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{{Infobox shopping mall
{{Infobox shopping mall
| shopping_mall_name = Willowbrook Mall
| name = Willowbrook Mall
| image = Willowbrookmall.png
| image = Willowbrookmall.png
| image_width =
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| caption =
| caption = Entrance sign to Willowbrook Mall, 2012
| location = [[Willowbrook, Houston|Willowbrook]], [[Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
| location = [[Willowbrook, Houston, Texas]], United States
| coordinates = {{coord|29.959|-95.539|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|29.959|-95.539|display=inline,title}}
| address = 2000 Willowbrook Mall
| address = 2000 Willowbrook Mall
| opening_date = {{start date and age|1981|p=y}}
| opening_date = {{start date and age|1981|p=y}}
| developer = [[Homart Development Company]]
| developer = [[Homart Development Company]]
| manager = [[Brookfield Properties Retail Group]]
| manager = [[Brookfield Properties]]
| owner = [[Brookfield Properties Retail Group]]
| owner = Brookfield Properties
| architect =
| architect =
| number_of_stores = 160
| number_of_stores = 140
| number_of_anchors = 6
| number_of_anchors = 6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
| floor_area = {{convert|1510000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}<ref name=mall/>
| floor_area = {{convert|1510000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}<ref name=mall/>
| floors = 1 (2 in Sears, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney, 3 in Dillard's)
| floors = 1 (2 in Dick's Sporting Goods, J. C. Penney, Macy's, and former Sears, 3 in Dillard's)
| parking = 8,900
| parking = 8,900
| publictransit = [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County|METRO]] Routes 44 & 86
| publictransit = [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County|METRO]] Routes 44 & 86
| website = {{URL|http://www.shopwillowbrookmall.com/}}
| website = {{URL|shopwillowbrookmall.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name=mall>{{cite web | url=https://www.brookfieldpropertiesretail.com/properties/property-details/willowbrook-mall.html | title=Willowbrook Mall | publisher=[[Brookfield Properties Retail Group]]}}</ref>
| footnotes = <ref name=mall>{{cite web | url=https://www.brookfieldpropertiesretail.com/properties/property-details/willowbrook-mall.html | title=Willowbrook Mall | publisher=[[Brookfield Properties]]}}</ref>
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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 store]]s: [[Dick's Sporting Goods]], [[Dillard's]], [[J. C. Penney]], [[Macy's]], [[Nordstrom Rack]], and [[Sears]]. 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}}</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==
==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]], [[Joske's]], [[Montgomery Ward]], and [[Sears]]. [[Macy's]] opened a store in 1984 and [[J. C. Penney]] added a store in 1992, bringing the total number of anchor stores to 6.
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.
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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>
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>
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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 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 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 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>
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>


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>
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>

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==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*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]
*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]
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Willowbrook Mall
Entrance sign to Willowbrook Mall, 2012
Map
LocationWillowbrook, Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates29°57′32″N 95°32′20″W / 29.959°N 95.539°W / 29.959; -95.539
Address2000 Willowbrook Mall
Opening date1981 (43 years ago) (1981)
DeveloperHomart Development Company
ManagementBrookfield Properties
OwnerBrookfield Properties
No. of stores and services140
No. of anchor tenants6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,510,000 sq ft (140,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors1 (2 in Dick's Sporting Goods, J. C. Penney, Macy's, and former Sears, 3 in Dillard's)
Parking8,900
Public transit accessMETRO Routes 44 & 86
Websiteshopwillowbrookmall.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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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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