North East Mall
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North East Mall is located at 1101 Melbourne Rd (Highways 121/183 and Loop 820 N.) in Hurst, Texas
, a Fort Worth suburb. Many people from Fort Worth and Haltom City, Texas
use this mall. North East Mall is 10 miles (16.1 km) west of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and 10 minutes east of downtown Fort Worth.
The center originated with a Leonards department store, the Fort Worth-based chain's third location. This store was dedicated July 10, 1970. A single level mall of eighty inline stores was added, which officially opened March 25, 1971. This included a Fort Worth-based Stripling's (inaugurated March 18, 1971) and J.C. Penney
(which commenced operation November 3, 1971). North East Mall now encompassed 750,000 leasable square feet. Sears and Montgomery Ward
stores were added, which opened in August 1978. This expansion also added twenty store spaces and the United Artists Cinema 6. The gross leasable area of the mall now stood at 1300000 square feet (120,774 m²), with 106 inline stores. the mall office is located in near Sears.
In 1977, Fort Worth's Dunlap Company had acquired the W.C. Stripling Company ( Stripling's ). Another local chain, R.E. Cox and Company ( Cox's ), was bought in 1981. These chains were merged into Stripling and Cox in 1983. The North East Mall store was shuttered in January 1986. Dillard's
bought the Leonards chain in 1974 and rebranded all stores in 1975. In 1986, they reconfigured their existing North East Mall store as a Dillard's Women's. The vacant Stripling and Cox became a Dillard's Men's.
In October 1998, a 225 million dollar renovation and expansion of North East Mall got underway. Dillard's
built a new 3-level store, consolidating the two existing locations, which held its grand opening October 1, 1999. The old Leonards/Dillard's Women's was partially demolished. A new South Wing was built, containing 28 store spaces. This connected to the new Dillard's
and a new Foley's
, which was built in part of the old Dillard's spot. The Foley's store was dedicated October 16, 2001.
The vacant Stripling and Cox/Dillard's Men's, on the west end of the mall, was knocked down and replaced by Nordstrom
, which held its official opening March 22, 2001. On the north end of the mall, Saks Fifth Avenue
built a store, taking some previous mall store space. This location opened for business September 16, 2001. The existing J.C. Penney
had been expanded by 83000 square feet (7,711 m²) in 1996. Four parking garages were also constructed as part of the 1998–2001 remodeling.
North East Mall held its official rededication September 15, 2001. The center encompassed 1,671,000 leasable square feet and 140 stores and services. It was now the largest enclosed shopping mall in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex and the second-largest in Texas, following The Galleria in Houston.
Montgomery Ward
had been shuttered in February 2001. There was talk of the store being renovated -and reopened- by Lord and Taylor, but this did not come to fruition. The vacant building was town down in 2003 and replaced with the Rave North East Mall 18 megaplex cinema, dedicated November 4, 2004. The Saks store closed in October 2004 and was retenanted by Dick's Sporting Goods
. North East Mall was also nick-named The Galleria of Tarrant County, Texas
, the Food Court's Entrance will be in Reconstructed 2012.
since it was part of the closure and Sam Goody
is now f.y.e.]], Sam Goody is defunct and free standing in other malls, and was merged to close, it was one of the 50 stores to close by its owner Trans World Entertainment
, Claires was planned to close but was delayed and Forever 21
opened up in the Nordstrom
wing and in The Sears north wing there were no stores left except for Zales and Texas Store. Take A Break Store Closed December 2010 and a room that hasn't been used for a decade was taken over by Papaya
{Clothing Company), Sprint
was added in the Dillard's
wing and the Chase
(Bank) was added in the Center Court. Charming Charlie's opened in the former Sam Goody
store, Gamestop
is now the only media store in the mall not counting Radio Shack
(its Electronics and Appliances) and Brookstone
(Store).Sephora
opened in JCPenney's Store 2010, making two Sephora's in North East Mall.
Hurst, Texas
Hurst is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Hurst is one of the Mid-Cities between Fort Worth and Dallas, but is a suburb of Fort Worth. The city was founded by William Letchworth Hurst...
, a Fort Worth suburb. Many people from Fort Worth and Haltom City, Texas
Haltom City, Texas
Haltom City is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Haltom City is an inner suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 42,409 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Haltom City is located at ....
use this mall. North East Mall is 10 miles (16.1 km) west of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and 10 minutes east of downtown Fort Worth.
The center originated with a Leonards department store, the Fort Worth-based chain's third location. This store was dedicated July 10, 1970. A single level mall of eighty inline stores was added, which officially opened March 25, 1971. This included a Fort Worth-based Stripling's (inaugurated March 18, 1971) and J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...
(which commenced operation November 3, 1971). North East Mall now encompassed 750,000 leasable square feet. Sears and Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
stores were added, which opened in August 1978. This expansion also added twenty store spaces and the United Artists Cinema 6. The gross leasable area of the mall now stood at 1300000 square feet (120,774 m²), with 106 inline stores. the mall office is located in near Sears.
In 1977, Fort Worth's Dunlap Company had acquired the W.C. Stripling Company ( Stripling's ). Another local chain, R.E. Cox and Company ( Cox's ), was bought in 1981. These chains were merged into Stripling and Cox in 1983. The North East Mall store was shuttered in January 1986. Dillard's
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
bought the Leonards chain in 1974 and rebranded all stores in 1975. In 1986, they reconfigured their existing North East Mall store as a Dillard's Women's. The vacant Stripling and Cox became a Dillard's Men's.
In October 1998, a 225 million dollar renovation and expansion of North East Mall got underway. Dillard's
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
built a new 3-level store, consolidating the two existing locations, which held its grand opening October 1, 1999. The old Leonards/Dillard's Women's was partially demolished. A new South Wing was built, containing 28 store spaces. This connected to the new Dillard's
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
and a new Foley's
Foley's
Foley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
, which was built in part of the old Dillard's spot. The Foley's store was dedicated October 16, 2001.
The vacant Stripling and Cox/Dillard's Men's, on the west end of the mall, was knocked down and replaced by Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
, which held its official opening March 22, 2001. On the north end of the mall, Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...
built a store, taking some previous mall store space. This location opened for business September 16, 2001. The existing J.C. Penney
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many...
had been expanded by 83000 square feet (7,711 m²) in 1996. Four parking garages were also constructed as part of the 1998–2001 remodeling.
North East Mall held its official rededication September 15, 2001. The center encompassed 1,671,000 leasable square feet and 140 stores and services. It was now the largest enclosed shopping mall in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex and the second-largest in Texas, following The Galleria in Houston.
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
had been shuttered in February 2001. There was talk of the store being renovated -and reopened- by Lord and Taylor, but this did not come to fruition. The vacant building was town down in 2003 and replaced with the Rave North East Mall 18 megaplex cinema, dedicated November 4, 2004. The Saks store closed in October 2004 and was retenanted by Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. , or Dick's, is a Fortune 500 American corporation in the sporting goods and retail industries.The company's headquarters are on the grounds of Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay Township near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dick's has 451 stores in 42 states as of...
. North East Mall was also nick-named The Galleria of Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 1,809,034. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County is the sixteenth most populous county in the United States and the third most populous in Texas. The county is named in honor...
, the Food Court's Entrance will be in Reconstructed 2012.
Store Closures
In 2010 and 2011 stores started closing,Sam GoodySam Goody
Sam Goody was a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Trans World Entertainment which also runs FYE, Saturday Matinee, and Suncoast Motion Picture Company. It specialized in music, video, and video game sales...
since it was part of the closure and Sam Goody
Sam Goody
Sam Goody was a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Trans World Entertainment which also runs FYE, Saturday Matinee, and Suncoast Motion Picture Company. It specialized in music, video, and video game sales...
is now f.y.e.]], Sam Goody is defunct and free standing in other malls, and was merged to close, it was one of the 50 stores to close by its owner Trans World Entertainment
Trans World Entertainment
Trans World Entertainment Corporation is a chain of entertainment media retail stores in the United States. It currently operates just over 440 freestanding and shopping mall-based stores under several brand names....
, Claires was planned to close but was delayed and Forever 21
Forever 21
Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
opened up in the Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
wing and in The Sears north wing there were no stores left except for Zales and Texas Store. Take A Break Store Closed December 2010 and a room that hasn't been used for a decade was taken over by Papaya
Papaya
The papaya , papaw, or pawpaw is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, the sole species in the genus Carica of the plant family Caricaceae...
{Clothing Company), Sprint
Sprint
-In software and gaming:*Sprint, a brief, intense software development gathering, see hackathon*Sprint , a development phase in the Scrum software engineering method.*Sprint , software published by Borland...
was added in the Dillard's
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
wing and the Chase
Chase
-Corporations:* JPMorgan Chase, a financial services firm** Chase , usually styled as "CHASE", the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase-Music:* Chase * Chase * "Chase"...
(Bank) was added in the Center Court. Charming Charlie's opened in the former Sam Goody
Sam Goody
Sam Goody was a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Trans World Entertainment which also runs FYE, Saturday Matinee, and Suncoast Motion Picture Company. It specialized in music, video, and video game sales...
store, Gamestop
GameStop
GameStop Corporation is an American video game and entertainment software retailer. The company, whose headquarters is in Grapevine, Texas, United States, operates 6,500 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New...
is now the only media store in the mall not counting Radio Shack
Radio shack
Radio shack is a slang term for a room or structure for housing radio equipment.-History:In the early days of radio, equipment was experimental and home-built. The first radio transmitters used a noisy spark to generate radio waves and were often housed in a garage or shed. When radio was first...
(its Electronics and Appliances) and Brookstone
Brookstone
Brookstone is a chain of retail stores in the United States. Its first store was opened in 1973 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Its headquarters are currently located in Merrimack, New Hampshire....
(Store).Sephora
Sephora
Sephora is a chain of cosmetics stores founded in France in 1970 and acquired by Paris-based conglomerate LVMH in 1997. The Sephora chain includes more than 750 stores in 17 countries...
opened in JCPenney's Store 2010, making two Sephora's in North East Mall.
Anchors
- Rave Motion PicturesRave Motion PicturesRave Cinemas, formerly known as "Rave Motion Pictures," often called Rave and owned by Rave Cinemas, LLC, is a movie theater brand founded in 1999. It is formerly headed by Thomas W. Stephenson, Jr., former CEO of Hollywood Theaters, and currently headed by Rolando B. Rodriguez, former Vice...
- Dillard'sDillard'sDillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
299514 sq ft (27,825.8 m²) - JCPenney 230750 sq ft (21,437.4 m²)
- Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
232800 sq ft (21,627.8 m²) - NordstromNordstromNordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
142439 sq ft (13,233 m²) - SearsSears, Roebuck and CompanySears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
164164 sq ft (15,251.3 m²) - Dick's Sporting GoodsDick's Sporting GoodsDick's Sporting Goods, Inc. , or Dick's, is a Fortune 500 American corporation in the sporting goods and retail industries.The company's headquarters are on the grounds of Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay Township near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dick's has 451 stores in 42 states as of...
(In former Saks Fifth AvenueSaks Fifth AvenueSaks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...
store) - Forever 21Forever 21Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
- PapayaPapayaThe papaya , papaw, or pawpaw is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, the sole species in the genus Carica of the plant family Caricaceae...
(Clothing Store) - Charming Charlie
Former anchors
- Leonards (became a Dillard's location in 1975 and Dillard's Women's in 1986; replaced 1999)
- Stripling's (became Stripling and Cox in 1983 and Dillard's Men's in 1986; replaced by Nordstrom in 2001)
- Foley'sFoley'sFoley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
(converted to Macy's on 9/8/2006) - Montgomery WardMontgomery WardMontgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
(closed 2001, rebuilt and opened as Rave Motion PicturesRave Motion PicturesRave Cinemas, formerly known as "Rave Motion Pictures," often called Rave and owned by Rave Cinemas, LLC, is a movie theater brand founded in 1999. It is formerly headed by Thomas W. Stephenson, Jr., former CEO of Hollywood Theaters, and currently headed by Rolando B. Rodriguez, former Vice...
) - Saks Fifth AvenueSaks Fifth AvenueSaks Fifth Avenue is a luxury American specialty store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises , a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the high-end specialty store market in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, i.e. 'the 3 B's' Bergdorf, Barneys, Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor...
(closed 2006, reopened as Dicks Sporting Goods) - Sam GoodySam GoodySam Goody was a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and United Kingdom, and was owned and operated by Trans World Entertainment which also runs FYE, Saturday Matinee, and Suncoast Motion Picture Company. It specialized in music, video, and video game sales...
(Closed 2011,replaced by Charming Charlie