Valle Vista Mall Explained

Valle Vista Mall
Location:Harlingen, Texas, United States
Coordinates:26.1845°N -97.7189°W
Opening Date:1983[1]
Manager:Kohan Retail Investment Group[2]
Number Of Stores:82
Number Of Anchors:6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Floors:1

Valle Vista Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Harlingen, Texas, off Interstate 2 (Expressway 83) at the intersection of Dixieland Road and Tyler Avenue. It has 651000square feet of gross leasable area.[3] It is anchored by Big Lots, Dillard's, Gold's Gym, J. C. Penney, Urban Air, and Rack Room Shoes with one vacant anchor last occupied by Sears.

In 2017 Forever 21 closed its location for good, On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.,[4] in 2019 Urban Air Trampoline Park replaced the former Forever 21. Sadly the mall has gone viral in recent years for its "void", an area of the mall with no tenants.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.simon.com/mall/LeasingSheet/Valle_Vista.pdf 2007 Leasing Sheet
  2. Web site: Valle Vista's new owner explains vision. Valley Morning Star. 3 January 2019. 26 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180826075638/https://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/valle-vista-s-new-owner-explains-vision/article_235c347c-873d-5292-bd4b-ad9806ddd2cc.html. live.
  3. http://www.simon.com/Mall/LeasingSheet/1511.pdf Valle Vista Mall information sheet
  4. Web site: Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. NathanBomey. USA TODAY. 3 January 2019. 17 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017035338/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/15/sears-holdings-bankruptcy-store-closures/1645971002/. live.