Location | Houston, Texas, USA |
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Coordinates | 29°43′56″N 95°38′54″W / 29.73217°N 95.6483°WCoordinates: 29°43′56″N 95°38′54″W / 29.73217°N 95.6483°W |
Opening date | 1984 |
Developer | JMB/Federated Realty Associates Ltd. |
Owner | Pacific Retail Capital Partners |
No. of stores and services | 110 |
No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
Total retail floor area | 1.1 million sq. ft. |
No. of floors | 1 (2 in anchors) |
Website | www.shopwestoaksmall.com |
West Oaks Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Alief area of the west side of Houston, Texas, USA, that opened in 1984. With a trade area serving far western parts of Houston including a business clientele in the Energy Corridor and suburban neighborhoods west of George Bush Park in the Greater Katy and 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.
The 1.1 million square foot mall is anchored by Macy’s, Sears, a Dillard's clearance center, Palais Royal, Fortis College and a 14-screen Edwards Theatres multiplex. Pacific Retail Capital Partners owns the mall as a joint venture with Square Mile Capital Management, and is managed by PRCP Management.
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 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 who otherwise would have gone to Sharpstown Mall or Westwood Mall.