Barton Creek Square

Barton Creek Square is an enclosed shopping mall located in southwest Austin, Texas in the United States, near the intersection of Texas State Highway Loop 1 and Texas State Highway Loop 360. The mall is eponymously named after Barton Creek, Texas. Anchor stores are two Dillard's locations, JCPenney, Macy's, and Nordstrom.

Barton Creek Square
Map of Barton Creek Square Mall
LocationAustin, Texas, United States
Coordinates30.2576°N 97.8068°W / 30.2576; -97.8068
Opening dateAugust 19, 1981
DeveloperSimon Property Group
ManagementSimon Property Group
OwnerSimon Property Group
No. of stores and services155[1]
No. of anchor tenants6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,429,503 sq ft (132,805.2 m2)
No. of floors2
Websitesimon.com/mall/barton-creek-square

History

The Barton Creek Mall was opened in 1981.[2] The mall was originally anchored by Sears, JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Foley's, Dillard's, and Austin-based Scarbrough's department store.[3] In November 1981, the mall became the first in Texas to have Braille and bold print signage throughout the center.[4]

A renovation in 2003 added a Nordstrom department store in the place of a Montgomery Ward which had gone out of business two years prior. Further renovations occurred in 2013, which included a redesigned food court.[5]

In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Barton Creek Square, into Seritage Growth Properties.[6] On October 15, 2018, it was announced that the Sears store would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.

In 2019, the mall's owners, Simon Malls, embarked on a renovation, which included a new paint scheme, flooring, LED lighting, glass handrails, as well as exterior additions such as canopies, fire pits, and turf areas. The renovation also included the addition of a co-working space near Nordstrom, which includes workstations with televisions and charging stations.[7]

In 2020, on March 17 the mall limited its hours to 11am to 7pm in response to Coronavirus disease 2019; the next day, Simon Property Group announced in a press release[8] it would close all its US domestic malls until March 29.

References
  1. "Barton Creek Square" (PDF). Simon Property Group. May 2, 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. Edgemon, Erin (February 15, 2019). "Why Simon is overhauling Barton Creek Square mall". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. Iadenorf, Kirk (August 12, 1981). "Mall may get seventh big store". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  4. Powell, Rebecca (November 15, 1981). "Barton Creek Square Mall Becomes The First Texas Shopping Mall To Install Braille Signage". Austin, Texas. Southwest Newswire.
  5. http://www.mystatesman.com/business/dinges-barton-creek-square-mall-getting-face-lift/V7t6MRn8VJerqidyut1XDL/
  6. http://www.seritage.com/retail/property/2901-s-capitol-of-texas-hwy/3312698/landing
  7. Hawkins, Lori (February 14, 2019). "Barton Creek Square is getting a makeover to get you to hang out longer". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  8. "Simon Property Group Temporarily Closes All Domestic Properties". March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.


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