Malls · Texas
Richardson Square Mall
Opened 1977. Closed 2006. Redevelopment, under construction in 2024. Owner of record Agree Limited Partnership.
Status nowUnder constructionextracted, unreviewed
documented
VN Holdings Group has invested up to $20 million to renovate the former Sears building preventing demolition but instead looking to redevelop the site into an open air shopping center
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Owner of recordAgree Limited Partnershipcounty assessor, 2026-10-15 reported
Retrofit year2024extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability16.5 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Former anchors
Dillard's
This site: Dillard's wikipedia · all sites with thisMontgomery Ward
This site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with thisSears
This site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with thisFinance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipeline
This site: …under construction extraction · all sites with thisWebsite alive
This site: …http://washingtonprime.com/map/profile.dT/richardson-square overture / http check · all sites with thisOwnership
Single-purpose entity
This site: AGREE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP county-parcels · all sites with thisPlace
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit
This site: 153,322 epa-walkability · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 4 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 32,847 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 73 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 6,824 units, Dallas County census-bps · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +104% fhfa · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 16.5 epa-walkability · all sites with thisStrategy
Redeveloped
This site: The site currently operates as Richardson Square retail center with Super Target, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, Lowe's, and the former Sears building… extraction · all sites with thisNew use
Retail (continued)
This site: The site currently operates as Richardson Square retail center with Super Target, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carniva extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Under constructionextracted, unreviewed documentedVN Holdings Group has invested up to $20 million to renovate the former Sears building preventing demolition but instead looking to redevelop the site into an open air shopping center |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopment, under constructionextracted, unreviewed documentedVN Holdings Group has invested up to $20 million to renovate the former Sears building preventing demolition but instead looking to redevelop the site into an open air shopping center |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | The site currently operates as Richardson Square retail center with Super Target, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, Lowe's, and the former Sears building under renovation.extracted, unreviewed documentedThe Richardson Square retail center includes former anchor of the mall Super Target with an internal Starbucks, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, a Lowe's home improvement store, and external pad sites. |
| Retrofit year | 2024extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Redeveloper | VN Holdings Groupextracted, unreviewed reported |
| Owner of record | Agree Limited Partnershipcounty assessor reported |
Parcels, tax and title
| Parcel | Owner of record | Acres | Use · zoning | Value (appraised · assessed · taxable) | Last sale · deed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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all 30 county fields
| Agree Limited Partnership | — | Commercial | — (appraised) assessed $4.7M | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
all 30 county fields
| Agree Limited Partnership | — | Commercial | — (appraised) assessed $14.2M | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $19.0M |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Richardson Square Mall” and “Richardson” (70 hits, first 70 sampled, 4 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public owner (strong) | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ) | 56 | 2002-05-17 to 2013-02-04 | 8-K 45, 10-K 8, 10-K/A 2, 8-K/A 1 |
| Public owner (strong) | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/ | 10 | 2005-03-31 to 2009-05-08 | 10-K 8, 10-K/A 2 |
As reported by the owner
Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.
| Year end | Filer | Name in filing | GLA sq ft | Occupancy | Years | Share | Sales psf | Anchors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2021-03-16 | Richardson Square Richardson, TX match: name-city | 516,100 | 100.0% occupied | acquired 1996 | 100.0% Fee | Lowe's Home Improvement, Ross Dress for Less, Super Target | |
| 2016 | Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2017-02-24 | Richardson Square Richardson, TX match: name-city | 516,100 | 100.0% occupied | acquired 1996 | 100.0% Fee | Lowe's Home Improvement, Ross Dress for Less, Sears, Super Target | |
| 2014 | Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2015-02-26 | Richardson Square Richardson, TX match: name-city | 517,265 | 100.0% occupied | built 2008 | 100.0% Fee | Lowe's Home Improvement, Ross Dress for Less, Sears, Super Target, Anna's Linens | |
| 2009 | Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25 | Richardson Square Richardson, TX match: name-city | 517,265 | 100.0% occupied | built 2008 | 100.0% Fee | Lowe's, Ross Dress for Less, Sears, Super Target, Anna's Linens |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 10: CHEVRON USA; LINCOLN CENTER 2; LOWES OF RICHARDSON 2779; MONTGOMERY WARD LLC 2443; OKLAHOMA INSTALLATION COEPA FRS |
| Census tract 48113019024 | 3,949 people, 4,058 per sq mi; median household income $99,083; median gross rent $2,720; 18% renters; 1.0% vacant units; 1.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 16.5 of 20; 374 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 420 m; land-use mix 0.75; 334,451 jobs within 45 min by car, 153,322 by transit; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 4 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 2 civic, 33 food and drink; 73 cycleway segments, 51 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Dallas County (TX), 2024 | 6,824 units in 5+ unit buildings, 232 in 2–4, 5,655 single-family; 2023: 7,855 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.56; socioeconomic 0.73; housing and transport 0.16; 22% below 150% of poverty; 1% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 4 within 10 km, 12 within 25 km: Draper (5.8 km); Shops at Willow Bend (7.9 km); Shops at Willow Bend (7.9 km); Collin Creek Mall (8.0 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place Richardson Square (shopping_mall, confidence 0.99, from Microsoft, Overture); building footprint 13,761 m², 6.7 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | washingtonprime.com (alive)Overture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 38,282 since 2015; 3,383 in the last 12 months (-9% vs the prior 12); peak 2019-07 with 552Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population -8% (4,294 → 3,949); median income +32% ($75,363 → $99,083); renters 24% → 18%; median home value +126% ($145,600 → $329,700)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively moderate overall (score 66.7); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: tornado, heat wave, hail, cold wave; community resilience very lowFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 144,905 jobs in 8,234 establishments; average annual pay $51,455; employment location quotient 0.80; employment -1.9% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 1,343 jobs; 724 in retail trade, 354 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48113019024)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 50th income percentile as adults; 3.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (367 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 6.0%; median family income $69,432; 64 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Richardson Independent School District (PK-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: APOLLO J H; BERKNER H S; DARTMOUTH EL; JESS HARBEN ELNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 637 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 481 county-logged events: 196 hail, 140 thunderstorm wind, 113 flash flood, 12 lightning; $3,336,586,500 property damage reported; 8 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 75081, 2026-09 | median list price $408,975 (-4.7% on the year); 115 active listings; median 58 days on market; 34% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 7,783 establishments (+3%); 136,741 jobs (+20%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $304,821 (-2% 1 yr, +12% 5 yr); typical rent $1,653/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 631 (2000 = 100); +1.1% 1 yr, +49% 5 yr, +104% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 32,847 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,872 trucks; 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Opened in 1977 as an enclosed mall with four anchors including Sears, remodeled in 1998, and saw Montgomery Ward bankruptcy in 2001 and a Super Target opening in 2002. The mall closed in 2006, was demolished in 2007, Sears closed in 2019, and VN Holdings Group began redevelopment in 2024, with the site now operating as a retail center featuring Super Target, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, Lowe's, and the former Sears building under renovation, expected completion 2025.
Why. The record shows anchor store losses—Montgomery Ward’s 2001 bankruptcy and Sears’ 2019 closure—preceding the mall’s shutdown and demolition.
Where it stands. The site is currently under construction as a retail center, with VN Holdings Group leading the redevelopment while the underlying parcels are owned by AGREE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
For a planner
- Strategy: redevelop to retail (per record), with construction underway and expected completion 2025.
- Policy tools: not stated in the record.
- Open questions: how the redevelopment integrates with surrounding land use, traffic impacts, and any affordable housing or community benefits.
For a developer
- Total assessed value of the two parcels is $18,988,000 (AGREE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP).
- Control: developer VN Holdings Group; ownership remains with AGREE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
- Entitlement stage: under construction, with expected completion in 2025 per the record.
- Market signal: median rent in the area is $1,469 (per opp_reasons); constraints such as flood risk, transit access, or environmental factors are not detailed in the record.
What we do not know yet
- Site acreage or building footprint is not provided in the record.
- Environmental constraints (flood zones, wetlands, contamination) are not mentioned.
- Transit access and proximity to major roads are unspecified.
- Financing details, housing plans referenced in opp_reasons, and any public incentives are not detailed.
- The record’s verified status is "draft" and several fields are marked as extraction, indicating potential unreviewed model-extracted data.
Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.
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Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Richardson Square Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Richardson Square Mall Sig… flickr.com
- Richardson Square Mall eyes 2026 opening | Richardson | Co… communityimpact.com
- Richardson Square Mall reopens soon with Aeon grocery, food hall ... bizjournals.com
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Multifamily screen
- already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
- median rent $1,469
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Opened | 1977Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2006extracted, unreviewed |
| Anchors | Dillard's, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Titche-Goettinger |
| County | Dallas County |
| Census division | 7 · West South Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Richardson Square Mall was an enclosed single-level shopping center located in Richardson, Texas on Plano Road, stretching between the intersections of Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road, that was in business from 1977 to 2006. The mall attached to an existing Sears, which served as one of four anchor stores. Two anchors, including Sears, were single-level, while the others were two level.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1977 Opened (Wikidata)
- 1977 Mall opened
- 1998 Mall remodeled
- 2001 Montgomery Ward bankruptcy
- 2002 Super Target opened
- 2006 Mall closed
- 2007 Mall demolished
- 2019 Sears closed
- 2024 VN Holdings investment
- 2025 Expected completion of redevelopment
Sources
- Wikipedia: Richardson Square Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
13 quoted sentences
Richardson Square Mall closed in 2006
The Richardson Square retail center includes former anchor of the mall Super Target with an internal Starbucks, Ross Dress for Less, Shoe Carnival, a Lowe's home improvement store, and external pad sites.
VN Holdings Group has invested up to $20 million to renovate the former Sears building preventing demolition but instead looking to redevelop the site into an open air shopping center
VN Holdings Group has invested up to $20 million to renovate the former Sears building preventing demolition but instead looking to redevelop the site into an open air shopping center
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