Town East Mall

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Town East Mall
Town East Mall
Location Mesquite, Texas
Opening date1971;54 years ago (1971)
Developer Homart Development Company
Management Brookfield Properties
Owner Brookfield Properties
Architect Harrel & Hamilton
Stores and services164
Anchor tenants 5 (1 vacant)
Floor area 1,223,724 square feet (113,687.7 m2)
Floors2 plus 3rd floor food court
Website www.towneastmall.com
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Town East Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas, United States. The mall features Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods and Upcoming Main Event Entertainment Center(Former Sears Space).

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History

Town East Mall was developed by the Homart Development Company a subsidiary of Sears. Harrel & Hamilton of Dallas were architects and the construction contract was held by the Avery Mayes Construction Company also of Dallas. the Y shaped mall features a 168 foot steel pylon at its center. [2] The mall opened on October 6, 1971. [3] [4]

In 1978, the mall was used by director Ron Howard to film portions of the movie Cotton Candy . [5]

In late 2004, the property underwent a $20 million renovation. [3]

Dick's Sporting Goods opened as the 5th anchor store in the mall in March 2018. [6]

On January 29, 2021, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format. [7] [8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Town East Mall". Brookfield Properties.
  2. ↑ "Oct 03, 1971, page 1 - Mesquite Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Zaragoza, Sandra (November 14, 2004). "Town East set for face lift". American City Business Journals .
  4. ↑ "[News Script: Shopping center]". 1971.
  5. ↑ WILONSKY, ROBERT (October 12, 2010). "Tomorrow, a Rare Bite Into Ron Howard's Dallas-Made Cotton Candy at Tradewinds". Dallas Observer .
  6. ↑ "DICK'S Sporting Goods Announces Grand Opening of Four New Stores in Three States" (Press release). PR Newswire. February 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "The last Sears department store in Dallas-Fort Worth is closing". February 2, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sears and Kmart closing more stores. Is your location closing in 2021? See the updated closure list".

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