- The Arboretum
The Arboretum is an upmarket retail trade area in
Austin, Texas .Arboretum at Great Hills
The 210,197-square-foot Arboretum at Great Hills opened in 1985 and is managed by Simon Malls. It is the heavily wooded park-like atmosphere that gives the mall its
arboreal name.The open-air mall features a fountain garden, several open park spaces and a large playground. The park spaces contain a set of five
cow statues bysculptor Harold F. Clayton . It also formerly featured a movie theater that participated in theSouth by Southwest film festival.Arboretum Market
The 105,190-square-foot Arboretum Market opened in 1987 and features upmarket retailers such as the city's only
Saks Fifth Avenue along with smaller specialty shops. The Saks space was previously aSimon David specialty grocer, which closed in December 1996 and was subsequently converted into Saks. [cite news |url=http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1996/09/02/story1.html |work=Austin Business Journal |date=1996-08-30 |title=Saks Fifth Ave. signs letter of intent] [cite news |work=Austin Business Journal |title=Constructors & Associates turns Simon David into Saks |url=http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1997/04/21/newscolumn2.html |date=1997-04-18]References
External links
* [http://www.simon.com/mall/mall_info.aspx?ID=384 Simon Malls] Arboretum at Great Hills
* [http://www.barshop-oles.com/propertydetail.php?id=1&city=Austin# Barshop & Oles] Arboretum Market
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