Macroplaza Mall

Macroplaza Mall, formerly Pasadena Town Square Mall and Plaza Paseo Mall, is a regional shopping mall located in Pasadena, Texas, southeast of Houston. Developed by Federated Department Stores Realty [1]and attached to an existing Foley's Department store, the mall opened March 1982 and originally featured Joske's, Foley's, and Palais Royal as its anchor stores.[2] Even at the time the mall was unusual in the Houston area due to the fact that it was one of only a few malls in the Houston area which were not located near a highway.[3] Joske's became Dillard's in 1987. Sears was added as the fourth anchor in 1997.[4]

Macroplaza Mall
LocationPasadena, Texas, United States
Coordinates29.6945675°N 95.1994003°W / 29.6945675; -95.1994003
Address171 Pasadena Town Square
Opening date1982 (1982)
DeveloperFederated Department Stores Realty
No. of stores and services46
No. of anchor tenants4 (all vacant)
Total retail floor area335,840 square feet (31,201 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in former Dillard's, former Macy's, and former Sears)

A little more than a year after opening, mall developer Federated Department Stores Realty sold the mall, along with three others, to mall manager JMB Realty Corporation in a $112 million deal.[5] In 2002, the mall was purchased from American General by a local developer.[6] Foley's converted to Macy's in 2006,[7] the same year that Dillard's closed.[8] The Macy's store closed on March 27, 2017.

In 2015 the mall was purchased by Guardian Equity, which planned to remodel the common spaces.[9] By 2016 the mall had been renamed "Plaza Paseo Mall".[10][11]

In mid-2018, the mall's name was again changed to Macroplaza Mall to allude to it being a gathering place like the plaza of the same name to the south in Monterrey, Mexico, along with emphasizing a new focus on the area's Mexican American community.

Palais Royal closed in 2020 due to parent company Stage Stores filing for bankruptcy.[12]

On November 9, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing on January 24, 2021 as part of a plan to close 7 stores nationwide which will left the mall with no anchors left.[13]

Former anchors
  • Macy's (Opened as Foley's in 1962, converted to Macy's in 2006, closed in 2017)
  • Dillard's (Opened as Joske's in 1982, converted to Dillard's in 1987, closed in 2006)
  • Palais Royal (Opened in 1982, closed in 2020)
  • Sears (Opened in 1997, closed in 2021)

References
  1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/636581200/?terms=%22pasadena%20town%20square%22&match=1
  2. Buildings. 75. Stamats Publishing Company. 1981. ISSN 0007-3725. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. "Pasadena Town Square Pasadena, TX— MallHistory.com". Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. "Controlled Retail Growth Stabilizes Southwest—NREIOnline.com". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/636581200/?terms=%22pasadena%20town%20square%22&match=1
  6. "Group Has Deal for Pasadena, Texas, Mall. - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  7. "Federated to close Galleria Macy's store, convert area Foley's stores to Macy's - Houston Business Journal". bizjournals.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  8. "Weitzman to market Dillard's property - Houston Chronicle". chron.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  9. "Pasadena Town Square gets new Owner and Facelift". Houston Chronicle.
  10. "Plans Underway for new Pasadena Court Building". Houston Chronicle.
  11. "Armed Robbers Snatch Elderly Couples Purse and Wallet at Pasadena Mall". CW39.com News.
  12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/11/stage-stores-bankruptcy-liquidation/
  13. https://patch.com/connecticut/manchester/liquidation-sale-commences-doomed-manchester-sears


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