Victoria Mall is an enclosed

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. It opened in 1981 and is managed by Hull Storey Gibson. Anchor stores are Bealls,

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, two

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locations,

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, and

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History

opened at the mall in 1981. Other major tenants included O.G. Wilson, a

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chain owned by

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, and Bealls.

moved into Victoria Mall from Town Plaza Mall in 1987. Zales sold the O.G. Wilson chain in 1986, and the Victoria Mall location remained vacant until Dillard's opened an auxiliary store there in 1993. The same year,

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closed its store at the mall. Gap and sister chain

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both joined the mall in 2000. Three years later, Hull Storey Gibson (then known as just Hull Storey) purchased the property. Further renovation in 2005 removed the

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, present since 1985, and relocated restaurants throughout the mall.

also joined in 2006.

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, which moved from an existing store in Victoria in 2000, closed in 2007. Many inline tenants closed in the late 2000s, including Gap,

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, Old Navy and a sports bar. These vacancies were countered in 2011 by the addition of

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and

. On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://shopvictoriamall.com/ Shopping malls in Texas Shopping malls established in 1981 Buildings and structures in Victoria, Texas Hull Property Group