# Northwest Mall

Houston, TX · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-85a2ba0be8` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/houston-northwest-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | other | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | demolished site | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2017 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 794144 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 79 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Original developer | Rouse Co. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Levcor | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “Due to poor performance, high vacancy rates, and severe disrepair and damage from Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Harvey, Northwest Mall closed permanently on March 31, 2017.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall
- **original_developer**: “Both Northwest and Almeda were developed by the Rouse Co., through subsidiaries Northwest Mall, Inc. and Almeda Mall, Inc. respectively.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall
- **after_notes**: “The mall is now fully vacant, and demolition has begun as of April 9, 2026 and has been demolished as of May 11, 2026.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall
- **status**: “The mall is now fully vacant, and demolition has begun as of April 9, 2026 and has been demolished as of May 11, 2026.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall
- **strategy**: “The mall, owned by Houston-based Levcor, is in the early planning stages of a redevelopment; but due to the planned city redevelopment of nearby Hempstead Highway, the shopping center is waiting to see what land they could potentially lose to eminent domain before proceeding.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall

## Anchors

Macy's, JCPenney, Palais Royal, All Shoes $9.99, Foley's, Woolworth's, Battelstein's

## Parties

- The Rouse Company — original_developer (1968–)
- The Rouse Company — owner (1968–)
- Rouse Co. — owner (from text) (1968–2007)
- Levcor Inc — developer
- Levcor Inc — owner (2007–)
- Levcor Inc — owner (from text) (2007–)
- Glimcher Realty Trust — owner (–2007)
- Ray Bailey Architects — original_architect
- Texas Central Railway — developer (2018–)

## Timeline

- 1968: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1968: Mall opened in October 1968
- 2000: JCPenney closed
- 2006: Mall about 64% occupied; Glimcher Realty Trust put mall up for sale
- 2007: Levcor Inc purchased main mall
- 2008: Hurricane Ike damage; Bath & Body Works and Macy's closed
- 2012: Carolyn Thompson's Antique Center moved into former JCPenney space
- 2017: Mall closed permanently
- 2021: Carolyn Thompson's Antique Center closed
- 2026: Demolition began
- 2026: Demolition completed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Northwest Mall was a shopping mall located in the Lazybrook/Timbergrove neighborhood of Houston, Texas near the intersection of U.S. Route 290 and Loop 610. The mall opened in October 1968, two weeks after its sister property, Almeda Mall, opened on the south side of Houston. Both Northwest and Almeda were developed by the Rouse Co., through subsidiaries Northwest Mall, Inc. and Almeda Mall, Inc. respectively. The malls were nearly twins of each another. Northwest Mall was originally anchored by JCPenney and Foley's, with Woolworth's, Palais Royal, and Houston based Battelstein's as its three junior anchors.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Mall
- found by hermes-web (staffboxfree) — http://web.archive.org/web/20081121000024/http://www.brookwoodsestates.org/neighborhood%20news/Northwest%20Mall%20changes%20hands.htm
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northwest Mall, Houston, TX." Record m-85a2ba0be8, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/houston-northwest-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_houstonnorthwestmall,
  title = {Northwest Mall, Houston, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/houston-northwest-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-85a2ba0be8, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.