Sky Lake Mall

There is no longer a mall here as it was demolished and turned into a shopping center several years ago. This was the home of J. Byrons before and after «they dropped the J.» It was the home of a huge Morrison’s Cafeteria where I remember many lunches with my mom. With the closing of Byrons, and no new anchor store taking over, the space was vacant for a time. Then the bank built itself a freestanding location, the entire mall was purchased by a management company, and the decision was made to turn the property into a strip mall. Some stores remained open during the total renovation/​rejuvenation of the building. Most went out of business or moved to new locations.
There was a bookstore, but like all those beautiful gems taking the wayside to ebooks, the store went out of business. There used to be a great authentic Italian restaurant, Tony’s. They have since moved out to Hollywood beach as a pizza joint and no longer a fancy dinner place. They had a movie theater which had two screens and offered double features. In the very end there were reports of bugs in the popcorn, and the floor was extremely sticky, but where else could you spend less than $ 6 for almost 4 hours of entertainment. But, alas this was torn down with the rest of the mall.
Now, there is a Goodwill and LA Fitness. A new Publix in the center with a few restaurants, TJ Maxx a bank and a jewelry store, Burt’s Jewelers. The newest addition to the rejuvenated mall is tge drive-​thru Starbucks that took over where Bockbuster used to be.