Bassett Place

Bassett Place is a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, owned and operated by Cypress Equities. It is located on El Paso's east side, at Interstate 10 and Geronimo Drive. Its anchors are Costco Wholesale, Conn’s, Kohl’s, Premiere Cinema IMAX and Target Greatland.
== History ==
In the early 1950s, a 53 acre land parcel, located 4 miles northeast of El Paso's Central Business District, was designated as a prime location for a suburban shopping center. By November 1955, planning was underway. Ground was broken for what would become the Sun City's second shopping mall on February 18, 1961. 
Bassett Place was built in 1962 as Bassett Center, and the mall was enclosed fully in 1974. When it first opened, its tenants included White House Department Store, Popular Dry Goods, and Kresge. Additional stores and services were dedicated throughout 1962. By year's end, Bassett Center housed forty-eight. The retail roster included The Melody Shop, Dauphin House Gifts, Feder's Jewelers, Stehling's Linens and Walgreen Drug. There were also a (28,000 square foot) S.S. Kresge 5 & 10 and (21,300 square foot) Safeway supermarket. This store was located in a southeast parking area Convenience Center.
In 1980, a 2-level (83,100 square foot) Mervyns was built onto the south-facing front of the complex. Later in the decade, The White House store was downsized. The northern end of the building was rebuilt into an extended West Wing of inline stores. At that time, the entire mallway was given a 1980s-style refurbishment. The northeast corner of the mall was also expanded by 6,000 square feet, accommodating a 14-bay food court. Moreover, a section of  a vacant S.S. Kresge space was reconfigured as a second motion picture venue. The United Artists Bassett Cinemas Six commenced operation on December 13, 1985. Bassett Center now encompassed approximately 610,400 leasable square feet.
In 1991, Office Depot was built in the east parking lot as an anchored property. In 1997, Taco Bell and Burger King were built north of the mall.
White House was demolished in January 1992 for a Target Greatland, which opened in 1993. The Popular store became Dillard's in 1995, and was torn down in 2000 for Costco Wholesale, which opened on November 13, 2003. Mervyns was converted to Kohl's a year after closing in 2008.
Walgreens opened across the street from the mall in 2001.
Conn's was added in 2012. In 2016, the shopping center reconfigured its food court to make room for El Paso's first Dave & Buster's location.
== See also ==
* Sunland Park Mall
* Cielo Vista Mall
== Gallery ==
=== Videos ===
File:Hybrid Mall- Bassett Place- El Paso|Mall Tour
File:Montgomery Elevator Kohl's (Formerly Mervyn's) Bassett Place Mall El Paso, TX|The Kohl's Elevator
File:Dover Service Elevator Target (Formerly The White House Dept. Store) Bassett Place Mall El Paso, TX|The Target Elevator
=== Photos ===
Target Greatland Entrance.jpg|Target Greatland Entrance
Category:Malls in Texas
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