# East Lake Square Mall

Tampa, FL · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a767e4129f` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-east-lake-square-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a767e4129f.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a767e4129f.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-a767e4129f

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | reinhabit | reported · authors' map |
| New use | office | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Reinhabitation: office | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1976 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1998 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1999 | reported · authors' map |
| Original developer | Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The mall would open on August 4, 1976 opening one day prior to the near by Tampa Bay Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPark_Tampa_Bay
- **year_closed**: “After a period of decline in the 1990s which included the closure of all four anchor stores, the mall was closed entirely in 1998” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPark_Tampa_Bay
- **original_developer**: “built by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation in 1976.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPark_Tampa_Bay

## Anchors

H. J. Wilson Co., Service Merchandise, Dillard's, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Belk-Lindsey

## Timeline

- 1976: Built
- 1976: Opened
- 1980: Anchor store H. J. Wilson Co. joins
- 1985: Anchor store H. J. Wilson Co. becomes Service Merchandise
- 1992: Belk-Lindsey location sold to Dillard's
- 1998: Mall closed
- 1999: Retrofit: reinhabit
- 1999: Reopened as NetPark Tampa Bay

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

NetPark Tampa Bay is a business park in the East Lake-Orient Park neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, United States. The complex, which primarily houses offices, is a redevelopment of the former East Lake Square Mall, a shopping mall built by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation in 1976. The mall would open on August 4, 1976 opening one day prior to the near by Tampa Bay Center. The mall opened with anchor stores JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, and Belk-Lindsey, with H. J. Wilson Co. joining in 1980. H. J. Wilson Co. became Service Merchandise in 1985, and Belk-Lindsey sold their location at the mall to Dillard's in 1992. After a period of decline in the 1990s which included the closure of all four anchor stores, the mall was closed entirely in 1998 and officially reopened as NetPark Tampa Bay a year later.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPark_Tampa_Bay
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "East Lake Square Mall, Tampa, FL." Record m-a767e4129f, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-east-lake-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_tampaeastlakesquaremall,
  title = {East Lake Square Mall, Tampa, FL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/fl/tampa-east-lake-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a767e4129f, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. 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.