Hollywood mall demolition underway

Site of closed Millennium Mall in Hollywood
Site of closed Millennium Mall in Hollywood

The owner of the former Millennium Mall in Hollywood started demolishing the vacant building to make way for a Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Dania Beach-based Dacar Management is razing the mall, which was once known as the Hollywood Fashion Center, to build a 180,000-square-foot Wal-Mart. Dacar already lured Pollo Tropical, Taco Bell and TD Bank to the site, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The mall was vacant for nearly a decade before Dacar received project approval in November 2013.

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The mall most recently operated as an indoor flea market. At one time, Hollywood Fashion Center was a thriving retail destination and anchored by Burdines and JCPenney. But it lost major tenants to the newer Pembroke Lakes Mall six miles west. [Sun-Sentinel]Eric Kalis