Gulfgate Mall also known as
Gulfgate Shopping City or
Gulfgate Center is a shopping center located in
Houston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2008 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of...
. The mall is located in southeast Houston at the intersection of the Gulf Freeway and
Interstate 610Interstate 610 may mean:* Interstate 610 , an alternate in New Orleans, Louisiana* Interstate 610 , a beltway around Houston, Texas...
. It was the first regional mall in the Houston area opening on September 20, 1956 with
Joske'sJoske's, founded by German immigrant Julius Joske in 1867, was a department store chain originally based in San Antonio, Texas. In December 1928, Hahn Department Stores acquired the company along with the Titche-Goettinger department store of Dallas, and three years later Hahn became part of Allied...
and
SakowitzSakowitz was a chain of family-owned department stores based in Houston, Texas, United States. The store was founded by two brothers, Tobias and Simon Sakowitz, in Galveston, Texas in 1902. Other family members were working in the cotton mills in Galveston...
. It was enclosed around 1967 and, after years of decline and competition, shuttered in 2000.
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Gulfgate Mall also known as
Gulfgate Shopping City or
Gulfgate Center is a shopping center located in
Houston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2008 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of...
. The mall is located in southeast Houston at the intersection of the Gulf Freeway and
Interstate 610Interstate 610 may mean:* Interstate 610 , an alternate in New Orleans, Louisiana* Interstate 610 , a beltway around Houston, Texas...
. It was the first regional mall in the Houston area opening on September 20, 1956 with
Joske'sJoske's, founded by German immigrant Julius Joske in 1867, was a department store chain originally based in San Antonio, Texas. In December 1928, Hahn Department Stores acquired the company along with the Titche-Goettinger department store of Dallas, and three years later Hahn became part of Allied...
and
SakowitzSakowitz was a chain of family-owned department stores based in Houston, Texas, United States. The store was founded by two brothers, Tobias and Simon Sakowitz, in Galveston, Texas in 1902. Other family members were working in the cotton mills in Galveston...
. It was enclosed around 1967 and, after years of decline and competition, shuttered in 2000.
In 2001 the original mall was demolished and was redeveloped into a
strip mallA strip mall is an open area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
configuration, anchored by
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