Coral Square Mall, Coral Springs, Florida

On the eastern coast of Florida, near Miami, is Coral Springs. Coral Springs is located in Broward County as part of the southern metropolitan area. Coral Springs was a planned community. Due to the flooding of the low lying land the developers had to build levees and drainage areas to make the land worthwhile. The city was planned for 50,000 residents. Today the city limits are hard to distinguish due to the development of southern Florida. The area continues to expand anywhere it can be feasible.

For tourists or residents part of enjoying Coral Springs is the warm weather, sunny beaches, and water. Another part of entertainment in the area is the Coral Square Mall. The mall is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 9pm. Sundays it is open from 12pm to 6pm. There are also holiday hours. Coral Square Mall is an indoor mall with over fifty shops. Simon Malls owns the complex. Simon is known for their indoor malls around the US, Europe, and Asia. They have over 300 properties in total.

The mall anchor stores are Macy's, Dillard's, JC Penny, and Sears. Within the mall are 120 specialty stores and dining places. Under accessory shops, shoppers can visit AT&T, Bonita's Silver, Claire's, Coach, Cool Sunglasses, CR Jewelers Diamond Outlet, Hat Shack, Jewelry and Silver Connection, Land of Shirts and Belts, MIT Wireless, PacSun, Slender Store, Sunglass Hut, and Totally Pagoda.

Cards, Books, Gifts and Stationery stores include Fran's Hallmark, Oriental Decor, Personalized Gifts, Spencer Gifts, and Waldenbooks. Children's Fashions such as the Disney Store, Gap Kids, Gymboree, Justice, Old Navy, Rave Girl, and the Children's Place are also found at Coral Square Mall.

Cigars, Entertainment, Health and Beauty are other categories found at the mall. For example entertainment has Game Stop, The Noerr Programs, and Ticketmaster. Health and Beauty offers Bath and Body Works, GNC, and Hair Galore among other stores.

Women's and Men's fashion is important to the Coral Square Mall. For that reason Aeropostale, Anchor Blue, Old Navy, Journey's, Hollister, Marcella's fashions, and New York and Company are offered.

The mall has two types of restaurants. Coral Square offers a food court or fine dining restaurants. Their food court includes Asian Chao, Burger King, Chao Cajun, Charley's Grilled Subs, Chick-fil-A, Dairy Queen, Mr. Jalapeno, and Sarku Japan.

Coral Square Mall has your typical outside architecture for a Florida Mall. It is a brick building, with some triangular windows and structures over the doors. It is inside the mall where the architecture is more pleasing. You have comfortable places to sit and elaborate glass ceilings in the food court and other parts of the mall. For children there is a play center located in the mall with slides, tubes, and other large toys to keep them entertained.

Simon Malls like to have live entertainment for holidays, as well as on certain weekends. It is possible to see a band perform or just listen to music piped over the mall speakers to make the shopping experience more pleasant.