North Shore Square
North Shore Square was a 621,192-square-foot (57,710.6 m2) shopping mall in Slidell, Louisiana. The mall was the largest mall on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, the 5th largest mall in the New Orleans area, and the 11th largest mall in Louisiana.[5]
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| Location | Slidell, Louisiana, United States |
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| Coordinates | 30.30747°N 89.82315°W |
| Opening date | 1985 |
| Closing date | July 2019 |
| Developer | Homart Development Company [1] |
| Owner | Morguard [2] |
| No. of stores and services | 6 (before closure)[3] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 621,192 sq ft (57,710.6 m2)[4] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | northshoresquareonline |
The mall is home to three anchor stores, Dillard's (originally D. H. Holmes, there was also a second Dillard's, which was originally a Maison Blanche, which opened in 1990, but has since closed), At Home and Conn’s, and had approximately 6 other stores in the interior shortly before its closure.[3] All three anchor stores are on one level. The mall did not flood during Hurricane Katrina and experienced no serious damage. The mall formerly had Mervyns as an anchor store, but closed shortly after the storm when Mervyn's pulled out of the Louisiana market. The store was eventually replaced by Burlington Coat Factory, which closed due to corporate downsizing, and was later replaced by Conn’s.[3] Sears closed in June 2014 and was replaced by At Home.[6] JCPenney closed on July 31, 2017.[7]
The mall struggled partially due to increased internet-based sales as well as an open-air shopping center located on the opposite side of town, to which it lost some of its tenants.
North Shore Square came under new ownership in November 2006, after Toronto, Ontario, Canada based Revenue Properties Company Limited (a division of Morguard Corporation) purchased the mall's New Orleans based owner, Sizeler Property Investors. There was an arcade called Pocket Change and also a food court in the mall with as many as 10 different places to eat at its peak that consisted of Chick-fil-A, Dante’s Pizza, Mandarin Express, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Arby’s, Subway, Auntie Anne's, a grill, a NOLA wings franchise, and a Fiesta Mexican cafe, all of which have since closed.[2][8][9]
In early April 2019, it was announced by Morguard that the mall’s interior would be closed, which has occurred as of July the same year, with the company planning to convert the mall into an open-air shopping center at some point.[3] This leaves At Home, Conn’s, and Dillard’s (now operating as a clearance store) as the only remaining open stores on the property.
References
- https://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/06/slidell_mall_owners_hope_to_re.html
- Revenue Properties Limited. "Revenue Properties Completes Acquisition of Sizeler". Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- Sara Pagones. "North Shore Square to close interior mall space by summer, but open-air stores coming soon". Retrieved 2019-06-29.
- Location keeps mall healthy, attracts new neighbors | publisher = New Orleans CityBusiness | date = 2001-03-05
- TRIPmedia Group, Inc. "Louisiana Shopping Centers, Outlets, Malls". Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- https://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/sears_closing_its_store_in_sli.html
- https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_221287f4-0b29-11e7-befe-5bd3cc1f0b1e.html
- Webb, Mary (June 16, 2003). "Top Public Companies: Sizeler Property". New Orleans CityBusiness. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- "Sizeler Property Investors Inc. (USA) : Deletion". FTSE. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2007-12-13.