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Retailers Scout for Workers as 5M SF of New Space Prepares to Debut

ORLANDO-Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom--all new to the metro Orlando area--are competing for experienced and entry-level staffers at stores slated to open in mid-October at the 1.3 million-sf Mall at Millenia and the expanded 2.1 million-sf Florida Mall, four miles apart in south Orlando.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on August 22, 2002

ORLANDO-Retail development consultant David W. Marks says creating Downtown retail districts is one of the hottest topics in retail development circles.

But don’t tell that to the developers of the 1.3-million-sf Mall at Millenia and the expanded 1.8-million-sf Florida Mall, only four miles apart in south Orlando and a good 10 miles from Downtown. They couldn’t care less about Main Street USA right now.

“That’s where all the action and conversation is going on right now,” Dean Fritchen, senior associate, Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services, Winter Park, FL, tells GlobeSt.com, referring to the south Orlando scene.

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