Temple Mall
Temple Mall is a regional shopping mall and trade area located in Temple, Texas. It contains four major department store anchors, and a total of 57 tenants comprising a total of approximately 555,400 square feet[2] of gross leasable area. Dillard's is the only remaining anchor, with Planet Fitness as a junior anchor. There are three vacant anchor store that were once Dillard's, JCPenney,and Steve & Barry's. Premiere Cinemas closed on December 25, 2022.
Location | Temple, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31.0707°N 97.3670°W |
Opening date | 1976 |
Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group[1] |
No. of stores and services | 60 |
No. of anchor tenants | 5 (3 open, 2 vacant by March 2021) |
Total retail floor area | 555,400 ft² |
No. of floors | 1 |
Parking | 2,557 spaces |
Website | http://www.templemall.com/ |
Temple Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, with the other being Killeen Mall, in nearby Killeen, Texas. The Sears anchor store closed and was replaced in 1995 by Foley's.[3] Foley's became Macy's in 2006. Macy's closed in 2016 and Dillard's closed their store across the mall and relocated to the former Macy's space in 2017.[4]
On December 17, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would closing in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide.[5] With the closure of JCPenney, Dillard's is the only traditional anchor store left. Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the mall in late October 2021.[1]
References
- Bates, Baylee (October 27, 2021). "Temple Mall now under new ownership, store owners want community support". KCEN. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Urban Retail Properties: Temple Mall Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Center Information. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- "Colonial Mall sold to Texas company". Temple Daily Telegram. April 20, 2005.
- Hays, Julie (September 27, 2017). "Temple: Dillard's makes major move, plans big reopening". KWTX-TV.
- Tyko, Kelly (December 17, 2020). "J.C. Penney closing more stores after exiting bankruptcy. Will your store close in March 2021? See the list". USA Today.