Volusia Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the largest retail shopping center in the Volusia-Flagler market. Opened in 1974, the mall comprises more than 120 stores on one level, as well as a food court. Anchor stores include JCPenney, Macy’s, Sears and three Dillard’s locations. It is managed by CBL & Associates Properties.
Volusia Mall opened in 1974 at a site on on U.S. Highway 92, adjacent to I-95 and U.S. 1. It originally included six anchors: Burdines, JCPenney, Sears, May-Cohen’s, Belk-Lindsey, and Ivey’s. All of the anchors except JCPenney were built as two-level stores. Maison Blanche acquired May-Cohen’s in 1988, although the store later became Gayfers. Ivey’s was the first anchor to be converted to Dillard’s, doing so in 1990. Belk-Lindsey’s location at the mall became a second Dillard’s in 1996. The mall gained a third Dillard’s in 1998 when the Gayfers chain was acquired. Burdines was dual-branded as Burdines-Macy’s in 2003, dropping the Burdines name in 2005.
Original tenants also included a Walgreens pharmacy and a movie theater. After Walgreens relocated outside the mall, its space was converted to another mall entrance, while the theater became a storefront church. Center court housed a large fountain and wishing well a couple hundred feet in size. The structure featured multiple geysers as well as a jogging path and was also used to stage special events. This feature was downsized in 1997.
Volusia Mall is the largest mall in the Daytona Beach area.
