The Gardens Mall is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida . The mall features Macy's , Bloomingdale's , Saks Fifth Avenue , and Nordstrom . A former anchor store, Sears , closed in February 2024. The space sits vacant as of March 2024.
7-561: The mall also boasts restaurants like Brio Tuscan Grille , California Pizza Kitchen and PF Chang's China Bistro The Gardens Mall, originally called The Gardens of The Palm Beaches, was developed by The Forbes Company, based in Southfield, Michigan . On October 5, 1988, the mall opened with three initial anchor stores: Burdines , Sears and the second Macy's in Florida. Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue joined as tenants in 1990. Burdines
14-685: A Roman ruin style décor and an open, Italian style kitchen focusing primarily on pastas and pizzas. Bravo Development, Inc. (BDI) was founded in 1992 by Rick Doody, his brother Chris Doody, and Executive Chef Phil Yandolino. Initially, the restaurant group consisted of one brand, Bravo! Cucina Italiana. The first restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio. Eventually, the restaurant group launched a second similar, but more upscale brand, Brio Tuscan Grille in Columbus as well. In October 2010, BDI went public and became Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (BBRG). Their IPO raised net proceeds of $ 62.4 million. On May 24, 2018, BBRG
21-639: The Middle District of Florida. On June 12, 2020, Earl Enterprises acquired Brio and Bravo from FoodFirst Global Holdings. In 2018, BBRG announced it had settled two lawsuits in 2017 for a total of $ 5.6 million. A class-action lawsuit filed in Missouri involved 8,000+ former and current employees and the Company settled the case for $ 4 million. A class-action lawsuit filed in New York involved over 500 employees and
28-542: The company was sold to Spice Private Equity Ltd. and Brio Bravo Restaurant Group was rebranded as FoodFirst Global Restaurants, and is now based in Orlando, Florida . Steve Layt is the company's chief executive officer. As of 2023, both chains are now subsidiaries of Earl Enterprises. Brio specializes in Northern Italian cuisine including bruschetta , pizza , pasta, steaks, seafood, soup and salad. Bravo! restaurants have
35-881: Was replaced with a more modern look. In April 2019, Macy's opened Macy's Backstage. On February 29, 2024, the Sears store was permanently closed at the mall originally opening in 1988 with the rest of the mall. No replacement tenant was announced as of yet. Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Brio Italian Grille and Bravo! Italian Kitchen (formerly known as Brio Tuscan Grille and Bravo! Cucina Italiana ) are American upscale casual dining restaurant chains that specialize in Italian-American cuisine. The chains were established in Columbus, Ohio as Bravo Development, Inc. (BDI) in 1992 by Rick and Chris Doody in collaboration with Executive Chef Phil Yandolino. The company then became Bravo Brio Restaurant Group in 2010 when it went public. In 2018,
42-461: Was shuttered in 2003 as Federated Department Stores (now Macy's, Inc. ), the owners of both Macy's and Burdines, consolidated all its nameplates into the Macy's brand, which already had a location at the mall. In March 2006, Nordstrom opened at the former Burdines site instead. In October 2007, the mall underwent minor renovations. The fountain in the center was altered and the center court's garden theme
49-405: Was sold to Spice Private Equity Ltd. and renamed FoodFirst Global Restaurants. BBRG sold for about $ 100 million and their shareholders received $ 4.05 per share in cash. At that moment, Bravo and Brio managed 110 stores in 32 states, for an estimated sales volume of around 400 million dollars. On April 10, 2020, FoodFirst Global Holdings Inc. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
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