First opened in 1975, the Orange Park Mall is the largest mall on the west side of the
St. Johns River in the
Jacksonville area. The mall contains over 110 stores and services. When it opened, it featured three anchors:
Ivey's,
May Cohen's, and
Sears, like
Volusia Mall a year before.[1] In 1984, the mall added 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) that included a new food court and a
JCPenney anchor. May Cohen's became May Florida shortly before being acquired by
Maison Blanche in June 1988. Ivey's changed to
Dillard's in June 1990. Maison Blanche was in turn taken over by
Gayfers in early 1992 due to
Mercantile Stores buying the chain. In 1997, the mall built a 24-screen
AMC Theatres. Gayfers finally ended up as
Belk in late 1998 because Mercantile was bought out by Dillard's which already had a store at the mall. Later, in 2006, the mall added a 48,003-square-foot (4,459.6 m2)
Dick's Sporting Goods anchor. The mall was sold to
Washington Prime Group in 2014 and today stands at 953,000 square feet (88,500 m2). On February 8, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 39 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2020.[2][3]