
- 2003 sale:  Westfield Group ← Coyote Group  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Sarasota Square Mall was a shopping mall near Sarasota, Florida on the northwest corner of U.S. Route 41 and Beneva Road. It opened in September 1977 and closed in late 2024. The mall was demolished in February 2025 with its anchor stores, Costco and JCPenney, operating as freestanding stores.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_Square_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Sarasota Square Mall, Sarasota, FL." Record m-93689f50b7, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/sarasota-sarasota-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_sarasotasarasotasquaremall,
  title = {Sarasota Square Mall, Sarasota, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/sarasota-sarasota-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-93689f50b7, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.