# Tampa Bay Center

Tampa, FL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-33bd62624b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-tampa-bay-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-33bd62624b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-33bd62624b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-33bd62624b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | other | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The only remnants of the mall are the large sections of parking lots. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus terminal was relocated to the southwest section of the property in 2007, known as the West Tampa Transfer Center. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1976 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2001 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2005 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Rouse Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Malcolm Glazer and his family | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “operated until 2001, when most of its tenants relocated to the nearby International Plaza” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center
- **original_developer**: “The mall was developed by the Rouse Company.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center
- **after_notes**: “The only remnants of the mall are the large sections of parking lots. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus terminal was relocated to the southwest section of the property in 2007, known as the West Tampa Transfer Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center
- **status**: “It was demolished in 2005.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center
- **strategy**: “The mall was acquired by Malcolm Glazer and his family for $22.8 million in cash on December 31, 2002, to make way for a training facility for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center

## Anchors

Sears, Montgomery Ward, Burdines

## Parties

- Malcolm Glazer and his family — owner (from text) (2002–2005)

## Timeline

- 1976: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1976: Opened
- 1980: Montgomery Ward opened
- 1987: Food court opened
- 1990: Cinema closed
- 1999: Montgomery Ward closed
- 2002: Sears relocated
- 2002: Acquired by Glazer family
- 2005: Demolished
- 2007: Bus terminal relocated

## Deals and debt

- 2002 sale:  Malcolm Glazer and his family   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Center

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

Tampa Bay Center was a shopping mall located in Tampa, Florida, across the street from Tampa Stadium. The mall was developed by the Rouse Company. When it opened on August 5, 1976 the 877,000-square-foot (81,500 m2) Tampa Bay Center was Tampa's fourth major mall and operated until 2001, when most of its tenants relocated to the nearby International Plaza. The mall was a two-story building that had an anchor at each end, plus one in the center of the mall: Burdines on the east side, Montgomery Ward in the center, and Sears on the west side.

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

## Sources

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

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Tampa Bay Center, Tampa, FL." Record m-33bd62624b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-tampa-bay-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_tampatampabaycenter,
  title = {Tampa Bay Center, Tampa, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-tampa-bay-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-33bd62624b, 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.