Stonebriar Centre

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Stonebriar Centre

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caption =
location = Frisco, Texas in Collin County, Texas USA
opening_date = 2000
developer= General Growth Properties
manager= General Growth Properties
owner = General Growth Properties
number_of_stores = 165
number_of_anchors = 7
floor_area = convert|1600000|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on [http://www.ggp.com/properties/Centerinfo.asp?smuid=596 General Growth Properties, Inc.] Stonebriar Centre Information, Retrieved on 14 February 2007]
floors = 3
slogan = "Mix it Up!"
website = http://www.shopstonebriar.com/

Stonebriar Centre is a shopping mall located at the intersection of SH 289 (Preston Road) and SH 121 in Frisco, Texas (USA). It contains six major department store anchors, a 24-screen movie theater, an NHL size ice arena, and a total of 165 tenants renting over convert|1630000|sqft|m2|-3 gross leasable area. [http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallTemplate.asp?smuid=596 General Growth Properties, Inc.] Stonebriar Centre Overview. Retrieved on 14 February 2007.]

The mall is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 9:00pm, and on Sundays from 11:00am to 7:00pm. [http://www.shopstonebriar.com Stonebriar Centre Website] . Retrieved on 14 February 2007.]

History

In the 1980s Frisco government leaders realized they needed an economic engine, something that attracted not only people, but money. They decided there was no greater economic driver in North Texas than a shopping mall. In 1988, Jerry Rosenholtz of Homart, the parent company of Sears, planned on putting a million square foot mall in Frisco, a town of about 6,000 people. [ [http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=F4FEC5771A1642A28063C8A84C1DB184 Welcome to Boomtown] ]

When Plano learned of Homart's plan they offered $10 million if the company would move its planned mall across the road into their city limits. Frisco battled to keep the planned mall and was able to work out tax incentives to close the deal. Plano then convinced another company, General Growth Properties, to place a mall within their city limits. In 1995, General Growth Properties bought Homart which already had a signed agreement with Frisco. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E2D61539F934A15751C1A963958260 Sears Completes Sale of Its Homart Unit] ] Frisco made a final offer to General Growth Properties of a half-cent sales tax rebate, property tax abatement for ten years, and infrustructure improvements in and around the mall. Plano continued to fight for the mall and Frisco eventually had to up its sales-tax grant. Frisco finally won the fight and on August 4, 2000 the 1.6 million square foot mall opened.

Anchors

*AMC Theatre 24 — convert|103450|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on
*Dick's Sporting Goods —
*Dillard's — convert|210000|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on Former Macy's store until 2006
*JCPenney — convert|165306|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on
*Macy's — convert|210000|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on Former Foley's store until 2006
*Nordstrom — convert|166000|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on
*Sears — convert|166336|sqft|m2|-1|abbr=on

See also

*List of shopping malls in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

References

External links

* [http://www.shopstonebriar.com/ Stonebriar Centre]