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North East Mall (previously as Northeast Mall) is an American super-regional shopping mall located in Hurst, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. It is located south of highways SH 121/SH 183, and is east of Interstate Highway 820 S. It features two units, the main mall and the outside Shops at North East Mall both encompassing a total of 2,134,000 square feet (198,000 m2) and featuring 135 stores. The mall features Macy's, Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Penney's.
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1970–1998: Beginnings
The center originated with a Leonard's department store, the Fort Worth-based chain's third location. This store was dedicated July 10, 1970. A single level mall of eighty inline stores was added, which officially opened March 25, 1971.[2] This included a Fort Worth-based Stripling's (inaugurated March 18, 1971) and JCPenney (which commenced operation November 3, 1971). North East Mall now encompassed 750,000 leasable square feet. Sears and Montgomery Ward stores were added, which opened in August 1978. This expansion also added twenty store spaces and the United Artists Cinema 6, along with Panda Express.
A further expansion ensued in 1990 when the mall gained a food court, created from the former location of Service Merchandise.[3]

The gross leasable area of the mall now stood at 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2), with 106 inline stores. The mall office is located near Sears.[4]
1999–2004: Expansion and power center

In October 1999, a $200 million renovation and expansion of North East Mall was completed, which included the 385,000 square feet (36,000 m2) power center adjacent to the mall known as The Shops at North East Mall.
At the same time in 1999, the first parking structure was completed.[5] Four parking garages were also constructed as part of the 1998–2001 remodeling. A new South Wing was built, containing 28 store spaces.
In 2000, Saks Fifth Avenue opened as the first and only store in Tarrant County inside a 100,000 sq ft space at the mall.[6]
When North East Mall held its official re-dedication on September 15, 2001, the center encompassed 1,749,000 leasable square feet and 168 stores and services. It was then the second-largest enclosed shopping mall in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the second-largest in Texas, following The Galleria in Houston.
2005–present
In September 2006, Saks Fifth Avenue announced it would be shuttering as part of a strategy implemented to improve profits margins substantially by electing to shutter nearly thirty five percent of its entire base over the course of several years.[7]
A BJ's Brewhouse opened outside the mall in 2009.[8]
On January 23, 2014, Dallas Morning News reported that new additions were coming to North East Mall, which were expected to open in spring 2014.[9] On January 27, 2014, KTVT reported that the construction on State Highway 183 was decreasing the population of the mall, as well the sales.[10]
On June 30, 2014, it was reported by the Fort Worth Business Press that according to Simon, new additions were coming to the mall.[11]
On November 1, 2019, a major scale refurbishment of the JCPenney store would be completed.[12]
The dawn of the 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update its brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers in recent years in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Sears will shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format.[13]
On May 7, 2020, Nordstrom, which also maintains several additional outposts nearby, announced plans to shutter along with several additional locations as a direct result of pulling back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]
Stores such as Banana Republic, Brighton Collectibles, Regis, FootAction, Motherhood Maternity, Papaya, Rue 21, Forever 21, and GNC closed in the years since the pandemic began. However, new stores such as Bandai Gashapon, Miniso, Aerie, Shapers, and Offline by Aerie have opened, and the mall still retains an impressive roster of tenants such as Fossil, Sephora, American Eagle, Hollister, PacSun, Francesca’s, Pandora, Michael Kors, See’s Candies, White House Black Market, Chico’s, and many more.[16]
In November 2024, it was announced that Primark would be opening in a large portion of the lower level of the former Nordstrom. The store is set to open in Fall 2025.[17]
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