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44-936: Designed in the shape of an alligator, Sawgrass Mills opened in 1990 as the third mall (and flagship) developed by the now-defunct Mills Corporation (now part of Simon Property Group ). The mall has been expanded multiple times since then, and is located next to Amerant Bank Arena . There are over 400 retail outlets and name brand discounters. Current anchors include AC Hotels by Mariott , adidas Outlet Store , Bloomingdale's: The Outlet Store , BrandsMart U.S.A., Burlington , Columbia Factory Outlet , Dick's Sporting Goods , Forever 21 , In The Game/ Johnny Rockets , Gap Factory , Grand Lux Cafe , H&M , HomeSense , Marshalls , Last Call by Neiman Marcus , Nike Factory Store , Nordstrom Rack , Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, Primark , Q Store California, Regal Cinemas , Rainforest Cafe , Regal Cinemas , Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th , Super Target , Texas De Brazil , and TJ Maxx . Sawgrass Mills

88-646: A center in Rome, Italy. After their last built mall was opened, Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in July 2005, the company was investigated by the Securities & Exchange Commission for its financial problems. On January 17, 2007, the Mills Corporation agreed to a buyout from Brookfield Asset Management , based out of Toronto. The deal was valued at US$ 1.35 billion. The company was forced to seek help after

132-452: A company-wide email delivered January 11. All of the 63 stores were gone from the Sam's Club website as of the morning of January 11, 2018. Walmart said that ten of the stores will become e-commerce distribution centers and employees can reapply to work at those locations. Business Insider magazine calculated that over 11,000 workers will be affected. On the same day, Walmart announced that as

176-749: A former Two Guys/Jefferson Ward store located in Delran . This was Walmart's first expansion into the Northeast. The first Walmart discount store (now expanded into a Supercenter) in New Jersey opened in 1991 in Turnersville . In 1990, Sam's Wholesale Club was renamed Sam's Club, dropping off "Wholesale". The same year, the first Sam's Club opened in Pennsylvania . In 1993, Walmart acquired PACE Membership Warehouse from K-mart and converted

220-742: A majority of PACE locations into Sam's Club stores. Sam's Club entered the Canadian market in Southern Ontario (all but one in the Greater Toronto Area / Golden Horseshoe ) in 2003. The latest flagship club opening as of September 13, 2007 , was in Fayetteville, Arkansas . The largest Sam's Club store is located in Pineville, North Carolina , with 185,000 sq ft (17,200 m ) of retail space that

264-657: A new wing called Fashion Row in the former site of Wannado City. Local retailer L. Luria & Sons was slated to open an anchor at Sawgrass Mills. A lawsuit ensued when catalog showroom chain Service Merchandise opened instead, as the Luria company blamed Mills Corporation for choosing Service Merchandise instead. An expansion was opened in 2018 called the "Town Center at Sawgrass Mills" which features 25 full-price retailers, 4 new sit down restaurants, and another new parking garage for 2,000 vehicles. The new expansion

308-770: A number of cases, employees showed up to work and found the doors locked and a notice saying that the store would soon be liquidated. Walmart eventually told Business Insider that 63 Sam's Club stores would begin liquidating across the country, including in Alaska , Arizona , California , Illinois , New York , Ohio , and Texas . According to Business Insider , the closure of Sam's Club locations and plans to convert some stores into e-commerce fulfillment centers as announced in January 2018 are part of Walmart's growing commitment to online retailing that will allow it to better compete with rival Amazon . Sam Walton opened

352-526: A part of carrefour group, also operates about 50 Sam's Club locations in Brazil . Locations generally range in size from 32,000–168,000 sq ft (3,000–15,600 m ), with an average club size of approximately 134,000 sq ft (12,400 m ). Sam's Club formerly had six locations in Canada from 2006 to 2009. On January 11, 2018, Sam's Club announced the permanent closure of select stores. In

396-517: A plan to close 150 stores nationwide. Mills Corporation The Mills Corporation was a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland , United States , acquired on April 3, 2007, by an investment group composed of Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management . The company developed, owned, and operated major super-regional shopping malls . The company built 18 "Landmark" centers in which

440-626: A possible management misconduct resulted in a $ 350 million accounting error. Brookfield would have paid $ 21 for each share of Mills Corporation. However, on February 13, 2007, Mills announced that their board had determined that a competing offer from Simon Property Group of Indianapolis, Indiana was superior to the Brookfield offer. Brookfield had the option to submit a counter offer , but on February 16, 2007, Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital agreed to acquire Mills for $ 25.25 per common share. On April 6, 2007, Farallon and Simon completed

484-549: A result of the new tax law , it would be raising Walmart starting wages, distributing bonuses, expanding its leave policies and contributing toward the cost of employees' adoptions. Doug McMillon , Walmart's CEO, said, "We are early in the stages of assessing the opportunities tax reform creates for us to invest in our customers and associates and to further strengthen our business, all of which should benefit our shareholders." On November 15, 2019, Kathryn McLay succeeded Furner as CEO of Sam's Club. McClay announced plans in 2023 for

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528-473: A spinoff. On February 26, 2009, Walmart Canada announced that it would be closing all six of its Canadian Sam's Club locations. This was part of Walmart Canada's decision to shift focus towards supercentres, but some industry observers suggested that the operation was struggling in competition with Costco and the non-membership The Real Canadian Superstore (known as Maxi & Cie in Quebec ), that had

572-574: A well-established history in the country. Sam's Club also rebranded the two as yet unopened locations as new Walmart Supercentres. In January 2010, it was announced that ten clubs would be closing, including four in California. At the same time, Sam's opened six new clubs at various locations in the United States. On January 24, 2010, it was announced that approximately 11,200 Sam's Club employees would be laid off. The layoffs resulted from

616-930: Is currently top ranked (in sales volume) in the Simon Property Group portfolio of 194 shopping centers. Because of its size, Sawgrass Mills is divided into three parts: the main mall, The Oasis, and The Colonnade Outlets. The Oasis, an outdoor component opened in 1999, includes GameWorks which is now In The Game/Johnny Rockets, Regal Cinemas 23 IMAX , Polo Factory Outlet, The Cheesecake Factory , California Pizza Kitchen , Texas de Brazil , Yard House , and Shake Shack . The Colonnade Outlets opened in 2006 as an upscale lifestyle center with shops and restaurants, anchored by Grand Lux Cafe , P.F. Chang's , Seasons 52 , and featuring outlets by Burberry , Coach , Fendi , Frette , Gucci , Jimmy Choo , lululemon , Tory Burch , and Versace . Additionally, there are numerous other "outparcel" stores and plazas. The mall

660-516: Is named after saw grass, Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense , a very common plant in the Everglades . The mall's west Broward location was part of the Everglades before human development, and is less than a mile from the extent of the Everglades that is still present (just beyond the nearby State Road 869). The Phase I mall was dedicated in two stages. The first opened October 4, 1990 with

704-652: Is similar in concept to Costco's Business Centers. In January 2010, the company announced it would be closing its Business Center, along with nine other clubs across the United States. In Houston, Sam's Club opened Más Club in August 2009, a club geared towards the Hispanic population. Membership in Más Club was separate from membership in Sam's Club. The store eventually began a liquidation sale in December 2013, and

748-595: Is situated next to the recently expanded Colonnade Outlets and acts as an extension to the Colonnade Outlets. On September 10, 2020, it was announced that Century 21 Department Store would be closing all stores, including the Sawgrass Mills location. This location closed on December 6, 2020. In 2021, Q Store California opened in the former site of Century 21. On September 15, 2022, it was announced that Bed Bath & Beyond would be closing as part of

792-570: The United States across 45 states and Puerto Rico , with no locations in Alaska , Massachusetts , Oregon , Rhode Island , and Washington State . Sam's Club offers car wash services at gas stations in 41 locations. Sam's Club also operates 168 locations in Mexico and 45 locations in China . Grupo Big, formerly Walmart Brazil, which was de-consolidated from Walmart in August 2018 and now

836-832: The BrandSmart USA/ Sears Outlet wing at the eastern end, extending past the Garden Food Court (next to Bealls , previously the Hurricane Food Court), to the Books-A-Million store at the western end of the mall. A second stage, dedicated November 15, 1990, extended the mall westward of the Books-A-Million store, past the second food court, the Market Food Court (next to Dick's Sporting Goods , previously

880-637: The Simon acquisition: Sam%27s Club Sam's West, Inc. ( doing business as Sam's Club ) is an American chain of membership-only warehouse club retail stores owned and operated by Walmart Inc. , founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton as Sam's Wholesale Club . As of January 31, 2019 , Sam's Club ranks second in sales volume among warehouse clubs with $ 84.3 billion in sales (in fiscal year 2023), behind its main rival Costco Wholesale . As of October 31, 2023 , Sam's Club operates 599 membership warehouse clubs in

924-525: The Sports Food Court) to the Marshalls / Spiegel Outlet (now Neiman Marcus Last Call Clearance Center ) wing. Cobb Theatres (became Regal Cinemas in 1997) built an 18-screen cinema located at the Northeast corner of the mall, opening in December 1991. A Target Greatland was added to the east wing of the mall, opening in July 1992. It was expanded into a Super Target store in mid-2006. Phar-Mor

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968-463: The United States. In 2019, the dedicated scanning app was deprecated, and its features were incorporated into the main Sam's Club app. On February 1, 2017, John Furner replaced Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club. On January 11, 2018, Walmart announced that 63 Sam's Club locations in cities including Memphis , Houston , Seattle , and others would be closing. Some of the stores had already liquidated, without notifying employees, some employees learned by

1012-423: The acquisition of Mills. All former Mills malls became Simon properties at the acquisition date and are now shown on Simon's website. The Mills became Simon's fifth retail platform, along with Regional Malls (the 21st Century malls included) and Chelsea Premium Outlets. The new platform (for Landmark Mills only) is known as The Mills: A Simon Company . These properties were in development by Mills Corporation before

1056-496: The ailing Forest Fair Mall (became Cincinnati Mills from 2004 to 2009) and a nine mall portfolio in 2004, including former Taubman Centers , like Columbus City Center in order to redevelop and expanded to be more affordable centers. Also, the company also expanded to Europe with the opening of Madrid Xanadú in Spain. The success of Madrid Xanadú prompted The Mills to embark on the $ 1 billion+ Meadowlands Xanadu complex in 2004, which

1100-558: The company converted to Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) status and changed its name to "The Mills Corporation". In 1996, with new CEO Lawrence Siegel, The Mills built Ontario Mills near Los Angeles, which was the company's first mall built abstractly and with a full oval racetrack design which followed into the rest of the company's built malls. Since opening Ontario Mills until 2005 with Pittsburgh Mills, The Mills built and opened at least one or two landmark malls each year. In 2002, The Mills acquired six regular retail malls including

1144-400: The company to build 30 stores. She became CEO of Walmart International in 2023 and was succeeded as Sam's Club CEO by Christopher Nicholas. As of January 2024, Sam's Club used an artificial intelligence -based receipt-checking technology at 10 stores that required customers to move through a portal to verify purchases. The company announced plans to put the technology in all of its stores by

1188-563: The concourses had names and each turn was considered a rotunda or court and named for the style of stores it contained. The original mall concourses (running west to east) were Modern Main Street, Mediterranean Main Street, Art Deco Main Street and Caribbean Main Street. The courts were (running west to east) Entertainment Court, Cabana Court, Video Court, Rotunda Court and New Ideas Court. This proved harder to keep in effect as anchors and internal stores changed. Later, mall entrances were named after

1232-410: The decision to outsource product sampling duties to an outside company (Rogers, Arkansas-based Shopper Events, which already performs in-store product demonstrations for Walmart) and to eliminate New Business Membership Representative positions throughout the chain. Most of the laid-off employees were part-time and represented about 10% of the total Sam's Club workforce. Rosalind Brewer was named as

1276-420: The end of 2024. Like other warehouse clubs, Sam's Club sells most of its merchandise in bulk and directly off pallets . The clubs are arranged like warehouses , with merchandise stocked in steel bins. Products sold include jewelry, designer goods, sunglasses, crystal, and collectibles, electronics, floral, apparel, food, and meats. Most locations have Pharmacy, Tire and Battery, Photo (as of late 2019, photo

1320-571: The first Sam's Wholesale Club on April 7, 1983, in Midwest City, Oklahoma , 21 years after he founded Walmart. In 1987, Wal-Mart Stores purchased West Monroe, Louisiana -based SuperSaver Wholesale Warehouse Club; the purchase expanded the Sam's Wholesale Club chain by 24 locations. Prior to the acquisition, the stores were owned by Alton Hardy Howard and his son John. In 1989, Sam's Wholesale Club opened its first club in New Jersey in

1364-578: The former Mills properties after the acquisition, and is operating the former "Landmark Mills" group as a separate operating segment within its organization. The company started in 1967 as the Western Development Corporation, and its first mall was Potomac Mills in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in 1985. Then from 1989 to 1991, Franklin, Sawgrass, & Gurnee Mills opened each of those years, respectively. In 1994

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1408-561: The latest expansion featuring Tory Burch , John Varvartos , Giorgio Armani , Versace , Ted Baker , and Florida's first Matchbox restaurant. A new parking garage opened next to the Colonnade Outlets in 2016 to accommodate more mall visitors and a Seasons 52 restaurant opened in Spring 2019. In August 2019, Barneys New York announced that their location would close as part of plan to close fifteen locations nationwide due to bankruptcy , and AC Hotels by Marriott opened in 2020. Originally,

1452-571: The malls were named after "Mills", like "Vaughan Mills", or "St. Louis Mills"; and also over 20 "21st Century Retail" regional malls that they started operating in 2002, like Del Amo Fashion Center and Southdale Center. Most former Mills facilities have a large movie theater from 10 to 30 screens, and a large food court (sometimes two). Their facilities were normally built in colorful modern/abstract architectural designs, but in recent years have been renovated to more conventional designs with mainly neutral colors. Simon Property Group assumed management of

1496-408: The new CEO for Sam's Club, a change that came into effect on February 1, 2012. On January 24, 2014, it was announced that Walmart will cut 2,300 jobs at the underperforming Sam's Club locations. In 2016, Sam's Club rolled out a mobile application that allows users to scan items while they shop and pay for them, skipping the checkout line. By December 2016, the app could be used at all locations in

1540-658: The parking lot areas, i.e., Yellow Toucan, Green Toad, Purple Parrot, White Seahorse, Red Snapper, Blue Dolphin, Pink Flamingo and New Ideas Court. In the mid-2000s, inspired by rival Dolphin Mall in Miami , the mall transitioned into the "Avenues" sections. There was a kid's animatronic display in the Cabana Court, between Books-A-Million and the Rainforest Cafe , featuring singing flamingos and alligators welcoming

1584-463: The public to Sawgrass Mills. It was set up like a swamp and allowed people to toss coins into the shallow water which were donated to local charities. It was later converted to a waiting area designed after a ship, still with alligators, and then into Cha Cha's Adventure play area. The play area was removed in 2016 to make way for the improvements for Century 21 Department Store . Wannado City closed on January 12, 2011. In 2013, Sawgrass Mills opened

1628-452: Was another early anchor to the mall. Sam's Club opened outside of the mall to customers in 1993. A Phase II addition, known as Veranda Main Street, opened November 14, 1995. It ran parallel to the middle mall corridor and contained TJ Maxx , Service Merchandise and the first location of Last Call by Neiman Marcus . This section is currently anchored by TJ Maxx (in the old Service Merchandise /American Signature Home space). This expansion

1672-572: Was closed in February 2014. In October 2018, Sam's Club opened Sam's Club Now, a "mobile-first" retail store where customers use the Sam's Club Now mobile app to scan and pay for merchandise. Customers can also order items ahead of time with same-day curbside pickup at the store. The Sam's Club Now store is located in Dallas, TX. In March 2020, a Sam's Club store in Midland, Texas was the site of

1716-634: Was cut from most clubs), Bakery, Optical, Café, and Floral departments. Sam's Club consolidated its private labels under the Member's Mark brand in 2017. Sam's Club does not sell the Sam's Choice or Great Value brands that are available in Walmart stores. Sam's Club opened their first Business Center in Houston, Texas, in August 2008. Converted from an existing Sam's location, the Business Center

1760-402: Was designed by BCT Design Group out of Baltimore. It is an outdoor outlet shopping plaza featuring outlets of more upscale brands such as St. John , Burberry , Coach , Michael Kors , Ralph Lauren , Kate Spade , and Tommy Bahama and restaurants such as Grand Lux Cafe , P. F. Chang's China Bistro , Villagio, and Zinburger. The Colonnade Outlets had expansions completed in 2009 and 2016 with

1804-517: Was first planned as "Meadowlands Mills", but the project has caused numerous delays and cost the company financially. It was eventually sold to another developer, who planned it as American Dream Meadowlands . In November 2004, Vaughan Mills was the first Mills Landmark built in Canada, and continued its international success with the acquisition of the St. Enoch Centre in Scotland and was offered to build

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1848-414: Was followed by The Oasis extension, opened April 15, 1999. It brought the mall out from near Burlington Coat Factory to Regal Cinemas (which was expanded to 23 screens). A parking garage was added in 2002 directly across the outside entrance to Burlington Coat Factory. Wannado City , an indoor amusement park with entry fee, opened in Spring 2004. The Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass Mills opened in 2006, and

1892-480: Was formerly an Incredible Universe . On September 24, 2006, Sam's Club unveiled a new logo with an updated serif font. In December 2007, Sam's Club launched a new slogan, "Enjoy the Possibilities". Since then,it became an official advertising slogan, mentioned in television and radio advertisements; however, it is not mentioned on its website. As of January 2008 , the "Enjoy the Possibilities" slogan

1936-510: Was no longer in use. Sam's Club launched their latest slogan "Savings Made Simple" in the fourth quarter of 2009. Starting in April 2007, there was speculation of a possible sale or spinoff of Sam's Club from parent company Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. At Walmart's 2007 annual shareholder's meeting in June, management said that Sam's Club is not for sale, although they did not say they are not considering

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