Gateway Town Center (commonly called Gateway Mall or Gateway) is an indoor/outdoor

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located in the

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neighborhood of Brentwood, just off

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(exit 355 and 356) at Golfair Boulevard and Norwood Avenue. Developed in the 1950s, it has over 70 stores, and is anchored by Publix. The mall originally consisted of a strip center with

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, G. C. Murphy,

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, and W. T. Grant (later May-Cohen's). A 1967 expansion added the enclosed mall, anchored by a new J. C. Penney store and Jefferson Ward, later Zayre.http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2017-jul-the-rise-and-decline-of-gateway-mall

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External links

Gateway Town Center website
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