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On 3/13/2009 at 5:57 PM, DrFood said:
Yes Westchase Center was Westchase Mall until the oil bust of the late 80's. The malls configurations was as follows I am almost positive of.
Target anchored the east end.
Mall entrance from Target
Mall entrance to the right of Target
There was a mall entrance in the center of the mall. If I am not mistaken Godfather's Pizza was on the hallway from the center entrance to allow easy access to the parking lot.
Randall's, then actually owned by the Onstead family (not Safeway) was the anchor at the other end. A mall entrance to Randall's and then to the left of Randalls.
I only remember 2 shops in the mall, a Hallmark card shot by Target and the arcade plus the Godfather's.
For some reason I want to say there was a Weiner's and possibly a Gap. The Gap moved to the parking lot pad site in the mid-90's and eventually became Old Navy.
The layout was kinda weird because when you exited Target the mall angled at a 45 degree angle. This allowed for stores on both sides of the mall.
If I am not midtaken Weingartens has owned the center since its inception.
If you look at the layout of the current configuration you can actually see some of the remnants of the old mall layout.
http://www.weingarten.com/retail/property/...001_mkt_pkg.pdf
Look at item 2. This is a store with no front to the parking lot. It is about where the old storefront would have been for the mall. Also Shoe Carnival and Petco's configuration look like they would be mall related.
Now that I think about it there might have also been a Walgreen's in the center which moved across the street to a stand alone building. If that is the case then the mall ended in Walgreen's not Randall's possibly.
My dad used to work at Dresser center and could help me remember more. I'll have to ask my family to help my memory.
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Westchase Mall And Northoaks Mall
in Historic Houston
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I worked at Westchase Mall in the 1980's. I worked inside the mall at Hair Care Harmony. There was just one long hallway down the center on a one story strip center like mall. I dont remember any of stores though.