{{Short description|Former American shopping center development company}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Homart Development Company | type = Subsidiary | industry = Mall development | fate = Acquired by General Growth Properties | successor = General Growth Properties | founded = {{Start date and age|1959}} | defunct = {{End date and age|1995}} | hq_location = Chicago, IL | products = Shopping centers | parent = Sears }}
'''Homart Development Company''', a Chicago-based subsidiary of Sears, was one of the largest builders of shopping centers and malls in the United States from 1959 to 1995.
==Company history== As retail development in the United States shifted away from downtowns with the growth of suburbia after World War II, some major department stores such as Sears moved into the business of developing malls in which to place new anchor tenant locations.<ref>White, John R. & Gray, Kevin D. ''Shopping Centers and Other Retail Properties: Investment, Development, Financing, and Management'' p.61-62 (1996) ({{ISBN|978-0471040026}})</ref> Homart Development Company was founded in 1959 for the purpose of building regional shopping malls for Sears.<ref>Suchman, Diane R. ''Managing a Development Company'' (Urban Land Institute 1987)("Homart was established in 1959 for the purpose of developing regional shopping malls.")</ref> The "Homart" brand name had been used by Sears for many years before the development company was founded.<ref name="homart1945ad">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DTAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ESUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1566,4044859&dq=homart&hl=en | title= Sears advertisement | newspaper=Milwaukee Journal | date= August 10, 1945 | access-date=March 7, 2010}} (1945 Sears advertisement includes "Homart" products)</ref>
Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth was their first project.<ref name="fwwas1st">{{cite magazine | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-4074265.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121103054511/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-4074265.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= November 3, 2012 | title= Sears sells Ft. Worth mall to investors | magazine=Texas Monthly | date= December 30, 1985 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}("Seminary South was the first shopping center developed by Homart Development")</ref><ref name="texasmonth">{{cite magazine | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ySwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22homart+development%22+1959&pg=PA120 | title= Buy buy baby, buy buy | magazine=Texas Monthly | date= April 1981 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>
By 1971, Homart was operating nine regional shopping locations, and had numerous others in development.<ref name="1971its9">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WHkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HLcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722,751671 | title= Sears plans record growth | newspaper=The Palm Beach Post | date= December 2, 1971 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> It became the nation's second largest mall developer,<ref name="2nd">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ef4lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-vMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3575,7844174&dq=homart+1959&hl=en | title= Developers' move into the stores will shape the future of retailing | author= Jim Steinberg | newspaper=The Miami News | date= April 25, 1988 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> and by 1992 it was reported that Homart had developed 80 malls with over {{convert|75000000|sqft|m2}} of retail space.<ref name="lj-75mill">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VpUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6732,1692806&dq=homart+1959&hl=en | title= Mall Backers Want Jobs, Tax Revenue | newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World | date= March 6, 1994 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> By 1994, it was also operating 36 of those developed malls.<ref name="36blowmalls">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/20/business/about-real-estate-a-growing-orlando-fla-to-get-3-more-large-malls.html?pagewanted=1 | title= A Growing Orlando, Fla., to Get 3 More Large Malls | author= Ford Risley | newspaper=The New York Times | date= July 20, 1994 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>
In November 1994, Sears announced that it planned to sell off Homart as part of a restructuring.<ref name="nytimes-roots94">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/11/us/sears-returning-to-its-roots-is-giving-up-allstate.html?pagewanted=all | title= Sears, Returning to Its Roots, Is Giving Up Allstate | author= Barnaby J. Feder | newspaper=The New York Times | date= November 11, 1994 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}("Sears also said today that it would sell its Homart Development Company, a real estate development firm. ")</ref> General Growth Properties completed an acquisition of Homart in late 1995 in a transaction valued at $1.85 billion, then one of the biggest real estate deals in history.<ref name="npr1">{{cite news | url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103172409 | title= Retail Real Estate Braces For Sell-Off | author= Jim Zarroli | publisher=National Public Radio | date= April 19, 2009 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}("General Growth made a number of high-profile acquisitions of shopping malls in every part of the country. Some of General Growth's biggest included: the $1.85 billion acquisition of Homart Development Co. from Sears Roebuck in 1995, said to be one of the largest real estate transactions in history at the time")</ref><ref name="nytimes-negot95">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/13/business/company-news-sears-negotiating-to-sell-its-shopping-mall-properties.html?pagewanted=1 | title= Sears Negotiating to Sell Its Shopping Mall Properties | newspaper=The New York Times | date= June 13, 1995 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nytimes-compl95">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/27/business/sears-completes-sale-of-its-homart-unit.html?pagewanted=1 | title= Sears Completes Sale of Its Homart Unit | agency= Reuters | newspaper=The New York Times | date= December 27, 1995 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> Homart also owned a number of office buildings which were also sold in 1995.<ref name="nytimes-tosell95">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/06/business/sears-to-sell-properties-to-morgan-stanley.html | title= Sears to Sell Properties to Morgan Stanley | newspaper=The New York Times | date= July 6, 1995 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref>
==Management== Sears executive Emory Williams was the first president of Homart. Warren G. Skoning was appointed president in 1967,<ref name="skoning1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/617881502.html?dids=617881502:617881502&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+23%2C+1967&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=People+and+Events&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604223446/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/617881502.html?dids=617881502:617881502&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+23,+1967&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=People+and+Events&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= People and Events | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= July 23, 1967 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref> and elected as chairman in 1974.<ref name="skoning2">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/612711752.html?dids=612711752:612711752&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+02%2C+1974&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Skoning+named+chairman+of+Homart+Co.&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604223501/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/612711752.html?dids=612711752:612711752&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+02,+1974&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Skoning+named+chairman+of+Homart+Co.&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= Skoning named chairman of Homart Co. | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= February 2, 1974 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref> Also serving as vice-president of real estate development for Sears, Skoning was involved in the development of the Sears Tower.<ref name="skoning3">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5pQeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gcsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4972,6526010 | title= Sear's Chicago Building To Be World's Largest | newspaper=The Daytona Beach News-Journal | date= December 27, 1969 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>Pridmore, Jay. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tyWh0fazjj4C&pg=PT20 Sears Tower: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation]'' p.17 (Pomegranate 2002)({{ISBN|978-0764920219}})</ref><ref name="skoningobit">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/623061192.html?dids=623061192:623061192&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+22%2C+1980&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Warren+G.+Skoning%2C+Sears+official%2C+dies&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604223549/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/623061192.html?dids=623061192:623061192&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+22,+1980&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Warren+G.+Skoning,+Sears+official,+dies&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= Warren G. Skoning, Sears official, dies | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= February 22, 1980 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}("Mr. Skoning was co-chairman of the building committee for Sears Tower and had much of the responsibility for the construction of the mammoth skyscraper...")</ref> W.E. Lewis was named president in 1974 when Skoning became chair.<ref name="skoning2"/>
Edwin Homer, former president of Chrysler Realty, joined as president in 1980, later became chair and CEO, and served until his retirement in 1984.<ref name="homer1">{{cite news | url= http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=9EBDF886FABF7178C4027FF79AF3157E | title= Retail Real Estate Development Veteran, Edwin Homer, Passes | author= Sasha M. Pardy | publisher=CoStar's Retail News Roundup | date= December 17, 2007 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name="homer2">{{cite news|url=http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0108/newsmakers_02.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105103030/http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0108/newsmakers_02.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-01-05 |title=Edwin Homer, Artistic Developer, Dead at 91 |author=Anna Robaton |publisher=Shopping Centers Today (ICSC) |date=January 2008 |access-date=March 22, 2010 }}</ref><ref>Kowinski, William Severini. ''The Malling of America'' (2000 ed.) ({{ISBN|978-1401036768}})(Kowinski incorrectly identifies Homer as "Ernest," but notes his appearance at an ICSC conference in the early 1980s: "There was affable Ernest Homer, head of Homart, the developing arm of Sears — the largest retailer and biggest advertiser in the country — who handed out a business card that was also bigger than anyone else's.")</ref> Homer diversified Homart's portfolio by developing office properties and community centers, in addition to malls, and also sold some of Homart's malls to generate additional profit for Sears.<ref name="homer2"/>
In 1985, Michael J. Gregoire was named president and COO, and he also became chairman in 1987.<ref name="greg1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25059050.html?dids=25059050:25059050&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+23%2C+1985&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HOMART+SELECTS+M.J.+GREGOIRE+NEW+PRESIDENT | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130131183856/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/25059050.html?dids=25059050:25059050&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+23,+1985&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HOMART+SELECTS+M.J.+GREGOIRE+NEW+PRESIDENT | url-status= dead | archive-date= January 31, 2013 | title= Homart Selects M.J. Gregoire New President | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= October 23, 1985 | access-date=March 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="greg2">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24875077.html?dids=24875077:24875077&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Feb+26%2C+1987&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HOMART+ELECTS+PRESIDENT&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130201045831/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24875077.html?dids=24875077:24875077&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Feb+26,+1987&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HOMART+ELECTS+PRESIDENT&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= February 1, 2013 | title= Homart Elects President | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= February 26, 1987 | access-date=March 11, 2010}}</ref>
== Notable projects == Notable shopping centers developed by Homart include:
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Mall name !! Town !! State !! Notes !! Year opened |- | Seminary South Shopping Center | Fort Worth | Texas | An open-air mall which opened in March 1962. It was sold by Homart in 1985. It was renovated and enclosed, and reopened as the Fort Worth Town Center in 1987,<ref name="dallas2">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CE4F0BA2DD02&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= Seminary South Redo Planned | author= Donna Steph Hansard | newspaper=The Dallas Morning News | date= April 5, 1986 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="dallas1">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CF55612DA814&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= FW Mall's Renovation Completed | newspaper=The Dallas Morning News | date= August 28, 1987 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="eve">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z_MLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6278,5637884 | title= Sears Will Open 41 New Stores | newspaper=Evening Independent | date= March 31, 1965 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="fw-startel1">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF91518F0BC0E9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= Survival of the Fittest: Malls develop new battle plans to fight off declining market share in an increasingly competitive environment | newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram | date= November 24, 1997 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref><ref name="csmon1">{{cite news | url= https://www.csmonitor.com/Money/2009/0831/ethnic-malls-are-buzzing | title= Ethnic malls are buzzing | author= Husna Haq | newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor | date= August 31, 2009 | access-date=March 7, 2010}}</ref> and then as "La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth" in 2004.<ref name="legran1">{{cite news | url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-140004502/group-proposes-buying-mercado.html | title= Group proposes buying Mercado for $2.5 million | newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram | date= December 21, 2005 | access-date=March 11, 2010 | first1=Anna M. | last1=Tinsley}}</ref> | 1962 |- | Hancock Shopping Center | Austin | Texas | | 1964<ref name="eve"/> |- | Coronado Center | Albuquerque | New Mexico | | 1965<ref name="eve"/> |- | Colonie Center | Albany | New York | First enclosed shopping mall in New York State's Capital Region. | 1966<ref name="eve"/> |- | Inland Center | San Bernardino (Inland Empire area) | California | | 1966<ref name="inland1">{{cite news | url= http://www.inlandsocal.com/business/content/economic_development/stories/PE_News_Local_S_downtown13.3b47a0b.html | title= Plan for Carousel Mall is latest in long effort to revive San Bernardino | author= Imran Ghori | publisher= The Press-Enterprise (California) | date= April 13, 2009 | access-date= March 7, 2010 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100130090928/http://www.inlandsocal.com/business/content/economic_development/stories/PE_News_Local_S_downtown13.3b47a0b.html | archive-date= January 30, 2010 }}</ref> |- | Midland Mall | Warwick | Rhode Island | Renamed the Rhode Island Mall in March 1985. Closed in 2011. | 1967<ref name="midland">{{cite news | url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5566426_ITM | title= Sale Closing Nears for Rhode Island Mall | newspaper=The Providence Journal | date= December 4, 1997 | access-date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> |- | Nanuet Mall | Nanuet (Greater New York City) | New York | First enclosed mall in Rockland County. Closed in 2012 for redevelopment. | 1969 |- | Woodfield Mall | Schaumburg (Chicago metropolitan area) | Illinois | Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman, was world's largest enclosed mall at time of opening.<ref name="hom-woodfield1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/637288752.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+6%2C+1983&author=Linnet+Myers&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(1963-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=SD6&desc=Woodfield+is+still+reigning+as+king+of+the+malls | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604232048/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/637288752.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+6,+1983&author=Linnet+Myers&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(1963-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=SD6&desc=Woodfield+is+still+reigning+as+king+of+the+malls | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= Woodfield is still reigning as king of the malls | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= September 6, 1983 | access-date=March 23, 2010 | first=Linnet | last=Myers}}</ref><ref name="71tribclaim">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597578262.html?dids=597578262:597578262&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+13%2C+1971&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Woodfield+Mall%3A+Land+Price+Boom&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130131225656/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597578262.html?dids=597578262:597578262&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+13,+1971&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Woodfield+Mall:+Land+Price+Boom&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= January 31, 2013 | title= Woodfield Mall: Land Price Boom | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= September 13, 1971 | access-date=March 14, 2010 | first=Alvin | last=Nagelberg}}("Woodfield Mall, the world's largest shopping center, opened last week in Schaumburg, 25 miles northwest of Chicago")</ref> | 1971 |- |Eastridge Mall |San Jose |California |Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman |1971 |- | Town East Mall | Mesquite (Greater Dallas Area) | Texas | | 1971 |- | Los Cerritos Center | Cerritos (Greater Los Angeles Area) | California | Joint venture with The Hahn Company | 1971 |- | Castleton Square | Indianapolis | Indiana | Joint venture with Edward J. DeBartolo | 1972 |- | Parkway Plaza | El Cajon (San Diego Metropolitan Area) | California | Joint venture with The Hahn Company | 1972 |- | Valley View Center | Dallas | Texas | | 1973 (closed 2022) |- | Metrocenter | Phoenix | Arizona | Joint venture with Westcor<ref name="azrepubsale">{{cite news | url= https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/03/03/20100303biz-metrocenter0303.html | title= Westcor abandoning Metocenter mall | author= Jarman, Max | newspaper=The Arizona Republic | date= March 3, 2010 | access-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref> | 1973 (Closed 2020) |- | Altamonte Mall | Altamonte Springs | Florida | Jointly developed with Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation<ref name="altamonte1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77874267.html?dids=77874267:77874267&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+09%2C+1995&author=&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=SEARS+SELLS+HOMART%27S+OFFICE+BUILDINGS+TO+PRIVATE+PARTNERSHIP&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130201083351/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/77874267.html?dids=77874267:77874267&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+09,+1995&author=&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=SEARS+SELLS+HOMART'S+OFFICE+BUILDINGS+TO+PRIVATE+PARTNERSHIP&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= February 1, 2013 | title= Sears sells Homart's office buildings to private partnership | newspaper=Orlando Sentinel | date= July 9, 1995 | access-date=March 23, 2010}} ("In Central Florida, Homart developed Altamonte Mall and is building the West Oaks Mall")</ref><ref name="altamonte2">{{cite news | url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4-ELAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7181,3937477 | title= Mall developer has bigger plans | newspaper=Evening Independent | date= October 26, 1972 | access-date=March 23, 2010}}</ref> | 1974 |- | Maplewood Mall | Maplewood (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) | Minnesota | | 1974<ref name="minny"/> |- | Independence Center | Independence (Kansas City area) | Missouri | | 1974 |- | Westminster Mall | Westminster (Orange County) | California | | 1974<ref name="west1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/669041422.html?dids=669041422:669041422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+04%2C+1974&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=%2423-Million+Westminster+Mall+to+Open&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161736/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/669041422.html?dids=669041422:669041422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+04,+1974&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=$23-Million+Westminster+Mall+to+Open&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= $23-Million Westminster Mall to Open | author= Terrence M. Green | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date= August 4, 1974 | access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> |- | Northbrook Court | Northbrook (Chicago metropolitan area) | Illinois | | 1976 |- | Orland Square Mall | Orland Park (Chicago metropolitan area) | Illinois | | 1976 |- | Eden Prairie Center | Eden Prairie (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) | Minnesota | | 1976<ref name="eden">{{cite news | url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-19541314/general-growth-properties-announces.html | title= General Growth Properties Announces Shopping Mall Acquisition | publisher=PR Newswire | date= June 26, 1997 | access-date=March 6, 2010}}("Eden Prairie Center opened in 1976 and was substantially remodeled in 1989.")</ref> |- | Florence Mall | Florence (Cincinnati metropolitan area) | Kentucky | | 1976 |- | Woodland Hills Mall | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Joint venture with Dayton-Hudson Corporation. Expansion completed by Homart in 1982 | 1976 |- | Lakeside Mall | Sterling Heights | Michigan | Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman | 1976 |- | Burnsville Center | Burnsville (Minneapolis–Saint Paul area) | Minnesota | | 1977<ref name="minny">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5DE16A1B559D1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= Two developers compete for contract to build mall at I-494 and Lafayette | newspaper=St. Paul Pioneer Press | date= August 4, 1994 | access-date=March 6, 2010}}("Homart has developed Burnsville Center, the Eden Prairie Mall and the Maplewood Mall, as well as power centers throughout the nation")</ref> |- | Brea Mall | Brea (Orange County) | California | | 1977<ref name="brea1">{{cite news | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=R10EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 | title= Brea Mall Whoops It Up For Grand Opening! | publisher=Orange Coast Magazine | date= September 1977 | access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> |- | Louis Joliet Mall | Joliet | Illinois | Renamed in mid 2000s as Westfield Louis Joliet | 1977 |- | Twelve Oaks Mall | Novi | Michigan | Joint venture with A. Alfred Taubman and Dayton-Hudson Corporation | 1977 |- | Broward Mall | Plantation (Miami Metropolitan Area) | Florida | | 1978 |- | Baybrook Mall | Friendswood (Greater Houston) | Texas | | 1978 |- | Metrocenter | Jackson | Mississippi | Joint venture with Jim Wilson & Associates | 1978<ref name="burnsvillehistory.org">{{Cite web| title=Three BIC openincs scheduled for 1978 | url=https://burnsvillehistory.org/cpg/albums/userpics/10003/Homart_Report_1977_sept.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203201958/http://burnsvillehistory.org/cpg/albums/userpics/10003/Homart_Report_1977_sept.pdf | archive-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> |- | Acadiana Mall | Lafayette | Louisiana | Joint venture with Robert B. Aikens & Associates | 1979<ref name="burnsvillehistory.org"/> |- | Fiesta Mall | Mesa (Phoenix metropolitan area) | Arizona | Opened on October 3, 1979. | 1979 (closed 2018) |- | Spring Hill Mall | West Dundee (Chicago metropolitan area) | Illinois | | 1980 (closed 2024) |- | Town Center Mall | Boca Raton (Miami Metropolitan Area) | Florida | Also known as Town Center at Boca Raton | 1980 |- | Bannister Mall | Kansas City | Missouri | Joint venture with Copaken White & Blitt. | 1980 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16986505/|title = Homart Development Co. Listed Among Top Ten All-Time Developers| date=26 July 1978 }}</ref>(closed 2007) |- | Eastgate Mall | Cincinnati | Ohio | Joint venture with Jacobs Visconsi & Jacobs, J.C.P. Realty, and Cincinnati Partners. | 1980 |- | NewPark Mall | Newark | California | Joint venture with Macy's. | 1980 |- | Willowbrook Mall | Houston | Texas | | 1981 |- | Greenbrier Mall | Chesapeake | Virginia | | 1981 |- | Westgate Mall | Amarillo | Texas | | 1982 |- | Chapel Hills Mall | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Joint venture with General Growth Properties | 1982 |- | Dover Mall | Dover | Delaware | | 1982 |- | Deerbrook Mall | Humble (Greater Houston) | Texas | | 1984 |- | North Shore Square | Slidell | Louisiana | | 1985<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/06/slidell_mall_owners_hope_to_re.html|title = Slidell mall owners hope to restore center's shine| date=14 June 2017 }}</ref> |- | Tysons Galleria | Tysons Corner (Washington Metropolitan Area) | Virginia | Joint venture with Lerner Enterprises | 1988 |- | Lakeland Square Mall | Lakeland | Florida | Joint venture with Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation<ref name="lakeland-1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78009483.html?dids=78009483:78009483&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+08%2C+1995&author=Brad+Kuhn+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MALL+BRINGS+DEVELOPER+BACK+HOMART+TEAMED+UP+ON+VARIOUS+PROJECTS&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604232113/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78009483.html?dids=78009483:78009483&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+08,+1995&author=Brad+Kuhn+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MALL+BRINGS+DEVELOPER+BACK+HOMART+TEAMED+UP+ON+VARIOUS+PROJECTS&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= NEW MALL BRINGS DEVELOPER BACK HOMART TEAMED UP ON VARIOUS PROJECTS | author= Brad Kuhn | newspaper=Orlando Sentinel | date= May 8, 1995 | access-date=March 23, 2010 }}("Homart teamed up with DeBartolo again for Lakeland Square Mall, which opened in 1988.")</ref> | 1988 |- | The Parks at Arlington | Arlington (Greater Dallas area) | Texas | | 1988 |- | Rolling Oaks Mall | San Antonio | Texas | Joint venture with Simon Property Group <ref>^ https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Rolling-Oaks-Mall-acquired-NY-company-17427745.php </ref> | 1988 |- | Vista Ridge Mall | Lewisville (Greater Dallas area) | Texas | Joint venture with Herring Marathon Group and JCP Realty<ref>^ Jump up to: a b "Vista Ridge Mall celebrates grand opening in Lewisville". Dallas Morning News. 1989-10-05. "Vista Ridge Mall, a joint venture by Homart Development Co., Herring Marathon Group Inc. and JCP Realty Inc., celebrated its grand opening Wednesday in Lewisville. Located on Stemmons freeway, Vista Ridge was completed under a two-phase development with national and local stores, restaurants, a 12-cinema complex and upon completion, six major department stores. The shopping center is currently anchored by Sears Roebuck and Co. and Dillards Department Stores." </ref> | 1989 |- | Arden Fair Mall | Sacramento | California | Rebuilding of Arden Fair Mall | 1989 |- | The Shoppes at Buckland Hills | Manchester (Greater Hartford area) | Connecticut | Opened in March 1990 as "The Pavilions at Buckland Hills". | 1990<ref name="buck1">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/22/realestate/in-the-region-connecticut-and-westchester-a-shopping-mall-opens-east-of-hartford.html | title= A Shopping Mall Opens East of Hartford | author= Eleanor Charles | newspaper=The New York Times | date= April 22, 1990 | access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref> |- | Steeplegate Mall | Concord | New Hampshire | Opened August 1, 1990<ref name="steep1">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDEE86230D622&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= Concord Heights To Get Mall Aug. 1 | newspaper=The Boston Globe | date= July 8, 1990 | access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="steep2">{{cite news | url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDEF1D64AEFA0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title= In Concord, a New Mall and High Hopes | author= Carolina M. Mata | newspaper=The Boston Globe | date= August 5, 1990 | access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref> | 1990 |- | Bay City Mall | Bay City | Michigan | Joint venture with Robert B. Aitkens<ref>{{cite journal|year=1992|title=Stores: the bulletin of the N.R.D.G.A.|journal=National Retail Dry Goods Association|volume=74|issue=7–12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xh8XAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Robert+b+aikens%22+%22Bay+city+mall%22}}</ref> | 1991 |- | Pembroke Lakes Mall | Pembroke Pines (Miami metropolitan area) | Florida | | 1992 |- | Moreno Valley Mall | Moreno Valley | California | Built on the former Riverside International Raceway site that hosted auto racing from 1957 to 1989. | 1992 |- | North Point Mall | Alpharetta (Atlanta metropolitan area) | Georgia | | 1993 |- | Natick Collection | Natick (Greater Boston) | Massachusetts | The original mall built in 1966 was purchased by Homart in 1992, subsequently demolished and rebuilt in 1994. | 1994 |- | The Woodlands Mall | The Woodlands (Greater Houston) | Texas | Joint venture with The Woodlands Corporation | 1994<ref name="woodlands1">{{cite news | url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24117681.html?dids=24117681:24117681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+08%2C+1994&author=John+Schmeltzer%2C+Tribune+Staff+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MALL+DEVELOPER+QUIETLY+KEEPS+BUILDING&pqatl=google | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604175504/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24117681.html?dids=24117681:24117681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+08,+1994&author=John+Schmeltzer,+Tribune+Staff+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MALL+DEVELOPER+QUIETLY+KEEPS+BUILDING&pqatl=google | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | title= Mall Developer Quietly Keeps Building | author= John Schmeltzer | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= August 8, 1994 | access-date=March 11, 2010}}("This year alone, Homart will open the 1 million-square-foot Woodlands Mall in Woodland, Texas...")</ref><ref>Kutchin, Joseph W. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vz_oybBxz5EC&pg=PA544 How Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Got Its Start and How It Grew: An Oral History and Narrative Overview]'' (2001) p.542-47 ({{ISBN|978-1581126631}})</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{General Growth Properties}} {{Sears Holdings Corporation}}
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