North East Mall
 North East Mall in 1999, in the photo is the original Montgomery Ward | |
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| Location | Hurst, Texas in Tarrant County, United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′48″N 97°11′59″W / 32.83000°N 97.19972°W |
| Address | 1101 Melbourne Rd |
| Opening date | March 25, 1971 |
| Developer | Melvin Simon and Associates |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Architect | Omniplan RTKL Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 135 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,669,350 sq ft (155,088 m2)[1] 2,134,000 sq ft (198,300 m2) (with power center) |
| No. of floors | 1 with partial lower level, 2 in Penney’s (JCPenney), 3 in Dillard's and Macy's) |
North East Mall (previously as Northeast Mall) is an American super-regional shopping mall located in Hurst, Texas, United States, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. It is located below highways SH 121, SH 183, and is east of Interstate Highway 820 S. It features two units, the main mall and the outside being the Shops at North East Mall both encompassing a total of 2,134,000 square feet (198,000 m2) and featuring 135 stores. This mall features the traditional retailers Macy's, Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Penney's while featuring the prominent specialty retailers Chico's, Earthbound Trading Co., Fossil, Hollister, Michael Kors, Offline by Aerie, Windsor and White House Black Market.
History
1970–1998: Beginnings
The center originated with a Leonard's department store, the Fort Worth-based chain's third location. This store was dedicated July 10, 1970. A single level mall of eighty inline stores was added, which officially opened March 25, 1971.[2] This included a Fort Worth-based Stripling's (inaugurated March 18, 1971) and JCPenney (which commenced operation November 3, 1971). North East Mall now encompassed 750,000 leasable square feet. Sears and Montgomery Ward stores were added, which opened in August 1978. This expansion also added twenty store spaces and the United Artists Cinema 6, along with Panda Express.
A further expansion ensued in 1990 when the mall gained a food court, created from the former location of Service Merchandise.[3]
The gross leasable area of the mall now stood at 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2), with 106 inline stores. The mall office is located near Sears.[4]
1999–2004: Expansion and power center
In October 1999, a $200 million renovation and expansion of North East Mall succeeded. Plans to open a 385,000 square feet (36,000 m2) Power center adjacent to the Mall known as The Shops at North East Mall came to fruition, it officially opened in October 1999. The Shops at North East Mall opened in October 1999.
At the same time in 1999, the first parking structure were both completed.[5] Four parking garages were also constructed as part of the 1998–2001 remodeling. A new South Wing was built, containing 28 store spaces.
In 2000, Saks Fifth Avenue opened as the first and only store in Tarrant County inside a 100,000 sq ft space at the mall.[6]
When North East Mall held its official re-dedication on September 15, 2001, the center encompassed 1,749,000 leasable square feet and 168 stores and services. It was then the second-largest enclosed shopping mall in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the second-largest in Texas, following The Galleria in Houston.
2005–present
In September 2006, Saks Fifth Avenue announced it would be shuttering entirely as part of a strategy implemented to improve profits margins substantially by electing to shutter nearly thirty percent of its entire base over the course of several years.[7]
A BJ's Brewhouse opened outside the mall in 2009.[8]
On January 23, 2014, Dallas Morning News reported that new additions were coming to North East Mall, which were expected to open in spring 2014.[9] On January 27, 2014, KTVT reported that the construction on State Highway 183 was decreasing the population of the mall, as well the sales.[10]
On June 30, 2014, it was reported by the Fort Worth Business Press that according to Simon, new additions were coming to the mall.[11]
On November 1, 2019, a major scale refurbishment of the JCPenney store would be completed.[12]
The dawn of the 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update its brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers in recent years in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Sears will shutter as part of an ongoing decision to phase out of its traditional brick-and-mortar format.[13]
On May 7, 2020, Nordstrom, which maintains several additional outposts nearby, announced plans to shutter along with several additional locations as a direct result of pulling back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]
Several additional replacement tenants for each space are each reportedly in the midst of early on discussions.[15]
By 2023, since the COVID-19 shut down, North East Mall has also announced several newest additions, among them are Sassyn, Attic Salt, Offline by Aerie, FYE, Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, Oh K-Dog, tdK, as well as an improved outpost for Journeys.
See also
- Galleria Dallas
- Grapevine Mills
- North Hills Mall (North Richland Hills)
- List of shopping malls in Texas
References
- ^ "MALL HALL OF FAME". Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ Mid Cities Daily News. Mid Cities Daily News.
- ^ "North East Mall to open arcade, food court in fall". Fort Worth Star Telegram. April 23, 1990. p. 36. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "North East Mall Map". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "SIMON PROPERTY GROUP ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER RESULTS". SEC. Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group. 7 November 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Landy, Heather (12 September 2006). "Area Saks will close Saturday". Star-Telegram. Retrieved 8 November 2019 – via PressReader.
- ^ "North East Mall's Saks store to close". Dallas Business Journal. Biz Journal. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "BJ's Restaurants Opens in Hurst, Texas".
- ^ "New additions coming to North East Mall corridor in Hurst". Dallas News. January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ "City Campaign Aimed At The "Construction Weary"". CBS DFW. January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ "North East Mall to gain new retailers". fwbussinesspress.com. June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Jaminez, Carla (November 1, 2019). "The JCPenney's at North East Mall is about to get a coffee lounge, a spa and more". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Tyko, Kelly (August 6, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 26 stores to close in October". USA Today. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Nordstrom's permanent store closings include at least one in Texas". 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Quicklotz Liquidations opening soon at North East Mall in Hurst".