North East Mall
 North East Mall in 1999, in the photo is Montgomery Ward before their demise. | |
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| Location | Hurst, Texas in Tarrant County, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′48″N 97°11′59″W / 32.83000°N 97.19972°W |
| Address | 1101 Melbourne Rd, Hurst, Texas 76053 |
| Opening date | March 25, 1971 or March 25, 1972 (sources differ) |
| Developer | Homart Development Company Simon Property Group |
| Management | Melvin Simon and Associates |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Architect | Omniplan RTKL Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 150 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,749,000 sq ft (162,500 m2)[1] 2,134,000 sq ft (198,300 m2) (with power center) |
| No. of floors | 1 with partial lower level |
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 metro area. The mall is located below highways SH 121, SH 183, and is east of Interstate Highway 820 S. The shopping mall 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 over 150+ stores.
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 or 1972. This included a Fort Worth-based Stripling's (inaugurated March 18, 1971) and J.C. Penney (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.
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.[2]
In 1995, they expanded the mall during the holiday season, later it uploaded to YT.
1999–2004: Expansion and power center
In October 1999, a $200 million renovation and expansion of North East Mall succeeded. Plans to open an 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.[3] Four parking garages were also constructed as part of the 1998–2001 remodeling. A new South Wing was built, containing 28 store spaces.
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
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.[4] On January 27, 2014, CBS 11 DFW reported that the construction on State Highway 183 was decreasing the population of the mall, as well the sales.[5]
On June 30, 2014, it was reported by the Fort Worth Business Press that according to Simon, new additions were coming to the mall.[6]
The Shops at North East Mall
The Shops at North East Mall is a 385,000 square feet (36,000 m2) Power center adjacent to the North East Mall that had stores that opened by 2000, most others by early 2001.
The Power center was built as part of the $200 million 1999 renovations, and was completed in October 2000.
Together, with the Shops at North East Mall power center and the North East Mall, the whole Simon-owned property would encompass a total of 2,134,000 square feet (198,000 m2), surpassing the size of NorthPark Center in Dallas.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.