South Florida

12 highlights at South Florida malls and stores in 2025

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

If you've been to a South Florida mall in 2025, you have seen some new stuff.

Newly opened stores and restaurants, events, amenities, expansions.

Catch up with our coverage this year with the stories below:

Eataly in downtown New York City. The internationally famous Italian brand is scheduled to come to the Aventura Mall in the spring of 2025. By Pablo Enriquez

NO. 1: HOW ‘FLORIDA FIRSTS’ ARE DEFINING AVENTURA MALL. HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS

Eataly promises the Italian experience in Miami. | Published April 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

The dining area and bar of the La Pizza & La Pasta restaurant inside Eataly at the Aventura Mall. By D.A. Varela

NO. 2: EATALY OPENS IN AVENTURA THIS WEEK. HERE’S WHAT THE ITALIAN MARKETPLACE LOOKS LIKE

The question you must ask yourself when you visit at the new Eataly at the Aventura Mall isn’t where to start. | Published June 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Connie Ogle

Dadeland Mall on Kendall Drive. The Apple Store, Cheesecake Factory entrance.

NO. 3: DADELAND MALL’S NEW STORES INCLUDE MIAMI FIRSTS AND CHANCE FOR A DASH AND GRAB

Princess Polly is offering freebies to early birds Saturday. | Published May 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

An aerial view of Carsten Höller’s 93-foot glass-and-steel slide and Robert Indiana’s ‘Love’ sculpture are among the art installations welcoming visitors to Aventura Mall on Sept. 25, 2024, in Aventura, Fla. By MATIAS J. OCNER

NO. 4: THIS MIAMI AREA MALL WAS JUST VOTED BEST IN THE COUNTRY. HERE’S WHY IT’S NO. 1

What South Florida favorite destination didn’t make the Top 10? | Published June 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

Brickell City Centre is at 701 South Miami Avenue.

NO. 5: MALL GIANT BETS BIG ON BRICKELL CITY CENTRE, SPENDING HALF-BILLION ON RETAIL COMPLEX

The open-air shopping center is home to the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue, Sephora, Apple and Lululemon. | Published June 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by CD Goette-Luciak

Brickell City Centre signed on seven new shops and restaurants. Above: Pedestrians walk outside Brickell City Centre in Miami in January 2020. By MATIAS J. OCNER

NO. 6: BRICKELL CITY CENTRE’S RETAIL HAS A NEW OWNER. HERE ARE 5 TAKEAWAYS

The outdoor mall, opened in 2016, spans 500,000 square feet with over 90 businesses. | Published June 30, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives, with AI summarization

Shops in the proposed American Dream Miami entertainment complex surround an indoors ice-skating rink in this artist’s rendering from developer Triple Five’s proposal. Slated to rise in Northwest Miami-Dade, the 175-acre complex would be the largest mall in the United States.

NO. 7: AMERICAN DREAM MIAMI MEGA-MALL WILL PAY MIAMI-DADE $5M. BUT WANTS SUBSIDY HELP, TOO

Will the American Dream Miami project ever get built? Developer wants to lift a subsidy ban secured by rival malls in 2018. | Published July 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Douglas Hanks

Artistic rendering of the proposed Sunset Place project on the right that would replace the 25 year old Shops at Sunset Place mall on Sunset Drive and Red Road. This view looks west on Sunset. The Crossroads and the retail and restaurants on the left exists.

NO. 8: LANDMARK SUNSET PLACE MALL IS WINDING DOWN AND WILL BE REPLACED. SEE 5 TAKEAWAYS

What to know about what’s coming at the South Miami landmark. | Published July 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives, with AI summarization

TSA agents check in passengers on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. By Pedro Portal

NO. 9: A MAJOR SOUTH FLORIDA MALL ADDS A TSA KIOSK TO SPEED THINGS UP AT THE AIRPORT

Getting through airport security faster can start with your next trip to the mall. | Published August 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cordell Jones

A man walking along Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Mall is reflected in the window of a vacant shop. By Alexia Fodere

NO. 10: LINCOLN ROAD REVIVAL? MIAMI BEACH HOPES MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR MAKEOVER BRINGS BACK CROWDS

After a decade of planning, delay and debate, the city of Miami Beach has broken ground on a scaled-down version of a multimillion-dollar renovation plan for Lincoln Road Mall that aims to restore some of the famed pedestrian promenade’s lost shine. | Published September 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Andres Viglucci

The Girl Choir of South Florida performs at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale in this file photo.

NO. 11: FORT LAUDERDALE’S GALLERIA HAS NEW OWNERS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE MALL?

Fort Lauderdale shoppers would agree, the Galleria mall has seen better days. | Published September 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Amanda Rosa

House of Horror Haunted Carnival at Miami International Mall

NO. 12: 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

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.