Publiboda

	Sector	Shopping
	Country	US
	State	Florida
	Address	1267 N State Road 7, FL 33313, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
	Phone	(954) 581-5186

Lauderhill Mall. It is not only a wonderfully-preserved example of retail times gone by, but it is possibly the most reliced property we’ve featured on this site which is still open – and not dead. At any rate, we feel that Lauderhill is an appropriate foray into the retail scene of south Florida, a rapidly changing and exponentially growing place with a rich and unique retail history. This amazing relic sits on 40 acres of property along State Road 7 just north of Sunrise Boulevard in the small village of Lauderhill, just west of the city of Fort Lauderdale. Opened in 1966, it was billed as the first air-conditioned mall in the southeastern United States. Since opening, Broward County and south Florida in general have changed dramatically. For one, the population of Broward County was only 350,000 in 1966. Today it is 1.8 million and growing rapidly. In addition, with the massive population growth came larger, more modern malls and big box centers. These have effectively outmoded Lauderhill Mall and it has far outlived its original purpose. The only reason it still exists is because it was purchased decades ago by a privately held Canadian partnership which has done very little to the mall at all, leaving it looking almost exactly the same today as it did the day it opened. They do keep the place clean, however.

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