Temple Mall

Temple Mall
An entrance to Temple Mall
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LocationUnited States Temple, Texas
Coordinates31°04′15″N 97°22′01″W / 31.0707°N 97.3670°W / 31.0707; -97.3670
Opening date1976
OwnerKohan Retail Investment Group[1]
No. of stores and services60
No. of anchor tenants5 (3 open, 2 vacant by March 2021)
Total retail floor area555,400 ft2
No. of floors1
Parking2,557 spaces
WebsiteOfficial website (deactivated)

Temple Mall contains accommodation for four major anchor stores and 57 tenants, and has approximately 555,400 square feet (51,600 m2)[2] of gross leasable area. Temple Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, the other being Killeen Mall, in nearby Killeen, Texas.

Sears had an anchor store that was replaced in 1995 by Foley's.[3] Foley's became Macy's in 2006. Macy's closed in 2016; Dillard's had a store that moved across the mall to the former Macy's space in 2017.[4] JCPenney closed in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide.[5] Premiere Cinemas closed on December 25, 2022. After the closure of JCPenney, Dillard's is the only anchor store left as of 2024, with Planet Fitness as a junior anchor. There are three vacant anchor store that were once Dillard's original store, JCPenney, and Steve & Barry's.

Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the mall in late October 2021. The price was not disclosed; at one time the mall was listed for US$10 million.[1] Although the company updated the mall's website, by 2024 it displayed the message "The Temple Mall website has been deactivated."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bates, Baylee (October 27, 2021). "Temple Mall now under new ownership, store owners want community support". KCEN. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ Urban Retail Properties: Temple Mall Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Center Information. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Colonial Mall sold to Texas company". Temple Daily Telegram. April 20, 2005.
  4. ^ Hays, Julie (September 27, 2017). "Temple: Dillard's makes major move, plans big reopening". KWTX-TV.
  5. ^ Tyko, Kelly (December 17, 2020). "J.C. Penney closing more stores after exiting bankruptcy. Will your store close in March 2021? See the list". USA Today.
  6. ^ "The Temple Mall website has been deactivated". www.templemalltx.com. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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