La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth

The center opened for business on March 14, 1962 as Seminary South Shopping Center.

Its original tenants included Sears, G. C. Murphy, and Stripling's department store. Other major tenants included Buddies supermarket (later Winn Dixie), Finger Furniture, and a seven-story office tower. J. C. Penney was added in 1964, and Dillard's joined in 1977.[2] Texas Centers bought the building from Homart in 1985 and announced renovation plans, including enclosure of the formerly open-air concourses.[3][4]

The Stripling's store was later renamed Stripling & Cox before closing in 1989. Around this point, the mall began losing traffic and tenants to other centers in the area, such as Ridgmar Mall and Hulen Mall.[2] Despite the loss of stores, a movie theater and food court were added, the latter replacing G. C. Murphy. As a result of declining traffic, J. C. Penney closed in 1997, followed by Sears and Dillard's, leaving the mall without an anchor store.[2]

In 2004, Legaspi bought the property, which at the time had only a 10 percent occupancy rate.[5][6] The new owners reinvented the property to cater to a largely Hispanic clientele, including the addition of El Mercado, a market for local vendors, in the former Dillard's space. Burlington and Ross Dress for Less replaced the Sears space.[2]