Courtesy photo. Aerial view of the Pavilion of Port Orange, with more than a half-million square feet of retail and office space off Interstate 95 and Willliamson Boulevard inPort Orange celebrated its grand opening Wednesday.
PORT ORANGE -- Retired home builder Alex Kajan remembers what a big deal it was when the Super Wal-Mart opened on Dunlawton Avenue nearly 15 years ago in addition to the Wal-Mart on Beville Road.
Since then, the growing city of nearly 56,000 residents have benefited from a Lowe's Warehouse, a Super Target, a Home Depot and other anchor stores and specialty chain restaurants.
But those pale in comparison to the open air Pavilion at Port Orange, a 550,000 square-foot retail and office complex complete with movie theaters.