# Six Flags Mall

Arlington, TX · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-0f7f7e1320` · release 2026-10-21

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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | industrial | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The site was rebuilt as industrial space to accommodate suppliers to the GM auto assembly plant. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1970 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2016 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2017 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 22.5 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 1049000 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 90 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Zoning change | approved plans to overhaul the 22.5 acre property | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2013 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “reopened as Plaza Central in October 2014, but closed again in February 2016.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- **acres**: “the Arlington Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans to overhaul the 22.5 acre property” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- **after_notes**: “The site was rebuilt as industrial space to accommodate suppliers to the GM auto assembly plant.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- **status**: “The site was rebuilt as industrial space to accommodate suppliers to the GM auto assembly plant.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- **strategy**: “Demolition began in summer of 2016; the mall was completely demolished by mid-year 2017, around which time the city announced that the property would become an automobile parts supplier park.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- **zoning_change**: “On September 20, 2013, the Arlington Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans to overhaul the 22.5 acre property.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall

## Anchors

Macy's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Sears, Foley's

## Parties

- G.L. 'Buck' Harris — owner (from text) (2012–2016)

## Timeline

- 1970: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1970: Opened
- 1997: JCPenney anchor closed
- 2002: Dillard's and Sears closed
- 2005: Foley's closed; Dillard's reopened as clearance center
- 2008: Foreclosure
- 2011: Auction listing
- 2012: Purchase by G.L. 'Buck' Harris
- 2013: Zoning approval
- 2014: Reopened as Plaza Central
- 2016: Demolition began

## Deals and debt

- 2012 sale:  G.L. 'Buck' Harris   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- 2008 foreclosure:     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Six Flags Mall was a shopping mall that opened in August 1970 in Arlington, Texas. Arlington's first enclosed shopping center, it was named after the nearby Six Flags Over Texas theme park. When it opened, it was the largest shopping center in Tarrant County and the area's first regional shopping facility. A new owner acquired roughly one-third of the mall in December 2012 and announced plans to redevelop it as a Hispanic-oriented shopping mall called "Plaza Central" and, after resolving legal issues, reopened in October 2014, but closed again in February 2016. Demolition began in summer of 2016, but was slowed by a lawsuit filed by Cinemark. Two separate two-alarm fires occurred on February 6 and March 2 during demolition. The site was rebuilt as industrial space to accommodate suppliers to the GM auto assembly plant.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Mall
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Six Flags Mall, Arlington, TX." Record m-0f7f7e1320, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/arlington-six-flags-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_arlingtonsixflagsmall,
  title = {Six Flags Mall, Arlington, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/arlington-six-flags-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-0f7f7e1320, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.