Almeda Mall

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Almeda Mall

Location	Genoa, Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29°37′24″N 95°13′40″W / 29.62333°N 95.22778°W / 29.62333; -95.22778Coordinates: 29°37′24″N 95°13′40″W / 29.62333°N 95.22778°W / 29.62333; -95.22778
Address	12200 Gulf Freeway
Opening date	October 10, 1968 (53 years ago) (1968-10-10)
Developer	The Rouse Company
Owner	Kohan Retail Investment Group[1]
Architect	Ray Bailey Architects
No. of anchor tenants	4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area	782,353 sq ft (72,683.0 m2)
No. of floors	1
Website	www.almedamall.com

Almeda Mall is a shopping mall located in the Southeast Houston neighborhood of Genoa on Interstate 45. The mall opened in 1968. The anchor stores are Macy's, dd's DISCOUNTS, and Burlington. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Palais Royal.

The mall has 782,353 square feet (72,683.0 m²) in leasable space.^[2]

History[]

Almeda Mall was constructed in 1968, but the Foley's (now Macy's) had arrived two years earlier in the spring of 1966 and JCPenney was the other original anchor. Almeda was the premiere mall for the area southeast of Houston until 1978 when Baybrook Mall opened a few exits south, much closer to the affluent Clear Lake/NASA area. Baybrook quickly replaced Almeda as the area's highly successful mall. Around 2017, the mall underwent a million dollar renovation project, replacing the old brown brick flooring and walls.

In 2006, the mall was about 95% occupied. During that year Glimcher Realty Trust put the mall up for sale, along with the Northwest Mall,^[2] which was purchased by WCF Mall Management, but then permanently closed in March 2017. JCPenney closed in 2006 and relocated to Pasadena, TX. Burlington Coat Factory took its spot. In 2006, Foley's rebranded to Macy's after its acquisition.

Palais Royal closed in 2019. Better info : Almeda Mall was the brain child of a property development group known was The Rouse Company. From the very beginning Almeda and Northwest Malls were planned together. Both malls signed Macy’s and JCPenney as the two main anchor tenants with stores located at the far ends of the mall. Both anchors would be built at the far ends of the mall, with a half-sized junior anchor located in the middle adjacent to the food court. The mall itself was essentially a corridor which linked the two anchors with the food court in the middle. As with Northwest, Foley’s opened first on October 3, 1966, featuring the best of the best, such as imported palm trees, a fire detection system, and supposedly the world’s first rounded eyelid style awnings. The actual mall would open 2 years later on October 10th, 1968. For a more detailed history than I could ever research I recommend checking out the South Belt Houston Digital History Archive.

Almeda mall was welcomed with immediate success as Houston’s development continued south along the Gulf Freeway throughout the 60s and 70s. Featuring many of the same boutique and specialty shops as its sister mall, Almeda attracted many types of clients. By 1978 the new Baybrook mall was attempting to pull higher class shoppers from Almeda. Offering a different selection of anchor store helped to keep traffic flowing at Almeda mall, although both Northwest and Almeda began to really fall behind during the 2000s. In 2017 Almeda mall received a full renovation.

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