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Westfield Southgate, formerly Southgate Plaza and South Gate Shopping Plaza, is a shopping mall in Sarasota, Florida that opened in 1956. ==History== Southgate Plaza opened in 1956 as a strip mall. It was enclosed in 1988.〔(Southgate Plaza has new owners and a new name | HeraldTribune.com )〕 The original strip included two supermarkets: Publix and Winn Dixie's Kwik Chek, along with a W. T. Grant and Woolworth.〔(Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search )〕 J. C. Penney was added as part of a 1961 expansion.〔(Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search )〕 W. T. Grant closed its store in 1976, which was then sold to Burdines.〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 A J. W. Robinson's department store replaced the former J. C. Penney in 1978, after J. C. Penney moved to Sarasota Square Mall (now Westfield Sarasota Square).〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 Robinson's became Maison Blanche in 1987〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 and Dillard's in 1992.〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 Three years after Robinson's opened, an enclosed wing was added.〔(Sarasota Journal - Google News Archive Search )〕 In 1994, Publix moved to a larger store across the street.〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 The Publix building became Saks Fifth Avenue in 1996.〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HT&p_theme=ht&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE9781060CEDB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 Following the opening of Saks, the mall was renovated to include more upscale stores such as Williams-Sonoma, Ann Taylor, and Banana Republic.〔(Sarasota Florida news, weather, sports and business | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota FL )〕 Westfield Group bought the mall in 2002,〔(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search )〕 renaming it Westfield Southgate. Burdines became Macy's in 2003. In 2012, Saks confirmed that it would move to Mall at University Town Center, a new mall being built in Sarasota by Taubman Centers.〔(Saks' departure announcement spooks other Southgate tenants | HeraldTribune.com )〕 Dillard's closed their doors at Southgate soon after, consolidating into their newer UTC location nearby.〔http://www.bradenton.com/2014/10/07/5399441/benderson-buys-dillards-southgate.html〕 In late 2014, Cobb Theatres announced it would take over the Saks space for a "Cinebistro" concept.〔http://www.bradenton.com/2014/11/17/5480054/cinebistro-to-open-at-westfield.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westfield Southgate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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