Sunrise Mall

Sunrise Mall may refer to:

Sunrise Mall (Corpus Christi)

Sunrise Mall is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Corpus Christi, Texas. It is located at the intersection of Airline Dr. & S. Padre Island Drive. Anchor stores include Burlington Coat Factory, Sears and Wilcox Furniture. Other tenants include Cinemark Dollar Cinemas, Planet Fitness and New Life Church (formerly The Summit Church).

Mall History

Early years and Prosperity (1979-1987)

With construction crews breaking ground on November 1, 1979, Sunrise Mall was built over a 15-month period in the early 1980s on property less than 1,000 feet from the existing Padre Staples Mall (now La Palmera). Grand opening ceremonies were held on February 4, 1981, with Joske's, Frost Bros. and Sears as the mall's primary anchors. An H-E-B grocery store, present before the mall's opening, was on site. In its early years, the mall competed well against nearby Padre Staples Mall. Despite its close proximity to a competing mall, most retailers chose to locate duplicate locations within the new mall rather than close their existing ones. The mall flourished during the early 1980s, earning minor fame as a filming location for the film The Legend of Billie Jean.

Sunrise Mall (Brownsville, Texas)

Sunrise Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Brownsville, Texas, United States. It was opened in 1979, only five years after the town's other mall, Amigoland Mall. Sunrise Mall features more than 100 stores, including four anchor stores (Bealls, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Sears), as well as a food court and a Cinemark movie theater. The mall is managed by CBL & Associates Properties.

History

Sunrise Mall opened in 1979 on the north side of Brownsville, on the northeastern corner of Interstate 69E/U.S. Route 77 and Ruben M. Torres, Sr. Blvd. A strip mall called Sunrise Commons later opened behind the mall as well. The mall remained largely unchanged until 1999, when Dillard's purchased the mall in association with the MG Herring Group, relocating its Kmart anchor store to the Sunrise Commons and opening a new Dillard's store in July 2000, where Kmart had been. As a result, the Dillard's in Amigoland Mall, an older mall nearby, was closed. JCPenney also moved from Amigoland Mall in 2000, and that mall was subsequently converted to a college in 2003.