South Plains Mall

South Plains Mall is a 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m2) shopping mall located in Lubbock, Texas. It is located at the northwest corner of Loop 289 and Slide Road. The mall was opened on July 26, 1972 with an initial square footage of 846,000 square feet (78,600 m2) at a cost of $25 million.
The mall has been owned by Macerich since its purchase in 1998 for $115.7 million from the original developer, South Plains Mall Associates Ltd. It has been expanded to 1,107,000 square feet (102,800 m2) since opening. It is the only regional mall within 120 miles (190 km) and it serves an estimated market of 500,000 people (including West Texas and Eastern New Mexico).
South Plains Mall is anchored by Four major department stores, a bookstore, and a 16-screen (with an IMAX) theatre ( JCPenney, and two Dillard's along with Barnes & Noble and Premiere Cinemas) and contains over 145 shops, restaurants and kiosks. The mall serves the entire South Plains region.
In 1985, the mall expanded with an additional Mervyn's and Bealls. Bonnet Pets was by the doors across from Camelot Music. It also featured shops named Payless Shoe Source, Master Cuts, Lens Crafters, etc. 
In November 1994, the Food Court came to the Sears wing. 
In April 1995, the mall had a facelift as the construction workers were adding additional skylights, an evening lighting system, interior directional signs, new landscaping, a new exterior and parking lot signs. Around fall of 1995, It's a Small World was changed into The Disney Store as the movers moved to the former spot of an unknown clothing shop. 
In 1996, The Home Depot opened as an anchored property.
Around 1999, Sears had a remodel by having a new logo made by construction workers. Nearly that same time, The Brittany Restaurant was shut down. So was Everything's a Dollar.
On 9/11/2001, the mall was shut down for the day due to the terrorist attacks in NYC, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, PA.
In 2002, Everything's a Dollar was shut down once again in the same location where it previously was around 2001's end. 
Mervyns closed in 2008 because of bankruptcy.
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at South Plains Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. The same department store had its last day on January 9, 2019. 
As of today, many stores from the past have been forgotten despite that the Electric Beach replaced Smokers Haven in 1999 while Forever Young went in the same spot in the end of 2002. Smoker's Haven was even at the same spot until 1998.
By 2022, South Plains Mall had 50 years.
In late-January 2023, a whole army of construction workers have demolished a vacant Sears with their mandatory bulldozers. Later that year, Dillard's was being built and finished by October 2024.
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