South Park Mall is a shopping mall located on the southwest side of San Antonio, Texas. It serves the communities on the south side of the city, with a Hispanic theme inside it. It is anchored by Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, and Macy's. There Is 1 Vacant Tenant That Was Once Sears.
 South Park Mall's East wing | |
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 29°21′17″N 98°31′51″W / 29.35483°N 98.5307°W |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Developer | Roy L. Martin & Associates |
| Management | Mason Asset Management |
| No. of stores and services | 85 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 790,000 sq ft (73,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in JCPenney and Macy's) |
| Website | visitsouthpark |
History
editThe mall opened in 1974. Roy L. Martin & Associates built the mall, which opened for business in 1974. Among the first tenants were J. C. Penney, TG&Y, Woolco, and H-E-B.[1]
Woolco later became Mervyns, which closed in 2008.[2][3] It became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2014.[4] JCPenney is the other original anchor. Phar-Mor was added in 1991 as a third anchor, but it closed in 1992.[5] In 1996, Sears moved from a store on Military Drive to the former Phar-Mor.[6] Foley's (now Macy's) was added as a fourth anchor in 2000.[7] On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store permanently closed on February 16, 2020.[8] In February 2020 A group of three New York-based investors teamed up to buy South Park Mall, JLL Capital Markets confirmed.
New York firms Mason Asset Management, Namdar Realty Group and CH Capital Group purchased the San Antonio
References
edit- ^ "South Park Mall to have many unusual new stores". San Antonio Express News. October 25, 1970. pp. 8G. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "S.A. selected for two Woolco stores". San Antonio Express-News. April 15, 1966. p. 6C.
- ^ Pesquera, Adolfo (November 22, 2008). "Local stores stocked with optimism". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Dick's Sporting Goods takes former Mervyn's space at South Park Mall - San Antonio Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2015-02-28.
- ^ "PHAR.MOR Phar Mor to close three S.A. stores 175 workers". San Antonio Express-News. September 19, 1992. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Hicks, Lesli (January 16, 1996). "Sears making move to South Park Mall". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Vaughan, Vicky (July 23, 1999). "Foley's plans store at South Park New facility part of mall expansion, which might include theater, fitness center". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Tyko, Kelly; Bomey, Nathan (November 7, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list". USA Today. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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