Opened in 1980, it is anchored by Best Buy & Dillard's Clearance Store and is owned by Namdar Realty Group.

Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation first proposed Gulf View Square in 1974.

At the time, its anchor stores were slated to be Sears, Maas Brothers, Belk-Lindsey, and Robinson's of Florida.

[2] The mall opened in March 1980 with Belk-Lindsey and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores.

[6] Burdines ultimately entered the mall by taking over the Maas Brothers store a year later.