Vista Ridge Mall
Encyclopedia
Vista Ridge Mall is a shopping mall in Lewisville, Texas
, USA, and was constructed in 1989. It is located on the southwest corner of Round Grove Road and the portion of Interstate 35E
known as Stemmons Freeway. It contains 160 stores, five of which are anchor tenants
.
The mall had its grand opening on October 4, 1989, with Sears and Dillards as its initial anchor stores. By March 1990, an additional 19 stores had opened including The Gap, Casual Corner, and The Limited and Vista Ridge Mall was 65 percent leased. The mall added a third anchor store when J.C. Penney opened its Vista Ridge Mall store on August 1, 1990. The fourth anchor store to open was a Foley's, a unit of May Department Stores, as part of an expansion push by the chain.
In 1991, the mall underwent interior renovations to make the indoor areas more appealing.
When Vista Ridge Mall opened in 1989, it included a 12-screen Cinemark theater, whose marquee and ticket office were in the center court of the mall. In 2006, Cinemark constructed an attached 15 screen movie theater to the mall (it contains entrances both inside and outside the mall) and relocated there upon completion. (As of 2009, the original theater remains unused.)
The August 2000 opening of new regional mall Stonebriar Centre
in nearby Frisco
affected the sales of Lewisville's Vista Ridge Mall and Plano
's Collin Creek Mall
as both malls experienced what Larry Howard, vice president for development of General Growth Properties Inc., called "some cannibalization". Stonebriar Centre and Vista Ridge Mall are both owned by General Growth Properties
.
Lewisville, Texas
Lewisville is a city in Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2010 United States Census placed the population at 95,290 within . The city also includes of Lewisville Lake....
, USA, and was constructed in 1989. It is located on the southwest corner of Round Grove Road and the portion of Interstate 35E
Interstate 35E (Texas)
Interstate 35E , an Interstate Highway, is the eastern half of Interstate 35 where it splits to serve different cities in Texas. I-35 splits into two branch routes, I-35W and I-35E at Hillsboro. I-35E runs north for , maintaining I-35's sequence of exit numbers. It runs through Dallas before...
known as Stemmons Freeway. It contains 160 stores, five of which are anchor tenants
Anchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
.
The mall had its grand opening on October 4, 1989, with Sears and Dillards as its initial anchor stores. By March 1990, an additional 19 stores had opened including The Gap, Casual Corner, and The Limited and Vista Ridge Mall was 65 percent leased. The mall added a third anchor store when J.C. Penney opened its Vista Ridge Mall store on August 1, 1990. The fourth anchor store to open was a Foley's, a unit of May Department Stores, as part of an expansion push by the chain.
In 1991, the mall underwent interior renovations to make the indoor areas more appealing.
When Vista Ridge Mall opened in 1989, it included a 12-screen Cinemark theater, whose marquee and ticket office were in the center court of the mall. In 2006, Cinemark constructed an attached 15 screen movie theater to the mall (it contains entrances both inside and outside the mall) and relocated there upon completion. (As of 2009, the original theater remains unused.)
The August 2000 opening of new regional mall Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre is a shopping mall located at the intersection of SH 289 and SH 121 in Frisco, Texas . It contains six major department store anchors, a 24-screen movie theater, an NHL size ice arena, and a total of 165 tenants renting over gross leasable area.The mall is open Monday through...
in nearby Frisco
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...
affected the sales of Lewisville's Vista Ridge Mall and Plano
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
's Collin Creek Mall
Collin Creek Mall
Collin Creek Mall is a regional shopping mall located at 811 North Central Expressway in Plano, Texas . The two-level mall opened in 1981 featuring five anchor stores. Collin Creek Mall currently features 150 stores or less, and a food court....
as both malls experienced what Larry Howard, vice president for development of General Growth Properties Inc., called "some cannibalization". Stonebriar Centre and Vista Ridge Mall are both owned by General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States. It is based in Chicago, Illinois at 110 North Wacker Drive, a historic building designed by architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White...
.