Southwest Center Mall

Southwest Center Mall is a shopping mall located in Dallas, Texas. Originally owned by the DeBartolo family, it opened in 1975. It was, and remains, the only major one located in the southern half of Dallas. Its original name, Red Bird Mall, came from the Red Bird area of Dallas in which it is located.Initially, it was anchored by four department stores: Sears, which anchored the eastern end, and is still operatingJCPenney, which anchored the western end until 2001; The City of Dallas had possession of the space under a 6 month option to buy, which expired on June 7, 2010 .Sanger-Harris, was in the middle of the mall on the northern side and will be closing in 2017.Titche's, currently building, which is in the middle of the mall on the southern side Later, Montgomery Ward added a store near the Sears location, on the same side as Dillard's, but it was swiftly replaced by a Burlington Coat Factory. Many of the stores were either opening their first ones in the southern sector of Dallas, or relocated from older shopping centers in the area.The declineThe mall did well in the beginning, despite its location in the relatively undeveloped southern portion of Dallas. It is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 67 and Interstate 20 at 3662 W. Camp Wisdom Road. As early as the mid-1980s, demographics began to change dramatically in the area surrounding it, and at the same time a perception of crime began to brand the area so shoppers began taking their business elsewhere. And, in 1988, another regional one, The Parks Mall in Arlington, opened just 15 miles west.