Macroplaza Mall
Dead mall in Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
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Macroplaza Mall, formerly Pasadena Town Square Mall and Plaza Paseo Mall, is a regional shopping mall in Pasadena, Texas, southeast of Houston. Developed by Federated Stores Realty, the real-estate arm of Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s Inc.)[3] and attached to an existing Foley's Department store, it opened in March 1962.
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| Location | Pasadena, Texas, United States |
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| Coordinates | 29.6945675°N 95.1994003°W |
| Address | 1101 Southmore Avenue[1] |
| Opened | March 4, 1962[2] |
Previous names | Pasadena Town Square Mall Plaza Paseo Mall |
| Developer | Federated Stores Realty |
| Owner | 2015 Shopping Mall Business LLC[1] |
| Stores | 1 as of 2025 |
| 4 (all vacant) | |
| Floor area | 335,840 square feet (31,201 m2) |
| Floors | 1 (2 in former Dillard's, former Macy's, and former Sears) |
History
The mall originally featured Joske's, Foley's, and Palais Royal (Houston-based department store) as its anchor stores.[4] At the time it was built, its location was unusual as it was one of only a few malls in the Houston area not near a highway.[5] Joske's was rebranded as Dillard's in 1987 following the purchase of the Joske's chain. Sears was added as the fourth anchor in 1997 in an effort to increase traffic; and allow the mall to be seen as a larger regional mall.[6][7] All four Anchor Stores Dillard's, Sears, Macy's, and Palais Royal (department store) currently sit vacant.
A little more than a year after opening, mall developer Federated Department Stores Realty sold the mall, and three others, to mall manager JMB Realty Corporation for $112 million.[3] In 2002, the mall was purchased from American General by a local developer.[8] Foley's converted to Macy's in 2006,[9] the same year Dillard's closed.[10] Macy's closed on March 27, 2017.
In 2015 the mall was purchased by Guardian Equity, which planned to remodel the common spaces.[11] In 2016 it was renamed Plaza Paseo Mall.[12][13]
In mid-2018, its name was again changed to Macroplaza Mall, to allude to it being a gathering place like the plaza of the same name to the south in Monterrey, Mexico, and to emphasize a new focus on the area's Mexican American community.
Palais Royal closed in 2020 when its parent company Stage Stores filed for bankruptcy.[14]
On November 9, 2020, it was announced that Sears would close on January 24, 2021, as part of a plan to close seven Sears stores nationwide, leaving the mall with no anchor stores.[15] It was revealed afterward the store would be converted and reopened as the smaller-format Sears Hometown store,[16] but closed in May 2022.[17]
