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Collin Creek Mall
A large, two-level mall atrium with no visible shops or patrons. An American flag hangs from a rounded truss.
Central atrium in 2019
Map
LocationPlano, Texas, U.S.
Opening dateJuly 29, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-07-29)
Closing dateJuly 31, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-07-31)
OwnerCenturion American
No. of stores and services130
No. of anchor tenants5 (0 open, 5 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Websitecollincreekmall.com (2016 archive)

Collin Creek Mall was a regional shopping mall in Plano, Texas. The two-level, 1.1-million-square-foot (100,000 m2) structure was built in 1981 and was located near the intersection of North Central Expressway (US 75) and President George Bush Turnpike.

In 2019, following years of decline, the mall was closed for redevelopment.[1] The structure has since been partially demolished, with the former atrium and wings set to be used as part of a $1 billion mixed-use development.[2][3]

History

When the mall opened in July 1981, Collin Creek featured a River Walk: a series of fountains connected by an indoor creek. The mall also contained a "village" of small shops lining corridors narrower than the rest of the mall. The creek and most of the fountains were later removed, except for a small fountain left in the middle of the mall. Several years before the mall closed, plants were put in the remaining fountain. The village shops were removed and the space converted into a food court as part of a remodeling project in 1992.[4]

In 2008, Collin Creek Mall had a small remodel including new paint and new tile,[5] much like what Richardson Square Mall had in 1998.

In 2018, the property was sold to Centurion American. On Friday, July 26, 2019, Collin Creek Mall had a farewell party to say goodbye to the mall. As of Wednesday, July 31, 2019, Collin Creek Mall is closed. Demolition and redevelopment began in September 2019.

Anchor tenants

JCPenney

While JCPenney was announced as an anchor tenant at the mall's opening,[6] the store itself did not open until July 29, 1983.[7] The store was a prototype for a major repositioning by JCPenney, which moved the chain's focus to contemporary fashion, leisure, and home furnishings.[7]

JCPenney did not close with the mall, as it owned the land under the store. Initial plans for the site's redevelopment included a new store for the chain.[1] However, on August 18, 2020, shortly after JCPenney filed for bankruptcy protection, it was announced that the store would close by November 2020.[8] The 10.6-acre site was sold to Centurion American, the company heading the mall's redevelopment, for $15 million.[9]

Amazing Jake's

The fifth anchor opened as a Lord & Taylor department store in 1981. Lord & Taylor closed in 1990, and was replaced by a Mervyn's department store. Mervyn's exited the Texas market in early 2006 and the anchor store was temporarily vacant. In July 2008, the former Mervyn's was converted into a two-story Amazing Jake's indoor playland and buffet restaurant. By April 2019, Amazing Jake's was closed leaving the space vacant.

Sears

The Sears Roebuck & Co. department store was an original anchor tenant of the mall. The store closed in March 2019 as part to closing 80 stores nationwide due to Sears and Roebuck Co. filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.[10]

Macy's

A large building with marble columns. A colorful, abstract mural is visible behind the columns.
Former Macy's exterior

The mall's southernmost anchor was opened as a Sanger–Harris department store on October 20, 1980, ten months prior to the mall itself opening.[11] The store was converted to a Foley's in 1987 when the two chains were merged.[12] On September 9, 2006, the store was converted to a Macy's as part of a nationwide rebranding initiative by owner Federated Department Stores.[13] The store closed on March 31, 2017.[14]

Like most Sanger–Harris locations, entrances to the store were marked with four-story marble columns and an abstract tile mosaic.[15] Initial plans for the mall's redevelopment called for the mosaics to be preserved, but this was abandoned when it was discovered that they contained asbestos.[16]

Dillard's

A Dillard's deparment store opened with the mall on July 29, 1981.[6] The store was the third Dillard's to be built in the area, following those at Valley View Center and Richardson Square Mall.[17]

On October 7, 2013, Dillard's announced that its Collin Creek location would close by January 2014.[18] The store never reopened and was demolished as part of the mall's redevelopment.

Redevelopment

A two-level mall corridor with a rounded truss.
An empty wing of the mall in 2019

Since the mall's opening, the area near Collin Creek has witnessed explosive growth, and the addition of the President George Bush Turnpike. The mall has suffered from fierce competition from newer nearby malls. The August 2000 opening of new regional mall Stonebriar Centre in nearby Frisco affected the sales of Lewisville's Vista Ridge Mall (Vista Ridge was more directly affected by the October 1997 opening of the nearby Grapevine Mills in Grapevine) and Plano's Collin Creek Mall as both malls experienced what Larry Howard, vice president for development of General Growth Properties Inc., called "some cannibalization".[19] In 2018, developer Sam Ware of Dreien Partners introduced a $1 billion+ plan to revitalize the mall, by tearing down much of its north wing and opening up the creek beneath it, as well as adding office, hotel, and residential components.[20] That deal fell through and Centurion American proposed to raze the mall and redevelop it as a mixed-use center. In 2019, Centurion American began demolishing Collin Creek Mall. Demolition was completed in 2021, marked by a groundbreaking event on September 24, 2021, beginning construction of the new development.[21] As of September 2023, project infrastructure and a large underground parking garage are under construction, with completion of those structures planned in late 2024.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Halkias, Maria (February 24, 2019). "How did Collin Creek Mall die? It's an obit being written across suburban America". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Collin Creek Mall". Omniplan. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Baethge, Joshua (August 6, 2020). "Collin Creek Redevelopment: One Year into the Project". Plano Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "JMB Income Properties Ltd, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Nov 14, 1994". Secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Plano's Collin Creek Mall getting redo". Dallasnews.com. December 5, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Market News: Collin Creek Mall schedules opening events for July 29". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. July 22, 1981. p. 82 – via NewsBank.
  7. ^ a b Hansard, Donna Steph (July 19, 1983). "J.C. Penney cuts bold path with Halston: Prototype store opens Saturday at Collin Creek". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1D – via NewsBank.
  8. ^ Powers, Liesbeth (August 18, 2020). "JCPenney adds Plano's Collin Creek Mall location to list of permanent closures". Community Impact Dallas-Fort Worth.
  9. ^ Halkias, Maria (August 24, 2020). "Collin Creek Mall developer offers J.C. Penney $15 million for its Plano store". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Thomas, Lauren (December 28, 2018). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  11. ^ "Advertisement: Sanger-Harris". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. October 20, 1980. pp. 18A – via NewsBank.
  12. ^ Hansard, Donna Steph (July 19, 1987). "Foley's signs spreading through local stores". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 5H – via NewsBank.
  13. ^ Halkias, Mary (August 17, 2006). "Macy's putting on a few final touches - Foley's brand comes down at future flagship at NorthPark Center". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. 1D – via NewsBank.
  14. ^ Ritter, Cassidy (March 15, 2017). "Macy's to close Plano's Collin Creek Mall location March 31". Community Impact Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  15. ^ Friebele, Michael (September 7, 2016). "The Vanishing Sanger-Harris Mosaics". Texas Architect. Texas Society of Architects.
  16. ^ "Developer: Collin Creek Mall Mosaics Can't Be Saved After All". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. NBC Owned Television Stations. October 1, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  17. ^ Brown, Steve (April 14, 1981). "Mesquite store planned: Dillard's to build fourth Dallas facility". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. p. 67 – via NewsBank.
  18. ^ Halkias, Maria (October 8, 2013). "Dillard's to close store at Collin Creek Mall". The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. pp. D1 – via NewsBank.
  19. ^ KirkPatrick, John (December 7, 2000). "Frisco, Texas, Shopping Mall Fights to Attract Holiday Traffic". Dallas Morning News.
  20. ^ "Shrinking the mall: Inside a developer's plan to save Plano's Collin Creek Mall by tearing part of it down | Community Impact Newspaper". Community Impact Newspaper. March 5, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  21. ^ Pirayesh, Eric (September 24, 2021). "Groundbreaking held for $1 billion Collin Creek Mall redevelopment". Community Impact Newspaper. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023.
  22. ^ Crouchley, Michael (September 26, 2023). "Collin Creek Mall redevelopment turning corner in construction". Community Impact Newspaper. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023.

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