Longview Mall
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| Location | Longview, Texas, United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°32′20″N 94°45′03″W / 32.5390°N 94.7509°W |
| Address | 3500 McCann Road |
| Opening date | 1978[1] |
| Developer | Melvin Simon & Associates |
| Owner | Washington Prime Group |
| No. of stores and services | 70+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 (5 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 638,000 sq ft (59,300 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in former Sears) |
| Website | longviewmall |
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
[edit]The original anchors of Longview Mall were Sears, Bealls, J. C. Penney, Dillard's, H. J. Wilson Co. (later Service Merchandise), The Martin Twin Theater and Selber Brothers. In 1987, Selber Brothers sold its locations at Longview and Broadway Square Mall to Dillard's, who converted both to separate men's clothing stores.[3]
The Martin Twin was opened May 18, 1978. Each screen had 350 seats. Carmike later operated the theatre as the Mall Twin Cinema until its closing on August 28, 1997. The space is now occupied by Revive Church.[4]
In 2004, Bealls relocated to the former Service Merchandise building. The original Bealls became a miniature golf course.[5]
Dillard's expanded its original store in 2006, resulting in the closure of the menswear store in the former Selber Brothers. The expansion made the 143,000 square foot Dillard's the largest one-story location in the chain.[6] The former Selber Brothers space remained vacant until it became L'Patricia in 2012. In 2020, the space became vacant until July of 2023, when a bargin bin type store opened in its place.[7]
In 2016, a $16 million renovation began at Longview Mall adding stores and amenities. BJ's Brewhouse built a new restaurant in the mall parking lot and On the Border constructed a freestanding restaurant as well.[8] A Dick's Sporting Goods was constructed in the original Bealls location.[8]
In February 2017, H&M opened its first East Texas store inside the mall. It is located near the mall's main entrance in the space formerly occupied by Piccadilly Cafeteria which closed in the mid 1990s.[9]
In March 2018 the mall owner bought the Sears store for possible redevelopment in the event Sears closed its store.[10]
On November 8, 2018, Sears announced the closing of this location in February 2019 as part of a plan to close 40 stores nationwide.[11]
On May 31, 2020, it was announced that Stage would also close.[12]
In late 2021 a new store EntertainMART opened in the space previously occupied by Payless Shoes Source on the front side of the mall beside the Hallmark.[13]
As of February 2022 the old Sears building has been redeveloped into two separate stores, a Conn's Home Plus and a HomeGoods. The L'Patricia store has relocated to the old Stage store location. Pro-Comp Martial Arts Center and D-BAT also occupies the space.[14]
In late July 2023, Hallmark opened a store in the former Charming Charlie space.
References
[edit]- ^ "Longview Mall" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ^ "Longview Mall". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ^ "Department stores purchased". The Paris News. 29 June 1987.
- ^ "Map" (PDF). longviewmall.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Search the Longview News-Journal Archive". nl.newsbank.com.
- ^ "Search the Longview News-Journal Archive". nl.newsbank.com.
- ^ News-Journal, Longview. "Business". Longview News-Journal.
- ^ a b Ferguson, Jo Lee. "$16 million renovation at Longview Mall adds stores, amenities". Longview News-Journal.
- ^ Eisenberg, Jason. "The First H&M in East Texas Lands in Longview Mall Feb. 9". 101.5 KNUE.
- ^ Staff Reports. "Mall owner buys Sears stores, including in Longview, for possible redevelopment". Longview News-Journal.
- ^ Hirsch, Lauren Thomas,Lauren (November 8, 2018). "Sears to shut 40 more stores early next year". CNBC.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Stage store closing in Longview Mall, future of other chain stores, restaurants uncertain".
- ^ "New stores open in Longview Mall".
- ^ "Business Beat: HomeGoods coming to Longview Mall".