La Plaza Mall
| Location | McAllen, Texas, United States |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1976[1] |
| Developer | Melvin Simon and Associates |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Stores and services | 183 |
| Anchor tenants | 5 |
| Floor area | 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) |
| Floors | 1 (2 in MADRAG, Zara, Express, Dillard's, H&M, and Macy's home store, and main Macy’s) |
| Website | www |
La Plaza Mall is a regional shopping mall located in McAllen, Texas, at the intersection of Interstate 2 (Expressway 83) and 10th Street. It has 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) of gross leasable area and features 184 specialty stores, many of which are flagship stores, and restaurants.[2] The mall is one of the highest-grossing operated by Simon, and the largest mall in South Texas.[3]
An original tenant of the mall was a Woolworth dime store, the second in McAllen, which closed in 1997.[4] 1998 expansion brought a larger Dillard's store and more retail space. The old Dillard’s space was subsequently gutted to make way for more stores.[5] Another original tenant was a Jones & Jones department store, which was sold to Foley's in 2000[6] and again to Macy's in 2006. Sears was also an original anchor to the mall but was demolished in 2016 to make way for a massive expansion that added more retail space. The famous stores that are in La Plaza Mall are Macy's , Dilards , Primark (just opened) , H&M and, Coach.
Anchors
Former anchors
- Sears - closed November 2015. Replaced by an expansion of La Plaza Mall, opened in late 2017.
References
- ^ "City of McAllen History". Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ La Plaza Mall information sheet Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed January 6, 2013
- ^ "Spotlight on Business: La Plaza Mall – rgVision Magazine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ "July/18 Woolworth will close stores". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "Keeping An Eye On The Future". National Real Estate Investor. November 1, 1998. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "Valley retail pioneer Jim Jones dies at 80 - Local News - the Monitor". www.themonitor.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2022.