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The Downtown Houston business occupancy rate of all office space increased from 75.8% at the end of 1987 to 77.2% at the end of 1988. [20] By the late 1980s, 35% of Downtown Houston's land area consisted of surface parking. [18] In the early 1990s Downtown Houston still had more than 20% vacant office space. [21]
When it opened the mall had 600,000 ft² (56,000 m²) of retail space. The original skylights — which graced among other things a large, floor-level, ice rink, open year-round - had three hanging chandeliers. A connected 400-room hotel was opened in September 1971, the Houston Oaks Hotel (now The Westin Oaks Houston). [12]
Houston Center was one of the largest private development projects ever, however only a small portion of the plan was realized, leaving a large swath of downtown Houston covered in parking lots and vacant land. [6] Panhandle Eastern Corporation acquired Houston Center when Texas Eastern was sold to Panhandle for $2.5 billion in stock in June 1989.
The Galleria in Houston is the largest mall in Texas.. The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States, Highland Park Village, which opened in 1931 in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. [1]
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Foley's was a regional chain of department stores owned by Federated Department Stores (1947–1988, 2005–2006), later owned by May Department Stores (1988–2005) and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas.
Bayou Place is a 130,000 square foot [1] entertainment complex that houses multiple theaters, bars, and restaurants located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The complex was the former Albert Thomas convention center located in the Houston Theater District at 500 Texas Street (originally built in the late 1960s).
Baybrook Mall: Farm-to-Market Road 528 to the south, Interstate 45 to the east and north Downtown District Downtown: Enclosed by Interstate 45, Interstate 10, and Interstate 69 (U.S. Highway 59) East Downtown Management District East Downtown: East of Interstate 69 and north of Interstate 45 Generation Park Management District Undeveloped area