DeSoto Square Mall closing on Friday DeSoto Square Mall closing (Source: WWSB) By ABC7 Staff | April 29, 2021 at 10:56 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 6:11 AM
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Manatee Countyâs longtime and well-known shopping mall is closing its doors on Friday, April 30.
DeSoto Square Mall, located in the 300 block of 301 Boulevard in Bradenton, opened in 1973. DeSoto Square Mall (Source: WWSB)
The nearly 50-year-old mall has struggled with keeping stores and shoppers. On Thursday, a note announcing its closure was taped to the entrance doors. DeSoto Square Mall closing (Source: WWSB)
Longtime residents say they are sad to see it go.
Dear DeSoto Mall,
Growing up in Bradenton, so many of my childhood memories include you, DeSoto Square Mall. We couldn t wait to put on our jelly shoes, fanny pack, slap bracelets and head to the mall. First stop, Camelot Music to buy a cassette single since I couldn t afford the whole tape. If mom was feeling generous, we d get an Orange Julius. The best scheme going was asking to see a movie at the DeSoto Square movie theatre because Claire s was two doors down. Since we had to walk by Claire s we could usually slide in there to spend the rest of our cash on jewelry that would soon turn our skin green. Over the years, your anchor department store was constantly evolving. Maas Brothers made way for Belk Lindsey, Belk became Burdine s, then Dillard s and finally...Macy s. This was home to every school clothes shopping trip for 13 years and therefore also home to the fitting rooms where I threw a fit over what we could afford vs what I could fit in to. In high school, your food cou
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Your Treasure House, the massive consignment and resale store at Sarasota Square mall, is so full of riches that it’s easy to feel like you’ve gotten lost and transported to a vastly more interesting reality.
The 40,000-square-foot store, which has taken over the Forever 21 Red space in the mall at Beneva Road and South Tamiami Trail, is a consignment shop that has about 50,000 items, including roughly 10,000 pieces of jewelry, for sale.
There’s a white carousel horse that might have had a previous life at a carnival or fair, Walt Disney cartoons on 8 millimeter film, candelabras, an Amish-built table, dining room tables, clothing, artwork, furniture and even a $295 wildebeest hide, just in case you need one of those. And that list barely even scratches the surface.