# Regency Square Mall

Jacksonville, FL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-c3f31751ec` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/jacksonville-regency-square-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-c3f31751ec.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-c3f31751ec.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-c3f31751ec

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, office, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The Nexus at Regency mixed-use project with multifamily housing, offices, and retail space, alongside Impact Church and Dillard's Clearance Center. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1967 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2025 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2025 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 74.0 | reported · public reporting |
| Original developer | Regency Centers | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Blackwater Development LLC | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The Nexus at Regency, a mixed-use project containing multifamily housing, offices and retail space. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed in June 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)
- **original_developer**: “Regency Square was constructed at a cost of $12 million by Regency Centers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)
- **after_notes**: “The Nexus at Regency mixed-use project with multifamily housing, offices, and retail space, alongside Impact Church and Dillard's Clearance Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)
- **status**: “Demolition of the mall structures began on September 14, 2026.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)
- **strategy**: “The anchor structures - Dillard's Clearance Center, Impact Church, JCPenney and Sears - will remain as part of the redevelopment.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)

## Anchors

Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Belk, Montgomery Ward

## Parties

- General Growth Properties — owner (from text) (1991–2014)
- Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group — owner (from text) (2014–2025)
- Blackwater Development LLC — owner (from text) (2025–)
- Impact Church — owner (from text) (2016–)
- Dillard's — owner (from text) (1992–)

## Timeline

- 1967: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1967: Opened
- 1981: $30 million expansion
- 1991: Sold to General Growth Properties
- 1992: Dillard's new location opened
- 1998: $30 million renovation
- 2014: Sold to Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group
- 2020: JCPenney closed
- 2025: Blackwater Development LLC purchased mall
- 2025: Final tenant Rogers Jewelers closes interior
- 2026: Demolition began

## Deals and debt

- 2025-04-09 sale:  Blackwater Development ← Regency Realty LLC  https://jaxtoday.org/2025/04/10/regency-square-mall-sale/
- 2014 sale: 13000000.0 Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group ← General Growth Properties  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)
- 1991 sale: 71800000.0 General Growth Properties ← Regency Group  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)

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

Regency Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in the Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Opened in 1967 and once one of the most successful malls in the country, the mall at its height had five anchor stores, Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, and Sears. The mall closed in June 2025 and today has two anchors- Dillard's Clearance Center and Impact Church, which are both separately owned and remain open. It is now currently owned by Blackwater Development LLC.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_Square_Mall_(Jacksonville)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Regency Square Mall, Jacksonville, FL." Record m-c3f31751ec, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/jacksonville-regency-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_jacksonvilleregencysquaremall,
  title = {Regency Square Mall, Jacksonville, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/jacksonville-regency-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-c3f31751ec, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

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.