Westland Mall Opens Its Doors in Hialeah
Westland Mall in Hialeah, Florida, opened in the summer of 1971. Developed by Joseph Meyerhoff, it stood beside a standalone Burdines department store that was already in place and operating at the time.
From the start, the mall had three anchors: Sears, Burdines, and JCPenney. Shoppers could stop at a medium-sized cafeteria or head to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor for sundaes.
The one-level design stretched across the lot with surface parking surrounding it. Its official address was 1675 West 49th Street, and it quickly drew traffic from across the Miami metropolitan area…