Cannabaceae

Brownsville ITEC Center (formerly Amigoland Mall)
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LocationBrownsville, Texas
Coordinates25°54′08″N 97°30′37″W / 25.9021°N 97.5104°W / 25.9021; -97.5104
Address301 Mexico Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Opening date1974
Closing date1999 (renovated as Brownsville ITEC Center, 2002)
DeveloperMelvin Simon & Associates
OwnerTexas Southmost College
No. of stores and services52
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area647,000 sq ft (60,100 m2)
No. of floors1-2

Amigoland Mall ("Amigo" means "friend" in Spanish) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Brownsville, Texas. The former mall, which now houses a tech center, is now called the Brownsville ITEC Center.

The 647,000-square-foot (60,100 m2) mall, developed by Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group), opened in downtown Brownsville in 1974, with Montgomery Ward, JCPenney (which also featured a JCPenney Supermarket), and Dillard's as anchors. Other early tenants included McCrory Stores, Walgreens, and a two-screen movie theater. It later gained Bealls as an additional anchor.

In 1999, both JCPenney and Dillard's relocated to nearby Sunrise Mall.[1] The loss of these stores caused declining traffic at Amigoland.[2] The bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward a year later left the older mall devoid of anchors and shortly afterward, the mall was shuttered.

In 2002, the vacant mall was converted to classrooms and a tech center for Texas Southmost College.[3]

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