# Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion

Houston, TX · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a81e99656a` · release 2026-10-21

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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail, housing, hotel | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | BLVD Place 6 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1974 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2012 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Retrofit year | 2012 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Gimbel Bros. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Wulfe & Co. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | 1750 Post Oak Property LLC | reported · Wikipedia |
| Planning notes | to make way for BLVD Place, a denser mixed-use development planned to contain upscale retail shops and restaurants, mid- and high-rise residential units, and a 225-room upscale hotel, all together 375,000 sq ft (34,800 m2) in area. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **original_developer**: “then-owners Gimbel Bros. had decided” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue_Center_of_Fashion
- **after_notes**: “The site is now occupied by 'BLVD Place 6'” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue_Center_of_Fashion
- **status**: “The site is now occupied by 'BLVD Place 6'” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue_Center_of_Fashion
- **strategy**: “The Pavilion mall was demolished and the site is now part of the BLVD Place mixed-use development” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue_Center_of_Fashion

## Anchors

Saks Fifth Avenue

## Timeline

- 1974: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1974: Opened
- 1977: Sold to Investcorp
- 1993: Landmark Cinemas took over cinema multiplex
- 1995: Theater closed
- 1996: Renamed to Pavilion at Post Oak
- 1997: Saks store closed
- 1998: Fashion At The Pavilion closed
- 2005: Wulfe & Co. announced demolition plans
- 2007: Former Saks store torn down
- 2012: Closed (Wikidata)
- 2012: Demolition complete

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

Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion, later Pavilion Saks Fifth Avenue, then Pavilion at Post Oak, was a shopping center in Uptown Houston open from 1974 through 2007, originally centered around a large 240,000 sq ft (22,000 m2) Saks Fifth Avenue store which closed in 1997. The mall struggled after losing Saks, but continued to operate for ten more years, and finally closed in 2007. The Pavilion mall was demolished and the site is now part of the BLVD Place mixed-use development.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for original_developer — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Fifth_Avenue_Center_of_Fashion

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion, Houston, TX." Record m-a81e99656a, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/houston-saks-fifth-avenue-center-of-fashion/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_houstonsaksfifthavenuecenteroffashion,
  title = {Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion, Houston, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/houston-saks-fifth-avenue-center-of-fashion/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a81e99656a, 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.