"Tampa's family adventure mall"
| 459 Brandon Town Center Dr Brandon, FL 33511 |
A Westfield shopping mall, Brandon Mall was opened in 1995 and has gone under a few different names over the years. It is a one-story mall with over 1,000,000 square feet of shopping space and dual-leveled anchors. It is the large family mall for the Tampa area. It was recently expanded by 150,000 square feet in 2007 when a Dick's Sporting Goods and several large restaurants including Cheesecake Factory were added to the front entrance.
Who It's For: Brandon mall has something for almost everyone and is family oriented. It includes a carousel, an arcade, toy stores and a family "playhouse". There are stores to accommodate various walks of life and social classes with most of them being designed for middle class shoppers.
Its Best Assets: Besides its family features, there is GreatGlam.com, a store that appears to be an internet cafe but the shopper uses the provided pink Vaio laptops to browse a large stock of juinors' hip-hop fashion, which can be brought out from the back upon selection. There are several specialty restaurants outside the mall including (among others) Bahama Breeze, Red Robin and California Pizza Kitchen.
Other great retail: Anchors Macy's, Dillards, JcPenney and Sears; Express, Charlotte Russe, Claire's Boutique, The Limited, Godiva Chocolatier, Teavanna, Lucky Brand, Books-A-Million and many more.
What it Lacks: Little seems to be lacking at all since there are stores for families, professionals, teens, plus size and people from various social classes. This is not as upscale of a mall as the International Plaza, however, so anyone looking for the highest fashion (Such as Loius Vuitton or Tiffany & Co) Would not find it here.
Signs of Decline: Minimal. There are a dozen or less shuttered stores.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
www.westfield.com/brandon/
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