Grapevine Mills

Grapevine Mills
Last Call Neiman Marcus at Grapevine Mills
LocationGrapevine, Texas, United States
Coordinates32°57′58″N 97°2′34″W / 32.96611°N 97.04278°W / 32.96611; -97.04278
Address3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway
Opening dateOctober 30, 1997 (October 30, 1997)
DeveloperThe Mills Corporation
ManagementSimon Property Group
OwnerSimon Property Group (59.3%)[1]
Stores and services202[2]
Anchor tenants22
Floor area1,781,628 ft2 (165,518.7 m2)[3]
Floors1
Websitegrapevinemills.com

Grapevine Mills is an enclosed shopping mall in Grapevine, Texas, United States, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The single-floor mall is located on State Highway 121 near Grapevine Lake, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.[4] The mall is nearly 1.8 million square feet (170,000 square meters) in size; it is the second-largest mall in Tarrant County, behind only North East Mall in Hurst.

The mall was opened in 1997 by The Mills Corporation and is currently operated by Simon Property Group. Like most Mills malls, Grapevine Mills contains a mixture of off-price retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues.[5] Notable tenants at the mall include Legoland Discovery Center Dallas-Fort Worth, Meow Wolf installation The Real Unreal, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Peppa Pig World of Play, Primark, Rainforest Cafe, Round One, and Sea Life Grapevine.

History

Junior Anchor
Ross Dress For Less

Grapevine Mills opened on October 30, 1997 as a joint venture between The Mills Corp. and Simon DeBartolo.[6] It was one of the first malls to use the "Mills experience", which involved bringing in major department stores and outlet stores as anchors, as well as off-price retail chains and large stores that offer a wide range of products.[6] Mills-owned malls also had "Entertainment Zones" that included restaurants, games, and movie theaters.[6] In 1999, the Polar Ice rink opened at the mall.[7]

In July 2002, Simon Property Group sold its shares in the mall.[8] In November 2002, the ESPN X Games Skate Park opened at the mall.[9] In January 2007, Mills Corp accepted a $1.35 billion buyout offer from Brookfield Management.[10] The following month, Simon Property Group offered $1.6 billion for the company and Mills accepted the higher offer.[11][12] As part of the acquisition, Simon Property Group took over the 38 malls owned by the Mills Corp. at the time, including Grapevine Mills.[12][13]

Legoland

In 2009, Grapevine Mills Mall owner Simon Property Group announced that Merlin Entertainments would add a Legoland Discovery Center inside the mall.[14] It opened on March 25, 2011, with 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) inside the space that had housed Woodward Skatepark.[15][16] Lego-themed attractions included an interactive laser ride, a 3D movie and a play area for kids.[15] In October 2011, the city council approved an expansion of Legoland at the mall.[17]

Aquarium

In May 2010, the mall announced plans to build the Sea Life Grapevine Aquarium.[18][19] It was constructed across from the new Legoland in the former space of the GameWorks video game arcade.[19] It opened on July 12, 2011.[20] At the time of opening, the aquarium had over 30 displays, a 160,000 gallon tank with a tunnel for guests to walk through and a tide pool where visitors could interact with certain animals.[21]

Junior Anchor
Famous Footwear Outlet

Renovation

In 2012, the city of Grapevine approved $14 million for renovations of the mall.[22][23] The mall's new look was based on the newly renovated Opry Mills mall in Nashville.[24] Renovations began were completed in 2016.[25] New stores were added, such as Michael Kors, Under Armour, Coach, and H&M.[26]

2017–present

In January 2017, FieldhouseUSA, an indoor sports facility, opened at Grapevine Mills.[27] In February 2019, the first Peppa Pig World of Play store in the United States opened at Grapevine Mills.[28][29] On May 11, 2022, Meow Wolf announced that The Real Unreal, which later opened on July 14, 2023.[30] In 2025, Burlington closed a portion of its store, which was sectioned off and converted into a Primark.[31]

Anchor stores

For wayfinding purposes, the mall is divided into six "neighborhoods" centered on the mall's main entrances. Entrance 1 is the mall's southeastern entrance; subsequent numbers increase in a counterclockwise direction.

Neighborhood Tenant Size Opened Former tenants
1 Cavender's Boot City 22,934 sq ft (2,131 m2) 2024[32]
Macy's Backstage 48,763 sq ft (4,530 m2) 2022[34]
Ross
Sun & Ski Sports 30,127 sq ft (2,799 m2) 2000[35]
2 H&M 2012[39]
Meow Wolf (The Real Unreal) 40,340 sq ft (3,748 m2) 2023[40]
Neiman Marcus Last Call 33,429 sq ft (3,106 m2) 2002[35]
Old Navy 23,329 sq ft (2,167 m2) 1997[35]
Rainforest Cafe 22,602 sq ft (2,100 m2) 1997[35]
Saks Off 5th 34,982 sq ft (3,250 m2) 1997[35]
3 Fieldhouse USA 106,000 sq ft (9,800 m2)[41] 2017[27]
Primark 100,102 sq ft (9,300 m2) 2025[43]
Burlington 1997[35]
4 The Children's Place 20,106 sq ft (1,868 m2)
Marshalls 29,397 sq ft (2,731 m2) 1997[35]
5 AMC Theatres (24-screen)[d] 108,733 sq ft (10,102 m2) 1997[35]
Legoland Discovery Center (Dallas Fort Worth) 44,000 sq ft (4,088 m2) 2011[16]
Sea Life (Grapevine) 2011[16]
6 Nike Factory Store 20,150 sq ft (1,872 m2) 2006[46]
Rack Room Shoes
  • Western Warehouse (1997–2009)[35]
  • Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse (opened 2009)[35]
Round One 2016[47]
Center[e] Bubble Planet 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m2)[48] 2025[49]
–[f] – –
  1. ^ a b Steve & Barry's was subdivided into two anchors after closing
  2. ^ Books-A-Million moved to a smaller location in neighborhood 4
  3. ^ Burlington was subdivided into two anchors in 2025[31]
  4. ^ AMC was originally 30-screen
  5. ^ The Bubble Planet anchor space spans the mall's center, with one entrance in neighborhood 2 and another in neighborhood 5
  6. ^ The former Virgin Megastore, which spanned the mall's center, was converted into non-anchor retail space

See also

Notes

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