Stonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre, commonly referred to as Stonebriar Mall, is a mid-range shopping mall located at the intersection of Preston Road (SH 289) and the Sam Rayburn Tollway (SH 121) in Frisco, Texas, U.S. It contains 4 major department store anchor tenants, a 24-screen AMC movie theater, 2 major restaurants, a Dave & Buster's, and Texas's first Kidzania. History. In 1988, Homart, then a subsidiary of Sears, planned on putting a million square foot mall in Frisco, which was a town of about 6,000 people at the time. When Plano city officials learned of Homart's  plan, they offered $10 million if the company would move its planned mall across the road into their city limits. Frisco lobbied to keep the planned mall and was able to work out tax incentives to close the deal. Plano then convinced another company, General Growth Properties, to place a mall within their city limits. In 1995, General Growth acquired Homart who had already signed an agreement with Frisco. The City of Frisco made a final offer to General Growth of a half-cent sales tax rebate, property tax abatement for ten years, and infrastructure improvements in and around  the mall. Plano continued to lobby hard for the new mall and Frisco eventually upped its sales-tax grant. Frisco finally opened the mall on August 4, 2000. In July 2013, the ice rink at the mall was closed. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Stonebriar Centre, into Seritage Growth Properties. In 2016, the Mall’s AMC Theatre located on the upper levels was closed for 3 months for updating and remodeling. In 2017, Carlo's Bake Shop opened at the mall. In May 2018, construction began on the 18 story Stonebriar  Hyatt Hotel, which would be attached to the mall. In May 2018, a teenager was arrested for planning to commit a mass shooting at the mall. KidZania is opened in the fall of 2019. In January 2019, Sears closed its doors as part of Sears Holdings filing for Bankruptcy. In April 2019, Apple Store closed its store at the mall and relocated to the Galleria Dallas. In November 2019, Amazons 6th Amazon 4 Star store in the U.S. opened at Stonebriar. Foiled Terrorist plot. In May 2018, 17-year old Matin Azizi-Yarand was arrested at Plano West Senior High  School for planning a terrorist attack on the mall. Starting from December 2017, he spoke to an undercover FBI agent posing as an ISIS member. He was held on $3 million bond. In May 2019, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Anchor tenants. The following are the anchor stores of the mall: