Grapevine Mills

Grapevine Mills is a shopping mall in Grapevine, Texas, United States, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Grapevine Mills currently totals over 1,781,628 square feet (165,518.7 square meters) in size.

Grapevine Mills
Last Call Neiman Marcus at Grapevine Mills
LocationGrapevine, Texas, United States
Coordinates32°57′58″N 97°2′34″W
Address3000 Grapevine Mills Pkway
Opening dateOctober 30, 1997 (October 30, 1997)
DeveloperThe Mills Corporation
ManagementSimon Property Group
OwnerSimon Property Group (59.3%)
No. of stores and services202[1]
No. of anchor tenants22
Total retail floor area1,781,628 sq ft (165,518.7 m2)[2]
No. of floors1
Websitegrapevinemills.com

Grapevine Mills opened on October 30, 1997, and is one of the largest malls owned by The Mills platform of Simon Property Group. The mall features over 20 anchors and over 200 specialty retailers, as well as a variety of theme restaurants, casual dining and cutting-edge entertainment venues.

Grapevine Mills is located within a major retail area just east of Lake Grapevine and two miles (3km) north of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.[3] It has a racetrack floor plan and the AMC Dine-In Grapevine Mills 30.[4]

It is the second-largest mall in Tarrant County, Texas, with North East Mall being largest.

History
Junior Anchor
Ross Dress For Less

Grapevine Mills opened on October 30, 1997 as a joint venture between The Mills Corp. and Simon DeBartolo.[5] It was one of the first malls to use the "Mills experience", which involved bringing in major department stores and outlet stores as anchors, as well as off-price retail chains and large stores that offer a wide range of products.[5] Mills-owned malls also had "Entertainment Zones" that included restaurants, games, and movie theaters.[5] In 1999, the Polar Ice rink opened at the mall.[6]

In July 2002, Simon Property Group sold its shares in the mall.[7] In November 2002, the ESPN X Games Skate Park opened at the mall.[8] In January 2007, Mills Corp accepted a $1.35 billion buyout offer from Brookfield Management.[9] The following month, Simon Property Group offered $1.6 billion for the company and Mills accepted the higher offer.[10][11] As part of the acquisition, Simon Property Group took over the 38 malls owned by the Mills Corp. at the time, including Grapevine Mills.[11][12]

Legoland

In 2009, Grapevine Mills Mall owner Simon Property Group announced that Merlin Entertainments would add a Legoland Discovery Center inside the mall.[13] It opened on March 25, 2011, with 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) inside the space that had housed Woodward Skatepark.[14][15][16] Lego-themed attractions included an interactive laser ride, a 3D movie and a play area for kids.[15] In October 2011, the city council approved an expansion of Legoland at the mall.[17]

Aquarium

In May 2010, the mall announced plans to build the Sea Life Grapevine Aquarium.[18][19] It was constructed across from the new Legoland in the former space of the GameWorks video game arcade.[19] It opened on July 12, 2011.[20] At the time of opening, the aquarium had over 30 displays, a 160,000 gallon tank with a tunnel for guests to walk through and a tide pool where visitors could interact with certain animals.[21][22]

Junior Anchor
Famous Footwear Outlet

Renovation

In 2012, the city of Grapevine approved $14 million for renovations of the mall.[23][24] The mall's new look was based on the newly renovated Opry Mills mall in Nashville.[25] Renovations began were completed in 2016.[26] New stores were added, such as Michael Kors, Under Armour, Coach, and H&M.[27]

2017–present

In January 2017, FieldhouseUSA, an indoor sports facility, opened at Grapevine Mills.[28] In February 2019, the first Peppa Pig World of Play store in the United States opened at Grapevine Mills.[29][30] On May 11, 2022, Meow Wolf announced that a new experience would open in the mall.[31]

Department stores and anchors

Former department stores and anchors

See also

Notes
  1. "Grapevine Mills Stores". Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  2. Grapevine Mills Leasing Information. Retrieved February 15, 2007
  3. Montgomery, David (June 20, 2017). "Deep in the Malls of Texas, a Vision of Shopping's Future". The New York Times.
  4. "Shop for the fun of it; Malls: The line between shopping and entertainment is often blurred at the new Mills Corp. malls; Anne Arundel County will have a groundbreaking for one Thursday". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. "Developer merges value, entertainment in malls". Newspapers.com. October 26, 1997. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  6. "Polar Ice skating arena to open at Grapevine Mills". Newspapers.com. December 27, 1999. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  7. "2 Mills investors will exit". Newspapers.com. July 9, 2002. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  8. "Grapevine skate park gets rolling". Newspapers.com. December 15, 2002. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. "Owner of Grapevine Mills agrees to $1.35 billion sale". Newspapers.com. January 18, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  10. "Owner of Grapevine Mills favors $1.6 billion buyout". Newspapers.com. February 14, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  11. "Mall operator and hedge fund buy Mills Corp". Newspapers.com. February 16, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  12. "Mills to Be Acquired by Simon and Farallon for $25.25 a Share". www.cnbc.com. February 16, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  13. "Mayor: 2009 Better than Expected". Newspapers.com. December 30, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  14. "Kids, adults get first peek at Legoland". Newspapers.com. March 25, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  15. "Legoland". Newspapers.com. March 25, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  16. "Mills renovation". Newspapers.com. December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  17. "Legoland looks at expansion". Newspapers.com. October 26, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  18. "Sea Life aquarium planned mall". Newspapers.com. May 28, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  19. "Grapevine Mills aquarium under construction". Newspapers.com. October 27, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  20. "Aquarium opens July 12". Newspapers.com. July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  21. "Taking the plunge at new aquarium". Newspapers.com. July 9, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  22. "Sea Life". Newspapers.com. July 9, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  23. "Biz Journals.com-Grapevine approves $14m for mills mall". Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  24. "Grapevine". Newspapers.com. December 31, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  25. "Mall". Newspapers.com. April 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  26. "Indoor sports facility coming to Grapevine Mills". June 22, 2016.
  27. "Impact News DFW Metroplex-Reimagining Grapevine Mills Mall". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  28. "FieldhouseUSA facility opens at Grapevine Mills". January 25, 2017.
  29. "Peppa Pig is coming to Grapevine Mills". Newspapers.com. January 16, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  30. "Hasbro to buy Peppa Pig's owner for $4 billion". Dallas News. August 22, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  31. "Beyond, Beyond, and Beyond: Meow Wolf is Expanding into Texas". May 11, 2022.
  32. "Grab Some". Newspapers.com. August 11, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  33. "Nike plans outlet store for mall". Newspapers.com. March 22, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  34. "Hotel getting $3.5 million face-lift". Newspapers.com. January 9, 2005. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  35. Heller, Laura. "Sports Authority To Be Liquidated". Forbes. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  36. "Steve & Barry's To Shutter All U.S. Stores". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  37. "Bright future in store for Grapevine Mills mall, promoters say".
  38. "Western Warehouse, Boot Town stores to close". Reuters. November 26, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  39. "American Bandstand Grill makes quick exit". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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