Cross County Mall was a partially enclosed mall located west of

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at Military Trail and Okeechobee Blvd, approximately west of Interstate 95. The site is within of Florida's Turnpike and

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. It was purchased in September 1997 and subsequently demolished and revamped into Cross County Plaza, a

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with some of the original anchors. It now features a

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, Conn's Presidente Supermarket,

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and many chain and local shops and restaurants.

History

The mall was developed by Wespac Investments as a local regional shopping mall for residents in suburban West Palm Beach. It was anchored by an 8 screen

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(later

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) and Britt's (later

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). Several out parcels such as

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and

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(now Ihop) surrounded the mall. Owner Wespac Investments declared bankruptcy in March 1988 and began to let many things deteriorate. Many tenants were unsatisfied with the condition of the mall and choose not to renew their leases. A fire caused by an irresponsible employee at the Builders Square in 1993 further hastened the demise of the mall.Chua, Linus

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'', 1996-05-31. Retrieved on 2012-05-13.

Redevelopment

After demolition of the mall was complete in late 1997, Swerdlow Group reworked the lot to keep many anchors and leased to new ones. New leases were negotiated with Kmart, Ross, and Winn-Dixie providing for their relocation into new premises at current market rental rates. The new owners failed to lure back some other former tenants such as AMC Theatres which left Palm Beach County altogether earlier that year having closed their last location in

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. Kmart closed their Cross County Plaza location in the summer of 2016. In 2019 Southeastern Grocers announced the closure of 22 stores including the Cross County Plaza location. Cross County Winn-Dixie

References

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