# Sunshine Mall

Clearwater, FL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-09caa383b0` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/clearwater-sunshine-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-09caa383b0.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-09caa383b0.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-09caa383b0

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a 600-apartment complex | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1998 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Original developer | Gambest Associates | reported · web research agent |
| Planning notes | The mall was demolished beginning in July 1998 by Terra Excavating Inc of Largo, FL in order to make way for a 600-apartment complex. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The Sunshine Mall opened on September 26, 1968, with 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2) of mall space” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall
- **after_notes**: “in order to make way for a 600-apartment complex.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall
- **status**: “The mall was demolished beginning in July 1998 by Terra Excavating Inc of Largo, FL” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall
- **strategy**: “A US$10 million rebuild of the mall was announced in 1995, which was to transform the mall into a strip mall power center, retaining an interior corridor, however this never came to pass.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall

## Anchors

Phar-Mor, Office Depot, J. C. Penney, J Byrons

## Parties

- Fusco Property Management — owner
- Fusco Property Management — owner (from text)
- Gambest Associates — original_developer

## Timeline

- 1968: Opened
- 1970: Second anchor J Byrons confirmed
- 1977: Theater twinned into two-screen
- 1979: Pantry Pride closed
- 1990: Office Depot opened
- 1991: J Byrons closed
- 1994: McCrory's closed, J.C. Penney announced intentions to leave
- 1995: US$10 million rebuild announced
- 1998: Closed (Wikidata)
- 1998: Demolition began

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Sunshine Mall was a single-level, enclosed shopping mall located in Clearwater, Florida, U.S. It was anchored by Phar-Mor and Office Depot. It was owned by New Haven, Connecticut based Fusco Property Management.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Sunshine Mall, Clearwater, FL." Record m-09caa383b0, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/clearwater-sunshine-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_clearwatersunshinemall,
  title = {Sunshine Mall, Clearwater, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/clearwater-sunshine-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-09caa383b0, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.