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Do you shop in South Florida? How the store map is changing at centers and malls

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

Shopping is on the move in South Florida.

Some stores will close. And malls are adding retail and entertainment options.

Take a look at the recent coverage.

Coral Gables’ Behar Font Partners’ artistic rendering of a proposed 8.12-acre mixed use development for 3655 SW 22nd Street. That is where a Sears store has been located since 1959. The site plan was approved by Miami in April 2025. That doesn’t guarantee the project will move forward.

NO. 1: LAST SEARS STORE IN SOUTH FLORIDA COULD DISAPPEAR. HERE ARE THE PLANS

What to know about the future of the site. | Published May 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

An aerial view of The Esplanade at 19505 Biscayne Blvd. in Aventura. That’s Aventura Mall in the background on the sprawling land.

NO. 2: 17 NEW STORES AND RESTAURANTS ARE COMING TO AVENTURA. WHERE ARE THEY PUTTING THEM ALL?

It’s not Aventura Mall but it’s close. | Published June 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

House of Horror Haunted Carnival at Miami International Mall

NO. 3: ONE OF MIAMI’S MOST TERRIFYING TRADITIONS IS BACK, AND WE HAVE DETAILS

Miami doesn’t really do fall. | Published September 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Madeleine Marr

A new Target occupies the ground floor of the Block 55 at Sawyer's Walk complex in the heart of Miami’s historic Overtown, which is undergoing a resurgence. Above the Target are more stores and 578 apartments for low-income seniors. By PHOTO BY AL DIAZ

NO. 4: $175 MILLION BOOST COMING TO RESURGENT OVERTOWN, MIAMI’S ORIGINAL BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD

Just a few short years ago, the historic heart of Overtown, Miami’s original Black neighborhood, lay desolate and lifeless just steps from Biscayne Boulevard and downtown. | Published October 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Andres Viglucci

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.