Here is the final installment of the Deauville Mall series from the Houston metro area. This former mall is located in Stafford TX and opened in 1984. In July of 1986 the property was foreclosed on. This was possibly the most successful of the 4 malls though as indicated in the articles I found about these malls. The property was partially converted into a Garden Ridge pottery store and Sams Club that both closed in 2000-2001. The closed Garden Ridge site was slated for a conversion into an electronics plant for a company called K-Tec Electronics. Star Wholesale also was going to set up in the former Sams Club portion. Currently half of the property is fenced off by Texas Direct Auto as a storage area for cars. The other half of the mall has a Chandelier and Furniture store and two empty spots.
Stores
Designer Depot
Federated
Garden Ridge (In the late 1980's)
Houseworks
Lowe's Southwest Cinema
Nursala's Name Brand Shoes
Pappasito's (Outlot)
P.S. Designer Jewelers
Sams Club (Later possibly in the early 1990's).
Siegel's
This is what you will see off of 59 of the mall.
Down the road is where the former Federated anchor was located, you can see the outline of the mall better on Google Maps.
Thanks for doing the series about these little known Houston Deauville Fashion Malls. This one certainly had an interesting afterlife just like the other Deauville malls even if there isn't much interesting stuff going on at this location now. This location may have looked more like a mall, at least from the western side of the property, than some of the other Deauville malls. At least that is my feeling based on the current aerial image of the place.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like there are plans to remodel the freeway side of the property according to this property brochure that has a possible rendering of the remodel. I reckon that the property would need solid enough tenants to justify the remodeling expense though.
The brochure is a great find, I am glad that I was able to get photos before they modify the building again. It is amazing how many transitions this property has had, and it is not over yet either. I would like to tour some of these properties but I don't think the Realtor would waste their time showing off the property to a blogger. I am sure there are some hidden gems in this mall and the Spring Mall for sure but they are behind closed doors.
DeleteSaw TOP GUN in the theater there in 1986 as a High School freshman; I remember Federated and how they sold Amiga computers which I thought were awesome (but we never got one and I made do with my Apple II+ for a few more years).
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment with your memories of the mall JJR. I am surprised that a small portion of the old mall still exists, but it is in poor shape these days.
DeleteI'm hoping that with the extra influx of shopping so to the point that e commerce can't keep up that maybe minorities like black people can get enough people behind them to remodel this place to even a greater shopping mall than it once was because my race of people have plenty of black famous celebrities with awesome clothes lines , trust me I don't put all my confidence in online shopping because I did some and half of my stuff didn't even come in so imagine if I had and formal engagement and I ordered a three piece dress suit and half of what I ordered never arrived in time ,covid is over and there are a lot of people who are at one time or another having a get together graduations anniversaries formal dating church services we don't go to church in our sunday's best to get something from god rather it is a reflection of what god has done for us and that's under grace so church can welcome someone with ragidy clothes on but when that person lives in the finished work of Christ everything that person needs and wants including nice clothes to wear to church was paid for at the cross of Christ so with all the above being said the right people, place and time can bring about a positive shopping change plus nice fountains that you can toss coins in over time so yes, time does bring about a change.
ReplyDeleteI also think that online shopping isn't very reliable. Shipping is always hit or miss. Car parts have been something that has bit me before. Thankfully I have a backup vehicle, so I can start repair projects while waiting for parts to come in. There are not enough good places to get clothes in person these days, and good quality is hard to find. There is an opportunity to bring this property back to life as Texas Direct Auto moved out and left a huge vacancy. Nearby PlazAmericas Mall is a great example of bringing a retail property back to life. You can find just about everything there from dollar store deals to Rolex watches and everything in between.
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