In 1855, Plantation Florida state passed the Internal Improvement Act and established the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, the trustees of which act as a government agency to oversee management, sale, and development of state land.
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The Plantation Library was renamed to the Helen B Hoffman Plantation Library in the following year.
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Plantation Florida celebrated its 50-year golden anniversary in 2003, with a one-week celebration and updating of the city's time capsule.
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Demolition of the former Fashion Mall then began in 2016, to make way for 'Plantation Florida Walk' : a new $350 million complex including 700 apartments, 200,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, and remodeled versions of the existing 160,000 square foot office tower and Sheraton hotel.
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American Express office in Plantation Florida closed in 2017, when company relocated to a newly built facility in neighboring Sunrise.
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Plantation Florida is in central Broward County and is bordered by Lauderhill to the northeast, Sunrise to the north and west, Davie to the south, and Fort Lauderdale to the east.
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Specific companies with operations in Plantation include DHL, the University of Phoenix, and TradeStation.
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Plantation Florida was home to two malls, situated across the street from one another: the Westfield Broward Mall, and the Fashion Mall ; however, the Fashion Mall was closed in 2006 and is currently in the process of being re-developed for the Plantation Florida Walk project.
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Plantation Florida is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the sixteenth largest media market, the eleventh largest radio market, and the sixteenth largest television market in the United States.
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Plantation Florida has been used as a filming location for feature films, such as Caddyshack in 1980, and There's Something About Mary in 1998.
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