A view of one of the most popular shopping centers on the West Coast of Florida.
A view in the Mall, showing the attractive design of the EDISON MALL SHOPPING CENTER, Fort Myers, Florida.
A view of one of the most popular shopping centers on the West Coast of Florida.
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WIKIPEDIA: The Edison Mall was developed in the early 1960s by George Sanders. The Edison Mall was initially anchored by Sears, JCPenney, and Maas Brothers, a Tampa-based department store. Sears opened first on October 28, 1964, opening before the rest of the mall. Maas Brothers opened on October 8, 1965 along with the first interior segment of the mall. JCPenney opened on March 17, 1966, which completed the original plan for the mall. The mall's opening would lead to more commercial development south of downtown Fort Myers.
The Sears and JCPenney stores were at opposite end of the mall's original segment. This would be the first time in the United States that rivals JCPenney and Sears were co-located in the same shopping center.
The Maas Brothers store was in the middle of the mall and was notable since it was their first store to anchor an enclosed shopping mall. They had previously only operated freestanding stores in downtown areas. Maas Brothers would later go on to open more locations in malls on Florida's Gulf Coast with their next mall stores opening at WestShore Plaza and Tyrone Square Mall. The two-story Maas Brothers also contained the first escalators in the city of Fort Myers. As with their previous stores, Maas Brothers operated a Suncoast Restaurant within the store on the second floor. The Edison Mall also notably included a Walgreens and a Woolworth's five-and-dime store in its early days.
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