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In 1988, area code 407 was introduced for the Orlando area. [1] In 1995, area code 954 was introduced for Broward County. In 1996, area code 239 was introduced for southwest Florida and area code 352 for the areas around Gainesville and Ocala. Many new area codes were introduced in the first two decades of the 21st century, as a result of city ...
In Summer 2005, Prime Retail, who owns four other outlet malls in Florida, acquired the center and named it "Prime Outlets-Orlando". In September 2007, The mall reopened after a multimillion-dollar remodel into an open air lifestyle center and was again renamed as Prime Outlets-International for the road the mall is located on.
Area code 407 was created in 1988 in a split of area code 305, [1] Florida's original area code of 1947. When assigned, 407 included not only most of Central Florida, but also the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. In 1996, Palm Beach, Martin, Indian River, and St. Lucie counties were split from the number plan area and received area code 561.
The Mall at Millenia (commonly called The Millenia Mall or Millenia) is an indoor shopping mall located in Orlando, Florida just off of Interstate 4 (exit 78) at Conroy Road near the northern end of International Drive. Opened in 2002, it has over 150 stores. The mall features Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Neiman Marcus.
Lululemon was founded in 1998 by Chip Wilson in Vancouver, British Columbia with its first standalone store opening in November 2000. [ 19 ] [ 8 ] In 1997, Wilson had been doing yoga and had an idea to make yoga apparel for women using a proprietary skintight fabric he developed to enhance their appearance. [ 20 ]
The West Oaks Mall, originally called the Lake Lotta Mall, was announced in April 1995 when the Homart Development Company bought 130 acres of land for the mall. Designed by the Atlanta based design firm Thompson, Ventulett, Steinbeck, and Associates, the mall was slated to be a total of 950,000 sq ft, with anchors Sears, Dillard's, Gayfers, and JCPenney as well as 125 specialty stores and a ...
Robinson's of Florida was the newly created Florida division of California-based J.W. Robinsons. The Orlando location was their second Florida location, opening two months after their first store at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg. [5] [6] A free-standing movie theater was built on an outparcel in 1975 which existed until 1989.
The Florida Public Service Commission, which oversees telecommunication in Florida, opted for the latter solution, and these two noncontiguous sections received area code 386 in July 2001. Since 904 was projected to exhaust in 2024, a new area code, 324, was approved to serve the same geographic area of area code 904, since February 26, 2024 ...