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Willowbrook Mall
	Entrance sign to Willowbrook Mall, 2012
Location	Willowbrook, Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29°57′32″N 95°32′20″W / 29.959°N 95.539°W
Address	2000 Willowbrook Mall
Opening date	1981 (43 years ago)
Developer	Homart Development Company
Management	Brookfield Properties
Owner	Brookfield Properties
No. of stores and services	140
No. of anchor tenants	6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	1,510,000 sq ft (140,000 m2)
No. of floors	1 (2 in Dick's Sporting Goods, J. C. Penney, Macy's, and former Sears, 3 in Dillard's)
Parking	8,900
Public transit access	METRO Routes 44 & 86
Website	shopwillowbrookmall.com

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Willowbrook Mall is an enclosed regional mall in Willowbrook, Houston, Texas at the intersection of Texas State Highway 249 and Farm to Market Road 1960. The mall has 6 anchor stores: Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's, and Nordstrom Rack. In 2000, the mall was the 3rd largest Houston-area retail development based on net rentable area.^[2]

History

The mall was developed by Homart Development Company, a unit of Sears. It opened in 1981, a time of high growth for the area, with anchors Foley's, Montgomery Ward, and Sears. Joske's opened a store in 1983, along with Macy's in 1984, and JCPenney added a store in 1992, bringing the total number of anchor stores to 6.

The mall was sold to a group of investors in 1990. The mall underwent extensive remodeling in 1992.

Joske's was bought by Dillard's in 1987. After opening a larger location in 1997 that was originally occupied by Macy's, Dillard's planned to operate its original Joske's location featuring a men's department and housewares and stock the usual merchandise in the space formerly occupied by Macy's. However, Dillard's abandoned plans to operate 2 stores at the mall in 1998 and sold the original Joske's store to Lord & Taylor,^[3] which opened a 122,212-square-foot (11,353.9 m²) store later the same year. As part of May Department Stores' reconfiguration of Lord & Taylor, the store was closed in January 2004, and the location eventually became Nordstrom Rack.^[4]

Montgomery Ward closed its store in March 2001 after the company went out of business. The store was taken over by Foley's in 2003. In 2006, the two Foley's stores became Macy's.

In 2001, the mall was acquired by General Growth Properties from a pension fund managed by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. At that time the mall was "one of the most successful retail shopping malls in Houston, consistently ranking near the Houston Galleria, Memorial City Mall and Baybrook Mall as one of the area's top-grossing malls per square foot, producing sales of about $430 per square foot".^[5] Dillard's completed a renovation of its store the same year, expanding it by 50%.

In April 2015, Lush opened a store in the mall.^[6]

In October 2016, the mall added Dick's Sporting Goods.^[7]^[8] Zara also opened a location in the mall in 2016.^[9]

In 2017, Think Geek and Charlotte Russe opened stores at the mall.^[10]

On February 6, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 31 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2020.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Willowbrook Mall". Brookfield Properties.
^ "Largest Area Shopping Centers And Malls". American City Business Journals. November 24, 2000. Archived from the original on September 20, 2002.
^ Elder, Laura (March 6, 1998). "Department store chains play retail roulette in Willowbrook". American City Business Journals.
^ Wollam, Allison (October 23, 2006). "Willowbrook Lord & Taylor faces wrecking ball". American City Business Journals.
^ Rutledge, Tanya (March 30, 2001). "Popular mall sells for $145 million". American City Business Journals.
^ "Lush open in Willowbrook Mall". Houston Chronicle. April 14, 2015.
^ Smith, Mike D. (November 30, 2015). "Dick's Sporting Goods expands to metro Houston with five stores". Houston Chronicle.
^ Smithwick, Danica (October 4, 2016). "DICK'S Sporting Goods to open at Willowbrook Mall in late October". Community Impact Newspaper.
^ Furr, Laura (April 12, 2016). "Zara to open latest Houston store in newly renovated mall". American City Business Journals.
^ Holt, Vanessa (July 19, 2017). "Two new stores opening at Willowbrook Mall this fall". Community Impact Newspaper.
^ "Sears and Kmart store closings continue. Is your location closing in early 2020?". USA Today.

External links

Official website
Harris County Block Book map for Willowbrook Mall: JPG, PDF and section 2: JPG, PDF

[mall-1] "Willowbrook Mall". Brookfield Properties.

[2] "Largest Area Shopping Centers And Malls". American City Business Journals. November 24, 2000. Archived from the original on September 20, 2002.

[3] Elder, Laura (March 6, 1998). "Department store chains play retail roulette in Willowbrook". American City Business Journals.

[4] Wollam, Allison (October 23, 2006). "Willowbrook Lord & Taylor faces wrecking ball". American City Business Journals.

[5] Rutledge, Tanya (March 30, 2001). "Popular mall sells for $145 million". American City Business Journals.

[6] "Lush open in Willowbrook Mall". Houston Chronicle. April 14, 2015.

[7] Smith, Mike D. (November 30, 2015). "Dick's Sporting Goods expands to metro Houston with five stores". Houston Chronicle.

[8] Smithwick, Danica (October 4, 2016). "DICK'S Sporting Goods to open at Willowbrook Mall in late October". Community Impact Newspaper.

[9] Furr, Laura (April 12, 2016). "Zara to open latest Houston store in newly renovated mall". American City Business Journals.

[10] Holt, Vanessa (July 19, 2017). "Two new stores opening at Willowbrook Mall this fall". Community Impact Newspaper.

[11] "Sears and Kmart store closings continue. Is your location closing in early 2020?". USA Today.

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-'''Willowbrook Mall''' is a [[regional mall|regional]] shopping mall located in the [[Willowbrook, Houston, Texas|Willowbrook]] area of [[Houston]], Texas that opened in 1981. Located at the intersection of [[Texas State Highway 249|State Highway 249]] and [[Farm to Market Road 1960|FM 1960]], the enclosed, single-level mall houses 160 retail stores and six anchors ([[Dick's Sporting Goods]], [[Dillard's]], [[J. C. Penney|JCPenney]], [[Macy's]], [[Nordstrom|Nordstrom Rack]], and [[Sears]]). The mall is owned by [[General Growth Properties]] and among the five largest Houston-area retail developments based on net rentable area, ranking third in 2000,<ref>[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2000/11/27/list.html Largest Area Shopping Centers And Malls] ''Houston Business Journal'', November 24, 2000.</ref> and is considered a major retailing center of northwest Houston.<ref>[http://www.westhouston.org/data.htm West Houston Demographic and Development Information] West Houston Association</ref> The mall targets 954,920 residents in the northwestern [[Greater Houston]] region, which is projected to increase to 1,104,755 residents within 5 years.<ref>[http://www.ggp.com/Properties/demoinfo.asp?smuid=626 Willowbrook Mall demographic information] General Growth Properties</ref>
+'''Willowbrook Mall''' is an enclosed [[regional mall]] in [[Willowbrook, Houston, Texas]] at the intersection of [[Texas State Highway 249]] and [[Farm to Market Road 1960]]. The mall has 6 [[anchor store]]s: [[Dick's Sporting Goods]], [[Dillard's]], [[JCPenney]], [[Macy's]], and [[Nordstrom Rack]]. In 2000, the mall was the 3rd largest Houston-area retail development based on net rentable area.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2000/11/27/list.html | title=Largest Area Shopping Centers And Malls | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=November 24, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020920201410/https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2000/11/27/list.html |archive-date=2002-09-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==History==
-The mall opened in 1981, during the rapid growth phase of northwest Houston during the early 1980s, with anchors [[Foley's]], [[Joske's]], [[Montgomery Ward]], and [[Sears]]. The final two anchor locations were developed when [[Macy's]] opened a new store in 1984 and [[J. C. Penney|JCPenney]] added a new store in 1992.
+The mall was developed by [[Homart Development Company]], a unit of Sears. It opened in 1981, a time of high growth for the area, with anchors [[Foley's]], [[Montgomery Ward]], and [[Sears]]. [[Joske's]] opened a store in 1983, along with [[Macy's]] in 1984, and [[JCPenney]] added a store in 1992, bringing the total number of anchor stores to 6.
-[[Homart Development Company]], a unit of Sears, Roebuck and Co., sold the mall to a group of investors in 1990.<ref>[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1990_748774 Willowbrook Mall in new hands/Investment group's deal valued at over $125 million], ''Houston Chronicle'', December 4, 1990.</ref> The mall underwent extensive remodeling in 1992.
+The mall was sold to a group of investors in 1990. The mall underwent extensive remodeling in 1992.
-The Joske's chain was bought by [[Dillard's]] in 1987. After opening a larger location in 1997 that was originally occupied by Macy's, Dillard's planned to operate its original Joske's location featuring a men's department and housewares and stock the usual merchandise in the space formerly occupied by Macy's.  But Dillard's abandoned plans to operate two stores at the mall in 1998 and sold the original Joske's store to [[Lord & Taylor]],<ref>[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1998/03/09/newscolumn2.html Department store chains play retail roulette in Willowbrook] ''Houston Business Journal'', March 6, 1998.</ref> who opened its new {{convert|122212|sqft|m2|adj=on}} store later the same year. As part of [[May Department Stores]]' reconfiguration of Lord & Taylor in January 2003, it was announced that Lord & Taylor would close all Houston-area stores, including its five-year-old Willowbrook Mall location. The store closed in January 2004, and the location is now demolished as part of a new project that eventually became [[Nordstrom Rack]].<ref name="note1">{{cite news |work=Houston Business Journal| title=Willowbrook Lord & Taylor faces wrecking ball| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/23/daily16.html?jst=s_cn_hl| date=October 23, 2006 | accessdate=December 2, 2006| first=Allison| last=Wollam}}</ref>
+Joske's was bought by [[Dillard's]] in 1987. After opening a larger location in 1997 that was originally occupied by Macy's, Dillard's planned to operate its original Joske's location featuring a men's department and housewares and stock the usual merchandise in the space formerly occupied by Macy's. However, Dillard's abandoned plans to operate 2 stores at the mall in 1998 and sold the original Joske's store to [[Lord & Taylor]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1998/03/09/newscolumn2.html | title=Department store chains play retail roulette in Willowbrook | first=Laura | last=Elder | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=March 6, 1998}}</ref> which opened a {{convert|122212|sqft|m2|adj=on}} store later the same year. As part of [[May Department Stores]]' reconfiguration of Lord & Taylor, the store was closed in January 2004, and the location eventually became [[Nordstrom Rack]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/23/daily16.html | title=Willowbrook Lord & Taylor faces wrecking ball | first=Allison | last=Wollam | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=October 23, 2006}}</ref>
-Montgomery Ward closed in March 2001 after the 128-year-old company went out of business. The store was taken over by Foley's in 2003 for a second location specializing in menswear and a furniture gallery. In 2006, the two Foley's stores became Macy's as part of [[Federated Department Stores]]' conversion of multiple store names into the Macy's name following its acquisition of May.
+Montgomery Ward closed its store in March 2001 after the company went out of business. The store was taken over by Foley's in 2003. In 2006, the two Foley's stores became Macy's.
-The mall was bought by General Growth Properties in 2001 from a pension fund managed by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. The {{convert|1500000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mall was cited as ''"one of the most successful retail shopping malls in Houston, consistently ranking near the [[Houston Galleria|Galleria]], [[Memorial City Mall]] and Baybrook Mall as one of the area's top-grossing malls per square foot,"'' producing ''"...sales of about $430 per square foot."''<ref>[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2001/04/02/story3.html Popular mall sells for $145 million] ''Houston Business Journal'', March 30, 2001.</ref> Dillards completed a renovation of its Willowbrook store the same year, expanding the anchor space by 50 percent.
+In 2001, the mall was acquired by General Growth Properties from a pension fund managed by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Inc. At that time the mall was "one of the most successful retail shopping malls in Houston, consistently ranking near the [[Houston Galleria]], [[Memorial City Mall]] and [[Baybrook Mall]] as one of the area's top-grossing malls per square foot, producing sales of about $430 per square foot".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2001/04/02/story3.html | title=Popular mall sells for $145 million | first=Tanya | last=Rutledge | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=March 30, 2001}}</ref> Dillard's completed a renovation of its store the same year, expanding it by 50%.
-In 2016, Willowbrook Mall added [[Dick's Sporting Goods]], one of five locations developed for the Greater Houston region by the national sporting goods retailer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Dick's Sporting Goods expands to metro Houston with five stores|url = http://www.chron.com/business/retail/article/Dick-s-Sporting-Goods-expands-to-Houston-with-6664844.php|website = Houston Chronicle|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}</ref>
+In April 2015, [[Lush (company)|Lush]] opened a store in the mall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/cyfair/news/article/Lush-open-in-Willowbrook-Mall-6199350.php | title=Lush open in Willowbrook Mall | work=[[Houston Chronicle]] | date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>
+In October 2016, the mall added [[Dick's Sporting Goods]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/business/retail/article/Dick-s-Sporting-Goods-expands-to-Houston-with-6664844.php | title=Dick's Sporting Goods expands to metro Houston with five stores | first=Mike D. | last=Smith | work=[[Houston Chronicle]] | date=November 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/cy-fair/business/2016/10/04/dicks-sporting-goods-open-willowbrook-mall-late-october/ | title=DICK'S Sporting Goods to open at Willowbrook Mall in late October | first=Danica | last=Smithwick | work=[[Community Impact Newspaper]] | date=October 4, 2016}}</ref> [[Zara (retailer)|Zara]] also opened a location in the mall in 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2016/04/zara-to-open-latest-houston-store-in-newly.html | title=Zara to open latest Houston store in newly renovated mall | first=Laura | last=Furr | work=[[American City Business Journals]] | date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>
-==See also==
-{{Portal|Houston}}
+In 2017, [[Think Geek]] and [[Charlotte Russe]] opened stores at the mall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://communityimpact.com/houston/spring-klein/business/2017/07/19/two-new-stores-to-open-in-willowbrook-mall-this-fall/ | title=Two new stores opening at Willowbrook Mall this fall | first=Vanessa | last=Holt | work=[[Community Impact Newspaper]] | date=July 19, 2017}}</ref>
-* [[List of shopping malls in Greater Houston]]
+On February 6, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 31 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/06/sears-kmart-store-closings-list-2020/4675534002/|title=Sears and Kmart store closings continue. Is your location closing in early 2020?|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
 ==References==
+{{Reflist|1}}
-{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
 ==External links==
+{{Portal|Texas}}
-*{{Official website}}
+* {{official website}}
-*[http://www.ggp.com/properties/mall-properties/willowbrook-mall General Growth Properties: Willowbrook]
 *Harris County Block Book map for Willowbrook Mall: [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v115/AE1997_115-11_0048.jpg JPG], [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v115/AE1997_115-11_0048.pdf PDF] and section 2: [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v116/AE1997_116-7_0122.jpg JPG], [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v116/AE1997_116-7_0122.pdf PDF]
 {{Houston Shopping}}
-{{General Growth Properties}}
+{{Brookfield Properties}}
-[[Category:General Growth Properties]]
+[[Category:Brookfield Properties]]
 [[Category:Shopping malls in Houston]]
 [[Category:Shopping malls established in 1981]]

v t e Shopping centers and malls in Greater Houston
Downtown and Uptown	Super-regional enclosed malls The Galleria Enclosed local malls The Shops at Houston Center Outdoor/lifestyle Bayou Place Highland Village GreenStreet River Oaks District River Oaks Shopping Center Defunct Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion (Saks Pavilion, Pavilion at Post Oak)
North Harris and Montgomery County	Super-regional enclosed malls Deerbrook (Humble) Woodlands (The Woodlands) Outdoor/lifestyle Market Street (The Woodlands) Teas Crossing (Conroe)
Cy-Fair and Northern Houston	Super-regional enclosed malls Willowbrook Outdoor/lifestyle Houston Premium Outlets (Cypress) Northline Commons Vintage Park Houston Defunct Greenspoint Northline Mall Northwest
Katy and West Houston	Super-regional enclosed malls Katy Mills (Katy) Memorial City Enclosed local malls West Oaks Outdoor/lifestyle CityCentre LaCenterra (Cinco Ranch) Marq*E Town & Country Village Defunct Town & Country Mall
Southwest Houston and Bellaire	Enclosed local malls PlazAmericas (Sharpstown) Outdoor/lifestyle Hong Kong City Meyerland Plaza Rice Village Village Arcade Defunct Westbury Square Westwood
Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties	Super-regional enclosed malls First Colony (Sugar Land) Enclosed local malls Brazos (Lake Jackson) Outdoor/lifestyle Brazos Town Center (Rosenberg) Pearland Town Center (Pearland) Sugar Land Town Square (Sugar Land)
Southeast Houston and Galveston County	Super-regional enclosed malls Baybrook Enclosed local malls Almeda Macroplaza Mall (Pasadena) Outdoor/lifestyle Gulfgate Center The Strand (Galveston) Tanger Outlets Texas City (Texas City) Victory Lakes Town Center (League City) Defunct Galvez Mall (Galveston) Gulfgate Mall Mall of the Mainland (Texas City) Palms Center Port Holiday Mall (Galveston) San Jacinto (Baytown)