Mall del Norte is a super regional shopping mall in Laredo, Texas

Laredo, Texas

Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

. The 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...

 opened in 1977 and has since been renovated in 1991, 1993 (expansion), and 2007. It is located along Interstate 35

Interstate 35

Interstate 35 is a north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. I-35 stretches from Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota Highway 61 and 26th Avenue East. Many interstates used to have splits or spurs indicated with suffixed letters , but I-35...

 in the city's rapidly growing retail hub of town. Mall del Norte is 1212515 sq ft (112,646 m²) with over 160 stores, making it the largest mall in South Texas

South Texas

South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of and including San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande River, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 3.7 million. The southern portion of this region is...

, and one of the largest malls in Texas overall.
In 2007, as part of the renovations of the mall, Cinemark Theater 16 and Circuit City constructed where the former Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...

 store was located.. The mall is currently owned by CBL & Associates Properties.

Anchors & 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...
  
  
• Chuck E. Cheese's
  Chuck E. Cheese's
  Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of family entertainment centers. Chuck E...
  
   (opened in December 2010)
• Cinemark Theatres
  Cinemark Theatres
  Cinemark Theatres is a chain of movie theatres owned by Cinemark Holdings, Inc. in North and South America and Taiwan. It has its headquarters in Plano, Texas.Cinemark's Missions Statement Reads as follows:...
  
  
• Dillard'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,...
  
  
• Forever 21
  Forever 21
  Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
  
  
• JCPenney
• Joe Brand
• Macy’s
• Macy’s Home Store
• Sears
  Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Former anchors

• Foley's
  Foley's
  Foley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
  
  sold to / became Macy's
  Macy's
  Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
  
  
• Foley's Home Store
  Foley's
  Foley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
  
  sold to Macy's
  Macy's
  Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
  
   became Macy's Home Store
• Hachar's local upscale department store shutdown early 1990s became Foley's
  Foley's
  Foley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
  
  
• Montgomery Ward
  Montgomery Ward
  Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...
  
  shutdown nationwide became Circuit City Stores and Cinemark Theater
• Richter's local upscale department store shutdown early 1990s became Foley's Home Store
  Foley's
  Foley’s was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas,...
  
  
• Mervyn's nationwide shutdown closed on December 29, 2008, now Forever 21
  Forever 21
  Forever 21 is an American chain of clothing retailers with branches in major cities in The United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East that offers fashion and accessories for young women and men....
  
   since March 2009
• Circuit City Stores nationwide shutdown closed on February 2009. Location was temporarily used around Halloween that year for "The Asylum", a haunted house. Now it's a Chuck E. Cheese's
  Chuck E. Cheese's
  Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of family entertainment centers. Chuck E...
  
  since December 2010