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((infobox shopping mall
  | name = West Oaks Mall
  | image =
  | caption =
  | location = [[Alief, Houston|Alief]], [[Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States]]
  | coordinates = ((Coord|29.73217|-95.6483|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=inline,title))
  | address = 1000 West Oaks Mall
  | opening_date = ((start date and age|1984|p=y))
  | developer = [[JMB Realty]]<ref name="Houston openings">[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1985_15515 5th Macy's for Houston], ''Houston Chronicle'', June 14, 1985.</ref>
  | manager = PRCP Management
  | owner = Mehta Investments, Ltd
  | number_of_stores = 64
  | number_of_anchors = 7 (4 open, 3 vacant)
  | floor_area = ((convert|1100000|sqft|m2|abbr=on))
  | floors = 1 (2 in anchors)
  | publictransit = [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County|METRO]] Routes 75 & 82
  | website = [http://www.shopwestoaksmall.com www.shopwestoaksmall.com]
))

'''West Oaks Mall''' is a regional shopping mall located in the [[Alief, Houston|Alief]] area of the west side of [[Houston]], Texas, USA, that opened in 1984.<ref>[http://www.shopwestoaksmall.com/mimages/factSheets.pdf Fact sheet], West Oaks Mall.</ref> With a trade area serving far western parts of Houston including a business clientele in the [[Houston Energy Corridor|Energy Corridor]] and suburban neighborhoods west of [[George Bush Park]] in the [[Greater Katy]] and [[Fulshear, Texas|Fulshear]] areas, the mall is located at [[Texas State Highway 6]] and [[Westheimer Road]] and can easily be accessed south on Highway 6 via [[Interstate 10 in Texas|Interstate 10]].

The anchors are [[Dillard's|Dillard's Clearance Center]], Crazy Boss, The Outlet at West Oaks, and [[Fortis College]]. There are 2 vacant anchors, formerly housing [[Sears]] and [[Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill]]. Pacific Retail Capital Partners owns the mall as a joint venture with Square Mile Capital Management,<ref name="WestOaksMallGetsEdwardsTheatre">"[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2011/03/02/west-oaks-mall-gets-edwards-theatre.htmlWest Oaks Mall gets Edwards Theatre]" ''Houston Business Journal''. March 2, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.</ref> and is managed by PRCP Management.

==History==

===Early years (1984-1996)===
West Oaks Mall has its roots in the opening of a branch of Houston-based department store chain [[Foley's]] in 1982 – two years before the mall opened. In the foyer of the north entrance to the store, on both walls, there are handprints of children on terra-cotta tiles with a plaque dated May 22, 1982. The mall itself opened in 1984 with a single-level floorplan designed in a "Mission style", and replete with [[earth tone]] interiors, numerous fountains and skylights. Originally, the mall targeted higher-end consumers on Houston's western fringes and surrounding suburban areas, with anchor tenants Foley's, [[Saks Fifth Avenue]], [[Lord & Taylor]], and [[Mervyn's]], along with over 120 inline stores, a six-screen [[Plitt Theatres]] (later [[Cineplex Odeon]]) cinema, and a food court dubbed the "Fiesta Food Court". West Oaks served as a direct competitor to nearby [[Town & Country Mall]] and [[Memorial City Mall]] in Houston's [[Memorial, Houston|Memorial]] area – targeting shoppers in Houston's [[Energy Corridor]] and the [[Greater Katy]] area, as well as a newer alternative for shoppers in rapidly growing [[Fort Bend County, Texas|Fort Bend County]] who otherwise would have gone to [[PlazAmericas|Sharpstown Mall]] or [[Westwood Mall (Houston)|Westwood Mall]].

In 1985, [[Macy's]] announced that it was building a fifth Houston store at West Oaks Mall, which would have been located on the mall's last remaining anchor pad directly opposite Lord & Taylor and would have opened in late 1987, a year after the flagship [[The Galleria|Houston Galleria]] store (now dubbed "Macy's at Sage" after the 2006 merger) opened.<ref name="Houston openings"/> The proposed Macy's ultimately never materialized. As Houston's economy suffered in the aftermath of the [[1980s oil glut]], demand for upscale retail declined sharply and by the spring of 1990, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor closed their West Oaks locations,<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DD1438F933A15757C0A966958260 COMPANY NEWS; Saks Store Closing], ''New York Times'', April 20, 1990.</ref> replaced respectively by [[Sears]] and [[JCPenney]] (both stores of which would fill a large gap in [[Greater Houston]]) as part of a repositioning of the mall as a mainstream middle-class suburban regional mall.
<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/01/19/newscolumn5.html   Planned renovation to give West Oaks Mall new identity], ''Houston Business Journal'', January 16, 2004</ref> Macy's intended space at West Oaks would eventually be filled by [[Dillard's]] in 1991, making it the first such store in Houston to be built as a Dillard's (the rest having been converted from the former [[Joske's]] in 1988). By the early 1990s, West Oaks emerged as one of Houston's top performing regional malls, in large part due to the decline of Town & Country and rapid suburban growth in the aforementioned areas.

===1996-2003===
The mall would receive its first serious challenge in 1996 when [[First Colony Mall]] opened in nearby [[Sugar Land, Texas|Sugar Land]]. Though First Colony's opening had done more economic damage to the Sharpstown and Westwood malls in Southwest Houston (the latter of which would close over one year later), the new mall drew away many of West Oaks' customers from rapidly growing Fort Bend County, but still continued to draw some shoppers from this area due to the presence of stores that did not have locations at the new mall including Sears and some specialty stores which did not open locations at First Colony Mall. To compete with First Colony, West Oaks underwent a renovation that removed several features including a tall clock at the intersection of the Arcade and the Dillard's/JCPenney concourse, an elevated seating area in the food court used as a smoking area, all of the mall's fountains, and the original dark brown tile in the mall's inline corridor. In July 2003, Somera Investment Partners and Coastwood Capital Group purchased the mall from an affiliate of CB Richard Ellis Investors.<ref>[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2003_3675462 West Oaks Mall purchased], ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', July 29, 2003.</ref><ref>[http://www.shopwestoaksmall.com/go/PoolbUrban.cfm?MallID=74&FPURLID=2130555834 Purchase of Houston's West Oaks], West Oaks Mall, September 16, 2003.</ref> That same year, the first [[Alamo Drafthouse]] in Houston opened in the mall after Alamo Drafthouse's Austin-based owners granted the franchise location in the former Cineplex Odeon cinema.

===Since 2004===
[[File:Steve & Barry's CIMG6299.JPG|thumb|Steve & Barry's store (now demolished)|200px]]
In 2004, the mall was renovated at a cost of ~$9.3 million<ref>((cite web| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/01/19/newscolumn5.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050302101006/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/01/19/newscolumn5.html| archive-date = 2005-03-02| title = Planned renovation to give West Oaks Mall new identity - 2004-01-19 - Houston Business Journal)) </ref> in a "Texas ranch style" to compete with recent renovations at the Galleria and Memorial City Mall, as well as the impending expansion of First Colony Mall (which completed in 2006).The interior was extensively renovated, including the filling of the sunken part of the Park Court with concrete and the addition of a fireplace to the food court, and replacement of the tile from the 1996 renovation with marble, and the mall would be sold again in 2005 to Investment Properties of America, which bought the mall from the Somera/Coastwood partnership.<ref>[http://www.shopwestoaksmall.com/go/PoolbUrban.cfm?MallID=74&FPURLID=2130556370 Investment Properties of America Purchases West Oaks Mall], West Oaks Mall, October 4, 2005.</ref>

By this time, West Oaks faced increasingly stiff competition from [[Katy Mills]] which opened in 1999 with a lineup of outlet retail and entertainment options, as well as from a resurgent Memorial City Mall that completed a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2002. Both malls effectively lured shoppers from the rapidly growing and prosperous Greater Katy area away, with Memorial City's resurgence also hastening the decline of Town & Country Mall which closed in 2004 and would be redeveloped as [[CityCentre]]. The openings of the CityCentre and LaCenterra lifestyle centers in the Memorial area of Houston and Cinco Ranch, respectively, also further contributed to the mall's decline in prominence.

In 2009, the property's value was in steep decline. Pacific Retail Capital Partners bought the mall from LNR Partners Inc. for $15 million – $87 million less than it did when it was sold four years earlier.<ref>Dawson, Jennifer. "[http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/12/07/daily33.html?ana=tt3245 Los Angeles company acquires West Oaks Mall]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Wednesday December 9, 2009. Retrieved on December 12, 2009.</ref> In 2011, [[Regal Entertainment Group]] agreed to open a 14-screen Edwards Theatres multiplex as a new anchor for the mall,<ref name="WestOaksMallGetsEdwardsTheatre" /> replacing the Alamo Drafthouse cinema which continued to operate until the completion of construction on the Edwards multiplex that resulted in the demolition of much of the former Mervyn's wing, which was briefly anchored by [[Steve & Barry's]] before the latter chain went bankrupt in 2009.<ref name="WestOaksMallGetsEdwardsTheatre" /> Other anchor changes during this time included Fortis College filling the former JCPenney anchor space (which closed in 2005) and Dillard's converting its store to a clearance center only utilizing the first floor in 2010. Palais Royal opened one of the anchor slots in November of 2011 and closed it along with the rest of the chain on September 5, 2020.

On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced it would close its West Oaks Mall store after 35 years.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://abc13.com/news/macys-to-close-3-houston-area-stores-68-nationwide/1686556/|title=Macy's to close 3 Houston-area stores, 68 nationwide|date=2017-01-04|newspaper=ABC13 Houston|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-05))</ref> The store closed on March 27, 2017.  On January 4, 2018, Sears announced it would close its West Oaks Mall store after 28 years.<ref>((cite web |title=Store closing List |url=https://searsholdings.com/docs/010418-store-closing-list.pdf |website=searsholdings.com |publisher=Sears Holdings |access-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104234659/https://searsholdings.com/docs/010418-store-closing-list.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |pages=1((ndash))3 |language=en |format=PDF))</ref> The off-site Auto Center closed in late-January 2018 and the store closed in early-April 2018. In May–June 2018, The Outlet moved in to fill the former Macy's location.

The West Oaks [[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.|Bed Bath and Beyond]] closed in 2020.<ref>((cite web|author=Gonzlez, Ana|url=http://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/01/24/bed-bath-beyond-to-close-40-stores-this-year-including-3-in-houston/?outputType=amp|title=Bed Bath & Beyond to close 40 stores this year, including 3 in Houston|publisher=[[KPRC-TV]]|date=2020-01-24|accessdate=2020-06-19))</ref> In September of 2022, Regal closed at the mall due to [[Cineworld]]'s bankruptcy.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Harris County Appraisal District block book maps: [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v117/AE1997_117-2_0136.pdf PDF] and [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v117/AE1997_117-2_0136.jpg JPG]<!--It's the mall since the image shows the intersection of Richmond Avenue and State Highway 6-->
* ((cite web|last=Kaplan|first=David|url=https://www.chron.com/business/article/New-leases-and-new-look-for-West-Oaks-2338695.php|title=New leases and new look for West Oaks|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2011-12-02))

==External links==
((Portal|Texas))
* ((official website))
* [http://www.ipofa.com Investment Properties of America] - official website

((Houston Shopping))

[[Category:Shopping malls in Houston]]
[[Category:Shopping malls established in 1984]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Texas]]

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