Built in 1996, the mall opened with four anchor stores — JCPenney, Sears, Dillard's and Burdines. Now it's down to two. No formal redevelopment plans have been submitted to Indian River County. VERO ...

That mall killed much of the commerce downtown ... Haines’ hotel story reminded me of Vero Beach’s downtown Hotel Del Mar, which opened Nov. 21, 1925, with 200 couples dancing in its pavilion ...