The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States,

Highland Park Village Highland Park Village is an upscale shopping plaza located at the southwest corner of Mockingbird Lane and Preston Road in Highland Park, Texas and was the first self-contained shopping center in America. The Highland Park Village was declared a N ...

, which opened in 1931 in the

Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a conurbated metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties and anchore ...

.VisitDallas.com
Shopping in Dallas. Retrieved on 20 February 2007. The latter and

Greater Houston Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Co ...

area are both home to numerous regional

shopping malls A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

and

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located in various areas of the city.

Enclosed Shopping malls by region

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Houston

San Antonio

Shopping malls in Texas, outside of the three largest metropolitan areas

Austin

Barton Creek Square Barton Creek Square is an enclosed shopping mall located in southwest Austin, Texas in the United States, near the intersection of Texas State Highway Loop 1 and Texas State Highway Loop 360. The mall is eponymously named after Barton Creek, Texas ...

- South

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

Lakeline Mall Lakeline Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in north Austin, Texas, at the intersection of RR 620 and US 183. Although the mall has a Cedar Park postal code, it is physically within the City of Austin. It has of gross leasable area. C ...

- North

El Paso

* Bassett Place -

El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...

Cielo Vista Mall Cielo Vista Mall is a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, United States, owned and operated by Simon Property Group. It is located on El Paso's east side, at Interstate 10 and Hawkins Blvd., and features five anchor stores operating under four brand ...

* Las Palmas Marketplace -

* Sunland Park Mall -

* The Fountains at Farah -

* The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso -

Corpus Christi

La Palmera La Palmera, originally Padre Staples Mall, is an indoor and open-air super-regional shopping mall located along the shopping corridor of South Padre Island Drive at Staples St. in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It has over 100 mainline store ...

- Corpus Christi * Sunrise Mall - Corpus Christi

Rio Grande Valley

* Sunrise Mall - Brownsville *

Amigoland Mall Amigoland Mall ("Amigo" means "friend" in Spanish) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Brownsville, Texas. The former mall, which now houses a tech center, is now called the Brownsville ITEC Center. The mall, developed by Melvin Simon & A ...

- Brownsville *

Valle Vista Mall Valle Vista Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Harlingen, Texas, off Interstate 2 ( Expressway 83) at the intersection of Dixieland Road and Tyler Avenue. It has of gross leasable area. It is anchored by Big Lots, Dillard's, Gold's Gym, ...

- Harlingen *

La Plaza Mall 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 of gross leasable area and features 184 specialty stores, many of which are flagship stores, and re ...

McAllen McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend ...

* Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets - Mercedes

Killeen-Temple

Killeen Mall Killeen Mall is a shopping mall located in Killeen, Texas located on . It is owned and managed by Jones Lang Lasalle. The mall opened in 1981 and has 100 stores. The original anchors were Bealls, Sears, and O. G. Wilson Catalog Showroom, owned ...

- Killeen *

Temple Mall Temple Mall is a regional shopping mall and trade area located in Temple, Texas. It contains four major department store anchors, and a total of 57 tenants comprising a total of approximately 555,400 square feet

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Midland-Odessa

Midland Park Mall Midland Park Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Midland, Texas, United States. Opened in 1980, it is anchored by two Dillard's stores (the women's store was originally Sears), JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods (originally Dillard's Woman store) and ...

- Midland * Music City Mall -

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Beaumont-Port Arthur

* Central Mall - Port Arthur *

Parkdale Mall Parkdale Mall is a mall located in Beaumont, Texas that opened in 1973. The owner of Parkdale Mall is CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. The mall's anchor stores include a Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream combo Store, Dillard's, Five B ...

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Other, listed By 2010 metropolitan area size

* South Plains Mall -

Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwe ...

(290,002 - metropolitan area population) *

Longview Mall Longview Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Longview, Texas. Opened in 1978, it features Dillard's, JCPenney, Dick's Sporting Goods, Conn's Home Plus, and HomeGoods as its anchor stores. History The original anchors of Longview Mall were Sea ...

- Longview (282,962) *

Broadway Square Mall Broadway Square (also referred to as Broadway Square Mall) is a shopping mall located in Tyler, Texas. The mall primarily serves the city of Tyler and the surrounding East Texas area. One of only two major malls in East Texas, the mall serves vis ...

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(264,521) *

Mall del Norte Mall del Norte is a super regional shopping mall in Laredo, Texas. The mall opened in 1977 and has since been renovated in 1991, 1993 (expansion), 2007, and 2012. It is located along Interstate 35 in the city's rapidly growing retail hub of town. ...

- Laredo (256,496) * Westgate Mall -

Amarillo Amarillo ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat, seat of Potter County, Texas, Potter County. It is the List of cities in Texas by population, 14th-most populous city in Texas and th ...

(253,823) * Richland Mall -

Waco Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...

(238,564) *

Post Oak Mall Post Oak Mall is a regional shopping mall in College Station, Texas, United States, owned by CBL & Associates Properties. Construction on the mall began in summer 1979 and it opened February 17, 1982. It initially housed 80 stores with four anchors ...

- College Station (231,623) *

Mall of Abilene Mall of Abilene is an enclosed shopping mall in Abilene, Texas. It is located in the south side of the city, at the southwest corner of Buffalo Gap Road and US 83/84 (Winters Freeway). Occupying a 61-acre plot of land, It serves a 22-county trade ...

- Abilene (166,416) * Sikes Senter -

Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accordin ...

(150,261)
Central Mall
- Texarkana (136,552)
Midway Mall
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(121,419) * Victoria Mall -

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(116,230) *

Sunset Mall Sunset Mall is a shopping mall located in San Angelo, Texas. The anchor stores are Marshalls, JCPenney, Fitness 1440, Ulta Beauty, 2 Dillard's stores, Conn's, There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears. History The mall opened in 1979, f ...

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

(113,443)
Lufkin Mall
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Lufkin Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019. Lufkin was founded ...

(87,669)
West Hill Mall
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(66,296)
Mall de Las Aguilas
- Eagle Pass (55,405)
Plaza del Sol Mall
- Del Rio (49,106)
Heartland Mall
- Brownwood (38,186)
Retrieved March 2010.

References

{{GeoGroup Lists of shopping malls in the United States, Texas

Shopping malls A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...