Northline Commons

Northline Mall was a shopping mall in the Northline area of Houston, Texas, United States, at the northeast corner of Interstate 45, and Crosstimbers Road. It is the new location of Northline Commons.

Northline Mall
LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Coordinates29.8313°N 95.3797°W / 29.8313; -95.3797
Address4400 North Freeway
Opening date1963 (1963)
DeveloperBerenson Associates Inc.
ArchitectBerenson Associates Inc.
No. of anchor tenants3
No. of floors1
Public transit accessMETRO Routes 23, 29, 36, 45, 56, 79, 96 and METRORail Red Line Northline Transit Center

History

Boston, Massachusetts-based Berenson Associates Inc. developed the mall in the 1960s.[1] Northline Mall opened in 1963 as one of Houston's first premier weather-controlled malls.[2]

On January 31, 1997, a 20-foot wall on the south end of Northline Mall, where the former Joske's building was being demolished to make way for the incoming Magic Johnson Theatres cinema, collapsed, killing at least three people.[3]

Beginning in the 2000s Northline Mall was redeveloped from a traditional mall to an 850,000-square-foot (79,000 m2) open air "power center" consisting of "big box" retail and general merchandise stores. Eastbourne Investments, a New York City real estate fund, bought a 50 percent equity stake in Northline on December 31, 2004. Berenson hired Fidelis Realty Partners, a firm in Houston, to redevelop the mall and repopulate it with tenants.[1]

Wal-Mart purchased 19 acres (77,000 m2) from the owners for a Supercenter, located at Crosstimbers and Fulton, adjacent to new multi-tenant retail buildings. Houston Community College also acquired land for a new campus on about 14 acres (57,000 m2) along the Fulton side of the property.[4]

References
  1. Dawson, Jennifer. "Northline Mall to be recreated as open-air retail center." Houston Business Journal. Friday February 4, 2005. Retrieved on January 30, 2009. 1.
  2. Carey, Isiah. "Can They Save The Northline Mall Area?". Monday, June 18, 2007. Retrieved on January 31, 2009. .
  3. "3 Dead as Wall at Houston Mall Collapses ." The New York Times. January 31, 1997. Retrieved on January 30, 2009.
  4. Sarnoff, Nancy. "Northline Commons heralds a change of pace for old mall". Houston Chronicle. June 23, 2007. Retrieved on January 31, 2009. .
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