Sunrise Mall Brownsville Texas
Here is the mall that killed off nearby Amigoland Mall. Sunrise Mall opened 5 years after Amigoland in 1979. In 2000, the mall added the JCPenney and Dillard's that were previously anchors at Amigoland. That expansion and a later food court addition gives us the mall we have today. Sunrise Mall is over 700,000 square feet of retail space, but has recently taken some anchor hits. Sears, Bealls, and Agaci all closed in late 2019 through early 2020. Agaci was later replaced, but the Sears and Bealls are still vacant. All of the anchor closings were on the same side of the mall so there was a huge difference in customer traffic from one side of the mall to the other. Overall, this is a fairly healthy mall on the main highway through town.
Cinemark and Food Court entrance
Bealls which closed in mid 2020.
Dillard's
Sears, this store closed 6 days before my visit.
Agaci was already closed at this point but the signage was still up.
The Sears locations here in the Valley certainly have some charm.
Now lets go inside.
The mall has an interesting floor plan. It makes the mall seem bigger than it is.
The mall has a fairly bland design in this area.
The food court area was pretty busy and had a much more modern design than the rest of the mall.
Old school Gamestop
JCPenney marks the halfway point in the mall corridor.
Here is where the design of the mall really gets interesting. The H&M/Bealls corridor has this awesome ceiling design.
Here is a detailed look into the Bealls. The Bealls was closing during my visit, but was initially going to reopen as a Gordmans. Before the store closed, the plan to convert to Gordmans was scrapped leaving this anchor empty. In a span of 6 months, Stage stores went from converting legacy stores to their Gordmans concept to bankrupt and closed.
Anyway, here is the inside of Bealls.
You can't have a store closing sale without the naked mannequins.
This store was looking pretty tired and needed a remodel. A lot of Stage stores were tired and stuck in the past. The Gordmans concept would have been a boost to the company, but unfortunately the push came way too late to save the company.
Back into the mall we go.
Another look at that awesome court in front of H&M/Bealls.
The closed Agaci with the closed Sears in view.
The Sears/Dick's court has the most impressive design. You have to wonder why the other half of the mall has the bland design.
The Sears mall entrance is very impressive.
Here is what we could see through the mall entrance.
Missed the store closing by 6 days!!!! From the looks of the inside of the store, it was just a regular 90's style interior.
This is the only large anchor in this half of the mall now. Dick's Sporting Goods is not really much of an anchor unfortunately. Most people seem to visit these stores without entering the mall.
Another peek into the mall corridor before we end the tour.
Nighttime view of the mall signage.
