Old hidden plaza off StRd 84 in Davie which requires a face-lift, although two modern free standing…read morebusinesses are on each end (Dunkin Donuts and Exprezo). The small plaza offers an assortment of businesses with strong emphasis on Latino eateries including La Esquina Restaurant, Yoli's Kitchen, Davie Taco Bar and Los Paisanos Market. Other businesses include Carl's Barber Shop, Smoke Shop, Pizza of Davie, Gold Pawn City and a Check Cashing Store. Plenty of parking available. Due to the close proximity to the highway, a few questionable homeless people are wondering around at times.

Kudos to whoever curated the 80s playlist. I park by the chargers and walk through the plaza to…read moreCostco every weekend, and the music always sets the perfect mood.

The Tower Shops consist of a plethora of retail shops and restaurants with access from a few ultra…read morebusy roadways. The Costco next door causes severe traffic congestion but once you enter the plaza has sufficient parking toward the center. The anchor stores include DSW, Best Buy, Ulta, J Crew, Home Depot, Trader Joe's, Old Navy and Ross. Most of the retail stores close by 9pm and the Fannigan's, Twin Peaks, Tap42 and Miller's Ale House remain open late. If you're trying to find the Party City it recently went out of business and the JD Sports store is opening soon in the same bay.

An open air shopping area at the Sawgrass. Here you will find high end luxury designer stores…read more Home to exclusive outlets for Gucci, YSL, Prada, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Valentino, Balenciaga, and Theory, to name a few. Watch lovers will find a Breitling, Tag Heuer, and a Mont Blanc stores. There are over 70 stores in this area and if you catch it at the right time, you will find some great deals There's a nice Seasons 52 and a few other sit down restaurants throughout the Colonnade shops.

The Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass Mills offers most of the elite internationally known clothing,…read moreretail and jewelry stores with a few restaurants. Watching the international tourists walking around in the hot sun with their suitcases hoping to find a deal is comical. Inside the mall are the deep discounts where the Colonnade Outlets are at the higher prices. There are public bathrooms close by and a security guard eyeballing tourists. FYI: The parking lot is massive but horribly packed, although they offer valet parking between $13 - $13 depending if on weekdays or weekends. If you have an exotic vehicle that you fear getting dented or scratched, they will park it against the front curb for a whopping $25.00 plus tip. Colonnade Shops: Gucci Burberry Dior Lululemon Coach Johnny Was Jimmy Choo Boss Villagio Matchbox

This place has just about everything you could ever want in life except a movie theater or a gas…read morestation. If you don't need either of the two, you could live your entire life here without ever leaving the area. Max and I are big food eaters and I would knock every restaurant off of my bucket list. This might be the year that we do it. We plan on returning with a map of all places of interest.

Stopped by the Weston Town center for an annual festival and it was so nicely decorated! Booths…read moreeverywhere, tons of places to eat and a nice environment to enjoy the nice weather we have been having these days. It's been some time since I've been to Weston town center and it was very nice of them to put on this event.

The Shoppes at Monterra Commons is part of Cooper City's Monterra development. Spanning 500 acres,…read morethe land was a former dairy farm and is bordered on the north and south by Stirling Road and Sheridan Street, and on the east and west by University Drive and Pine Island Road. The Shoppes of Monterra Commons is a new mixed use development owned by Diversified Realty Development Company, which is based in Deerfield Beach. Construction began in December 2021 and it looks like they just need to lease a few retail spaces. This development includes over 100,000 square feet of new buildings over 16 acres of land with 700 parking spaces. The development cost over $10 million to complete. In addition to the stores and restaurants, the Shoppes of Monterra also includes a brand new 175-unit Residential Active Adult Community. Current Monterra Commons tenants include a Brightstar Credit Union, Baseball Cards, Culver's, Huey Magoo's, the Learning Experience, First Watch, Crunch Fitness, Oaxaka, and Cali Coffee. Coming soon is Tide Laundry, Gyromama, and Playa Bowls. There is currently empty leasing space for other businesses. I tried out the Cali Coffee and Blueprint Cookies and loved both. I was surprised to see how busy it was here so it is clearly filling a need in the community. It is interesting to see new development come to what I considered a dead end area of Cooper City. It was only a matter of time before this last large parcel of Broward County was developed. Hopefully Cooper City residents are going to like what they put in.

A venue supporting local musicians within Plantation Walk. The public is always free to watch and…read morelisten to the live music with free parking. Retail shops and eateries surround the small stage. Today had some coffee with friends at the Crack'd Kitchen & Coffee while hundreds of little kids and mothers sat on the courtyard green to watch Miss Tracy Sings (every 3rd Sunday of the month) perform a bunch of nursery rhyme tunes while she played her guitar. It wasnt my thing but for others it was great morning entertainment. Every Thursday - Sunday the Plaza Live, with varying hours, has performers entertaining the public on the stage. "Radio" takes the stage most nights from 6pm - 10pm playing music from varying genres.

Plantation walk is a very nice little outdoor shopping/dining area but I do have to say it needs…read moremore stuff. There are a handful of different places such as a massage place, a few restaurants, a UFC Fit and a couple stores to buy stuff for outdoor dining patios and whatnot. I enjoy walking around here because there is something to do on the weekends and it usually gets a nice little crowd. One of my favorite things that they host here is the car show once a month. It is really cool to see all the different styles of cars while walking around getting some snacks from the local businesses. They do need to figure out a wider variety of things here and probably need to lower the rent because there is a ton of empty storefronts that used to be something or have never been anything yet. I really enjoy the nitrogen ice cream place they have here and they even have an escape room here! There is a nice variety of things here and you can kill a bit of time hopping around the place eating and drinking because these places have pretty good happy hour specials! The walk is always super clean as well and I never have to struggle to find parking when I am here, even on event days!

This plaza used to be teaming with casual restaurants and places to shop. On my most recent visit,…read moreI noticed quite a freeway restaurants that were either in the main part of the plaza or an out parcel were no longer open. The plaza is all outside so it is sad to see so many for lease signs. I enjoy shopping in this plaza because of the Total Wine location and the Kohls where I go to do my Amazon returns. Parking is never a problem unless you wish to park close to the doors where it is a little difficult from the employees who take many of those spaces. Getting in and out of this plaza is quite easy as there is a signal light off of University Drive and the other exits all have stop signs. There is a Tesla charging station in the furthest south part of the plaza which seems to be very popular.

My favorite jeweler is Rubin's shop called Fountain Jewelers with lots of others shops like Dick's…read moreSporting, Lime and The Cheese Course. Never had a problem with parking and a few handicap spaces around. The main issue is after 5pm the traffic exiting onto University Drive is really bad.

I love Broward Mall! I've been coming here for over 20 years, and it's changed quite a bit over…read morethat time. One of the biggest improvements was the addition of the movie theater, and the interior has been renovated to feel much more modern, bright, and clean. Many of the longtime anchor stores are still here, although some of the smaller boutique shops have come and gone over the years. I also appreciate that there are now a couple of kid-friendly attractions, including a children's museum and an indoor play center. They're great additions for families and are very reasonably priced. The parking lot is large, with multiple entrances around the property, so it's easy to access the mall from just about any direction. There is still some construction in one section of the parking lot that seems like it's been there for quite a while. I haven't seen much activity recently, so I'm not sure if the project is still ongoing. Fortunately, it's limited to one area and doesn't really affect the overall shopping experience. The mall itself is a nice size. It's not overwhelmingly large, but it's definitely not small either. Everything is indoors, making it a great place to shop, walk around, or spend a few hours, especially during Florida's hot or rainy weather. Overall, Broward Mall has done a great job modernizing while keeping many of the stores and features that have made it a local favorite for years.

If you have young children who are don't always enjoy playing outside in the heat, this is a…read morewonderful small play area where crawlers to young walkers can safely play. During the weekdays there rarely many children playing. Weekends are obviously more crowded but fun for the kids as long as the guardians are supervising their own little ones. There is an area for parking strollers and storing shoes. The play area was clean and I didn't observe anything that looked dangerous for climbing and playing. This is a great FREE indoor space for those Plantation days when the weather is not great outside.