There were at least four Deauville Malls in the Houston area.
Kingwood - This became a hospital like the other poster said.
Stafford - A majority of this mall was converted into a Garden Ridge, but then the Garden Ridge went out of business. Some parts remain. Located right next to Stafford police department and therefore undesirable to enter.
Spring - Some portions have been converted into a tile store, a church, and a small strip mall, but over half of the mall sits unleased, and un-remodeled from it's status when it closed down.
South Houston - This became the large strip mall type deal as the one poster said.
There is another strange mall off 45 and Richey which was formerly Garden Ridge. I have no idea what mall this used to be but I do not think it was related to Deauville. Same with the mall off I-10 out in Katy. Both of these malls have identical construction and both were taken up by Garden Ridge. The 45 one is now a really terrible flea market and they have gutted the inside so it is no longer congruent. The I-10 mall is still open with Garden Ridge, and still retains the mall "feel". There are even secret restrooms you can access in the store!
I have been inside of the Spring mall. It is abandoned, although they are trying to lease it. It is as it was left when the mall closed. There are still signs for some of the old shops posted. The food court shows evidence of a Brother's Pizza, maybe a Subway, and other shops. Next to that is a Waterbed Hut or some such type store, and then a jewelry store. There is one area which was an electronics store operated by Federated.
In the back is a very large store which was operated by Kmart Corporation. It was a discount clothing store but the name escapes me right now.
Off to one side is the mall administration area. This is the only part with electricity. The fluorescent tubes have been burning here since 1993; most of them have died. The mailboxes still contain new in package 1993 Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages. A filing cabinet contains old mall documents including a floor plan of the Kingwood mall as well as receipts and other paperwork.
If you ever wanted to explore an abandoned building, the Spring Deauville mall is the place to go. However, watch out as the business across the parking lot (some sort of file storage company) has apparently made a deal with the mall owners to store items in the old discount clothing store. So there may now be security, etc. or cameras monitoring the mall.
Deauville Fashion Mall?
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Posted · Edited by Mike Richardson
There were at least four Deauville Malls in the Houston area.
Kingwood - This became a hospital like the other poster said.
Stafford - A majority of this mall was converted into a Garden Ridge, but then the Garden Ridge went out of business. Some parts remain. Located right next to Stafford police department and therefore undesirable to enter.
Spring - Some portions have been converted into a tile store, a church, and a small strip mall, but over half of the mall sits unleased, and un-remodeled from it's status when it closed down.
South Houston - This became the large strip mall type deal as the one poster said.
There is another strange mall off 45 and Richey which was formerly Garden Ridge. I have no idea what mall this used to be but I do not think it was related to Deauville. Same with the mall off I-10 out in Katy. Both of these malls have identical construction and both were taken up by Garden Ridge. The 45 one is now a really terrible flea market and they have gutted the inside so it is no longer congruent. The I-10 mall is still open with Garden Ridge, and still retains the mall "feel". There are even secret restrooms you can access in the store!
I have been inside of the Spring mall. It is abandoned, although they are trying to lease it. It is as it was left when the mall closed. There are still signs for some of the old shops posted. The food court shows evidence of a Brother's Pizza, maybe a Subway, and other shops. Next to that is a Waterbed Hut or some such type store, and then a jewelry store. There is one area which was an electronics store operated by Federated.
In the back is a very large store which was operated by Kmart Corporation. It was a discount clothing store but the name escapes me right now.
Off to one side is the mall administration area. This is the only part with electricity. The fluorescent tubes have been burning here since 1993; most of them have died. The mailboxes still contain new in package 1993 Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages. A filing cabinet contains old mall documents including a floor plan of the Kingwood mall as well as receipts and other paperwork.
If you ever wanted to explore an abandoned building, the Spring Deauville mall is the place to go. However, watch out as the business across the parking lot (some sort of file storage company) has apparently made a deal with the mall owners to store items in the old discount clothing store. So there may now be security, etc. or cameras monitoring the mall.
I have pictures if anyone is interested.