Homart Development Company

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Homart Development Company, a Chicago-based subsidiary of Sears, was one of the largest builders of shopping centers and malls in the United States from 1959 to 1995.

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Homart Development Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMall development
Founded1959;65 years ago (1959)
Defunct1995;29 years ago (1995)
FateAcquired by General Growth Properties
Successor General Growth Properties
Headquarters Chicago, IL
Products Shopping centers
Parent Sears

Company history

As retail development in the United States shifted away from downtowns with the growth of suburbia after World War II, some major department stores such as Sears moved into the business of developing malls in which to place new anchor tenant locations. [1] Homart Development Company was founded in 1959 for the purpose of building regional shopping malls for Sears. [2] The "Homart" brand name had been used by Sears for many years before the development company was founded. [3]

Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth was their first project. [4] [5]

By 1971, Homart was operating nine regional shopping locations, and had numerous others in development. [6] It became the nation's second largest mall developer, [7] and by 1992 it was reported that Homart had developed 80 malls with over 75,000,000 square feet (7,000,000 m2) of retail space. [8] By 1994, it was also operating 36 of those developed malls. [9]

In November 1994, Sears announced that it planned to sell off Homart as part of a restructuring. [10] General Growth Properties completed an acquisition of Homart in late 1995 in a transaction valued at $1.85 billion, then one of the biggest real estate deals in history. [11] [12] [13] Homart also owned a number of office buildings which were also sold in 1995. [14]

Management

Sears executive Emory Williams was the first president of Homart. Warren G. Skoning was appointed president in 1967, [15] and elected as chairman in 1974. [16] Also serving as vice-president of real estate development for Sears, Skoning was involved in the development of the Sears Tower. [17] [18] [19] W.E. Lewis was named president in 1974 when Skoning became chair. [16]

Edwin Homer, former president of Chrysler Realty, joined as president in 1980, later became chair and CEO, and served until his retirement in 1984. [20] [21] [22] Homer diversified Homart's portfolio by developing office properties and community centers, in addition to malls, and also sold some of Homart's malls to generate additional profit for Sears. [21]

In 1985, Michael J. Gregoire was named president and COO, and he also became chairman in 1987. [23] [24]

Notable projects

Notable shopping centers developed by Homart include:

Mall nameTownStateNotesYear opened
Seminary South Shopping Center Fort Worth Texas An open-air mall which opened in March 1962. It was sold by Homart in 1985. It was renovated and enclosed, and reopened as the Fort Worth Town Center in 1987, [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] and then as "La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth" in 2004. [30] 1962
Hancock Shopping Center Austin Texas 1964 [27]
Coronado Center Albuquerque New Mexico 1965 [27]
Natick Collection Natick (Greater Boston) Massachusetts Rebuilt in 19941966
Colonie Center Albany New York First enclosed shopping mall in New York State's Capital Region.1966 [27]
Inland Center San Bernardino (Inland Empire area) California 1966 [31]
Midland Mall Warwick Rhode Island Renamed the Rhode Island Mall in March 1985. Closed in 2011.1967 [32]
Woodfield Mall Schaumburg (Chicago metropolitan area) Illinois Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman, was world's largest enclosed mall at time of opening. [33] [34] 1971
Town East Mall Mesquite (Greater Dallas Area) Texas 1971
Castleton Square Indianapolis Indiana Joint venture with Edward J. DeBartolo 1972
Valley View Center Dallas Texas 1973 (closed 2022)
Metrocenter Phoenix Arizona Joint venture with Westcor [35] 1973 (Closed 2020)
Altamonte Mall Altamonte Springs Florida Jointly developed with Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation [36] [37] 1974
Maplewood Mall Maplewood (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) Minnesota 1974 [38]
Independence Center Independence (Kansas City area) Missouri 1974
Westminster Mall Westminster (Orange County) California 1974 [39]
Brea Mall Brea (Orange County) California 1975 [40]
Northbrook Court Northbrook (Chicago metropolitan area) Illinois 1976
Orland Square Mall Orland Park (Chicago metropolitan area) Illinois 1976
Eden Prairie Center Eden Prairie (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) Minnesota 1976 [41]
Florence Mall Florence (Cincinnati metropolitan area) Kentucky 1976
Woodland Hills Mall Tulsa Oklahoma Expansion completed by Homart in 19821976
Lakeside Mall Sterling Heights Michigan Joint venture with Alfred Taubman 1976
Burnsville Center Burnsville (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) Minnesota 1977 [38]
Louis Joliet Mall Joliet Illinois Renamed in mid 2000s as Westfield Louis Joliet1977
Twelve Oaks Mall Novi Michigan Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman and Dayton-Hudson Corporation 1977
Westfield Broward Plantation (Miami Metropolitan Area) Florida Acquired by Westfield Group in 2007 and renamed Westfield Broward1978
Baybrook Mall Friendswood (Greater Houston) Texas 1978
Metrocenter Jackson Mississippi Joint venture with Jim Wilson & Associates1978 [42]
Acadiana Mall Lafayette Louisiana Joint venture with Robert B Aikens & Associates1979 [42]
Fiesta Mall Mesa (Phoenix metropolitan area) Arizona Opened on October 3, 1979.1979 (closed 2018)
Spring Hill Mall West Dundee (Chicago metropolitan area) Illinois 1980
Town Center Mall Boca Raton (Miami Metropolitan Area) Florida Also known as Town Center at Boca Raton1980
Willowbrook Mall Houston Texas 1981
Greenbrier Mall Chesapeake Virginia 1981
Deerbrook Mall Humble (Greater Houston) Texas 1982
Westgate Mall Humble (Amarillo) Texas 1982
North Shore Square Slidell Louisiana 1985 [43]
Tysons Galleria Tysons Corner (Washington Metropolitan Area) Virginia Jointly developed with Lerner Enterprises 1988
Lakeland Square Mall Lakeland Florida Jointly developed with Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation [44] 1988
The Parks at Arlington Arlington (Greater Dallas area) Texas 1988
Vista Ridge Mall Lewisville (Greater Dallas area) Texas Jointly developed with Herring Marathon Group and JCP Realty [45] 1989
Arden Fair Mall Sacramento California Rebuilding of Arden Fair Mall 1989
The Shoppes at Buckland Hills Manchester (Greater Hartford area) Connecticut Opened in March 1990 as "The Pavilions at Buckland Hills".1990 [46]
Steeplegate Mall Concord New Hampshire Opened August 1, 1990 [47] [48] 1990
Bay City Mall Bay City Michigan Co-developed with Robert B. Aitkens [49] 1991
Pembroke Lakes Mall Pembroke Pines (Miami metropolitan area) Florida 1992
Moreno Valley Mall Moreno Valley California Built on the former Riverside International Raceway site that hosted auto racing from 1957 to 1989.1992
North Point Mall Alpharetta (Atlanta metropolitan area) Georgia 1993
The Woodlands Mall The Woodlands (Greater Houston) Texas Developed with The Woodlands Corporation1994 [50] [51]

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