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Baybrook Mall
Baybrook Mall is a shopping mall located near the Clear Lake City area in Houston, Texas; It has a Friendswood mailing address, but it is in the Houston city limits. The mall is located off Interstate 45, and it is also in proximity to Webster and the NASA Johnson Space Center. The anchor stores are Star Cinema Grill, Dave & Buster's, Dillard's, JCPenney, H&M, Macy's, Forever 21, and Living Spaces.
It is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of downtown Houston at Interstate 45 South and Bay Area Blvd. It has five major anchors and more than 170 stores and restaurants. It has 1,240,000 sq ft (115,000 m2) of retail space.
Officially announced in April 1977 as the first Houston development of Homart Development Company, Baybrook mall was purposely built smaller than other regional area centers at the time. The Clear Lake area of Houston, along with northern Galveston County, were considered blue collar areas; and it was thought that a large scale shopping center wouldn't succeed in what was a still growing area. For that reason, the mall was not built on a grand scale, and instead as an energy efficient, compact shopping center.
The mall's original lease space would be approximately 625,000 square feet, with hope for a later expansion raising the lease space to almost 1 million square feet. The first anchor tenants were announced to be Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Joske's. The land was graded in July 1977 in preparation of an August 1978 opening.
The ribbon cutting for Baybrook Mall was held July 26, 1978. The mall opened with 77 merchants, including: Joske's, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Luby's, Radio Shack, and Zale Corporation.
A major expansion to Baybrook Mall was announced by Homart in March 1983, which added an additional 365,000 square feet of retail space to the mall, including two new anchor stores, Mervyn's, and an additional store to be named later. Macy's announced in February 1984 they were building stores in Texas, and would become the fifth anchor store at Baybrook. The grand opening of the new expansion of 20 retail stores, plus Mervyn's, was held in March 1984, with Gifford Nielsen as master of ceremonies. Macy's followed by opening their new store, and becoming the fifth anchor store, in July 1985. The new Macy's store featured three stories, at least 30 departments, 220,000 square feet of retail space, and became their third store to open in the Houston area.
As the Texas economy and oil prices continued to rise in the early 1980s, the Clear Lake area continued to grow. The area growth was reflected at Baybrook, and many stores expressed interest in leasing space. Other area malls were fully occupied, so Baybrook became a logical alternative. 1984 and 1985 saw an economic downturn in the area, but Baybrook continued to see a consistent increase in sales.
Baybrook Mall became one of the many retail establishments to open on Sundays prior to the repeal of the Texas Blue Law in September 1985, which prohibited many retail items being purchased on Sundays.
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Baybrook Mall
Baybrook Mall is a shopping mall located near the Clear Lake City area in Houston, Texas; It has a Friendswood mailing address, but it is in the Houston city limits. The mall is located off Interstate 45, and it is also in proximity to Webster and the NASA Johnson Space Center. The anchor stores are Star Cinema Grill, Dave & Buster's, Dillard's, JCPenney, H&M, Macy's, Forever 21, and Living Spaces.
It is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of downtown Houston at Interstate 45 South and Bay Area Blvd. It has five major anchors and more than 170 stores and restaurants. It has 1,240,000 sq ft (115,000 m2) of retail space.
Officially announced in April 1977 as the first Houston development of Homart Development Company, Baybrook mall was purposely built smaller than other regional area centers at the time. The Clear Lake area of Houston, along with northern Galveston County, were considered blue collar areas; and it was thought that a large scale shopping center wouldn't succeed in what was a still growing area. For that reason, the mall was not built on a grand scale, and instead as an energy efficient, compact shopping center.
The mall's original lease space would be approximately 625,000 square feet, with hope for a later expansion raising the lease space to almost 1 million square feet. The first anchor tenants were announced to be Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Joske's. The land was graded in July 1977 in preparation of an August 1978 opening.
The ribbon cutting for Baybrook Mall was held July 26, 1978. The mall opened with 77 merchants, including: Joske's, Montgomery Ward, Sears, Luby's, Radio Shack, and Zale Corporation.
A major expansion to Baybrook Mall was announced by Homart in March 1983, which added an additional 365,000 square feet of retail space to the mall, including two new anchor stores, Mervyn's, and an additional store to be named later. Macy's announced in February 1984 they were building stores in Texas, and would become the fifth anchor store at Baybrook. The grand opening of the new expansion of 20 retail stores, plus Mervyn's, was held in March 1984, with Gifford Nielsen as master of ceremonies. Macy's followed by opening their new store, and becoming the fifth anchor store, in July 1985. The new Macy's store featured three stories, at least 30 departments, 220,000 square feet of retail space, and became their third store to open in the Houston area.
As the Texas economy and oil prices continued to rise in the early 1980s, the Clear Lake area continued to grow. The area growth was reflected at Baybrook, and many stores expressed interest in leasing space. Other area malls were fully occupied, so Baybrook became a logical alternative. 1984 and 1985 saw an economic downturn in the area, but Baybrook continued to see a consistent increase in sales.
Baybrook Mall became one of the many retail establishments to open on Sundays prior to the repeal of the Texas Blue Law in September 1985, which prohibited many retail items being purchased on Sundays.