The Falls (mall)

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The Falls
The main entrance of The Falls

Location	Miami, Florida
Opening date	1980
Management	Mills Corporation
Owner	Mills Corporation & GM Pension Trust
No. of stores and services	100+ [1]
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	821,000 ft²
No. of floors	1
Website	www.shopthefalls.com

The Falls is an open-air shopping mall located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, southwest of the city of Miami, Florida. The mall has over 100 upscale stores. The anchors include Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and United Artists Theaters.

[edit] History

Originally opened in 1980 as an upscale open-air plaza, in 1984 the first anchor store, Bloomingdale's opened their doors, bring the center to 450,000 ft². Bloomingdale's closed in September 1992 after the store was leveled by Hurricane Andrew, before reopening in late 1993. Macy's opened a store in 1996 during an expansion that double the size of the shopping center. The center was sold in December 1997 to Taubman Centers, which transferred ownership in 1998 to the GM Pension Trust, while retaining management.

The Macy's store was briefly renamed Burdines-Macy's in 2003. before becoming simply Macy's in 2005. In 2004 the GM Pension sold a half-interest in The Falls to The Mills Corporation, which also assumed management.

[edit] Anchors & Major Tenants

Bloomingdale's (225,000 ft²)
Crate & Barrel (12,104 ft²)
Express (16,420 ft² total, Express - 9,587 sq. ft., Express Men - 6,833 sq. ft.)
Gap (13,599 ft² total, The Gap - 7,252 ft², Gap Kids - 3,931 ft², Baby Gap - 2,416 ft²)
Macy's (230,000 ft²)
Pottery Barn (13,332 ft²)
United Artists Theaters (39,785 ft²)