02-05-2025
Macy's has been closing stores — now a Miami mall says it's planning to add one
Macy's, which has announced the closing of some locations across the country and in South Florida, has plans to open a new store at Midway Crossings, according to the mall's property management company.
The 55-year-old Midway Crossings, with one of the largest DMV offices in Florida, is tucked off of the busy Palmetto Expressway.
The mall's West Palm Beach-based property management company, Sterling Organization, lists Macy's as 'coming soon' on its website, alongside Ross Dress for Less, Aldi, Burlington, Micro Center, Costco, Marshalls and other retailers among Midway Crossings' major tenants and national retailers.
A map of Midway Crossings, 7795 W. Flagler St. west of Miami, reveals a Macy's logo near the center's Five Below and Metro by T-Mobile stores and the food court.
A property management representative confirmed to the Miami Herald on Friday the plans to build a Macy's at Midway Crossings and that a lease is 'in place.' Construction hasn't started and no opening date has been announced.
How Macy's is changing
Macy's corporate office is tight-lipped about its plans to open a new store in Miami-Dade.
In January, Macy's announced the closing of 66 of its stores nationwide, including five in South Florida — including the location at Boynton Beach Mall's and several furniture outlets in Broward County — as part of its 'Bold New Chapter' strategy.
'We're not able to comment on any specific plans at this time,' Isabella Hershey, an external communications associate with Macy's, said in an email to the Miami Herald. 'As we finalize these plans, we will share more details.'
Sterling's website indicates the new Macy's will be 31,296 square feet, making the Macy's one of the bigger spaces at Midway Crossings.
The new Micro Center visible from the Palmetto Expressway is larger at 37,500 square feet. Costco and Home Depot, on the property but not inside the main mall, top 100,000 square feet each. But the coming Macy's tops the Burlington, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls and the recently opened free-standing Aldi in size. The Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles DMV at Midway Crossings, soon to be operated by the Miami-Dade Tax Collector's Office, is 16,006 square feet.
Other Macy's locations in South Florida
Macy's has stores at some of South Florida's high profile malls, including Aventura, Dadeland, Miami International and The Falls. Midway Crossings has more of a workaday reputation. The shopping center opened on 55 acres in September 1970 as Midway Mall, named because it was in Central-West Miami-Dade and served a then rural community living along Flagler Street about six miles away from Dadeland.
Midway Mall was re-branded as Mall of the Americas in 1987 and renamed Midway Crossings in 2022 as part of its revitalization.
