The Rise and Fall of Sears

The Rise and Fall of Sears

How the retail store that taught America how to shop navigated more than a century of economic and cultural change

Could the last Sears store in South Florida disappear? Here are the plans

Sears is one step closer to disappearing in South Florida. The last of the department stores in Miami-Dade and Broward could be demolished as part of redevelopment plans approved by the city of Miami. The site’s owner also has put the property at Coral Way and Douglas Road up for sale. The proposed mixed-use site plan for the eight-acre site where a Sears department store has stood since 1959 features three eight-story buildings with 1,050 resid…