South Plains Mall
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South Plains Mall is a 1200000 square feet (111,483.6 m²) shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 located in Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

. It is located at the southwest corner of Loop 289 and Slide Road in the busy shopping district of southwest Lubbock. The mall was opened in 1972 with an initial square footage of 846000 ft2 at a cost of $25 million.

The mall has been owned by Macerich since its purchase in 1998 for $115.7 million from the original developer, South Plains Mall Associates Ltd. It has been expanded to 1107000 ft2 since opening. It is the only regional mall within 120 miles (193.1 km) and it serves an estimated market of 500,000 people.

South Plains Mall is anchored by four major department stores (Sears, JCPenney, Bealls and two Dillard's) and contains over 150 shops, restaurants and kiosks. The mall serves the entire South Plains
South Plains
South Plains is a vernacular term that refers to a region in West Texas consisting of the portion of the Llano Estacado extending south of the Texas Panhandle, centered at Lubbock. While prominent in the area of petroleum production, the South Plains is mainly an agricultural region, producing a...

 region. The mall opened in July 1972 and has undergone three major expansions since then. Many specialty stores, including American Eagle Outfitters, Christopher & Banks, Zumiez, Hollister Co., Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and GAP, among many others, can be found at South Plains Mall.

Anchors and majors

  • Bealls
    Bealls (Texas)
    Bealls is a United States chain of department stores headquartered in Texas. It is owned by Stage Stores Inc. The chain overlaps with the Florida-based Bealls chain, although the two are not related...

     (40,000 sq ft.)
  • Dillard's Men's & Children's
    Dillard's
    Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

     (94,814 sq ft.)
  • Dillard's Women's
    Dillard's
    Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

     (162,755 sq ft.)
  • JCPenney (218,518 sq ft.)
  • Sears
    Sears, Roebuck and Company
    Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...

     (143,700 sq ft.)
  • Vacant (82,000 sq ft.)-Premiere Cinemas
    Premiere Cinemas
    Premiere Cinemas, officially known as Premiere Cinema Corporation, is a privately held motion picture exhibitor based in Big Spring, Texas.As of August 2009, Premiere Cinemas owns and operates 18 theatres with 135 screens in Texas, 44 screens in Alabama, 22 screens in Florida and 14 in New...

     coming soon. Building to be demolished. New building will be 62,000 square feet.
  • Barnes & Noble
    Barnes & Noble
    Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...

    (37,000)

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