- Highland Mall
Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Highland Mall
caption =
location =Austin, Texas , USA
opening_date = 1971
developer =
manager =General Growth Properties
owner =
number_of_stores = 137
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area =
floors = 2
website = [http://www.highlandmall.com/ HighlandMall.com]Highland Mall, is a shopping mall located in north
Austin, Texas , on Airport Boulevard west of I-35 and north ofUS Route 290 . Opened in 1971, Highland Mall was Austin's first suburban shopping mall.cite news |date=2008-07-27 |title=Congress Avenue redeveloped at a crawl; Some new stores opened or planned but challenges remain |url=http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/27/0727congress.html |work=Austin American-Statesman |first=Kate Miller |last=Morton] Highland Mall is managed byGeneral Growth Properties .cite web |publisher=General Growth Properties |title=Properties: Highland Mall |url=http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallDirectory.aspx?smuid=741 |accessdate=2008-08-11]Anchors
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Dillard's - Dillard's acquired the formerJoske's location at the south end of the mall when it purchased the entire Joske's chain in 1987. [cite news |work=Austin American-Statesman |title=Dillard location at Highland Mall finishes facelift |date=1993-11-13 |first=R. Michelle |last=Breyer |page=E1 |accessdate=2008-08-11]
*Dillard's Men's & Children's - The Dillard's Men's store has occupied the anchor store location originally held by Scarbroughs, once Austin's largest locally owned department store chain, since 1992. [cite news |work=Austin American-Statesman |title=Local landmark Scarbroughs selling 2 stores to Dillard |date=1992-02-18 |first=Kim |last=Tyson |page=A1 |accessdate=2008-08-11]
*Macy's - The formerFoley's anchor store was renamed Macy's in September 2006 as a result ofFederated Department Stores ' purchase of the May Company in 2005. [cite news |work=Austin American-Statesman |title=Macy's to open, grandly, in place of area Foley's |date=2006-09-08 |first=Shonda |last=Novak |page=D01 |accessdate=2008-08-11]
*Vacant - Only three of the mall's four anchor locations are currently occupied.JCPenney , an original tenant when the mall opened in 1971, closed its anchor store in Highland Mall onSeptember 30 ,2006 . [cite news |work=Austin American-Statesman |title=J.C. Penney leaving Highland |page=F01 |first=Shonda |last=Novak]Mall in decline
Two of the mall's seven retail sectors are closed. Press reports describe the mall as "in decline" and say it is "likely to be demolished in 2010" to make way for a mixed-used development. [cite news |work=That Other Paper |title=Girl On Top: Scenes from a 'ghetto mall' |first=Andrea |last=Grimes |url=http://thatotherpaper.com/austin/scenes_ghetto_mall |date=2008-07-15]
References
External links
* [http://www.highlandmall.com Highland Mall official website]
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