# North Hills Mall

North Richland Hills, TX · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-7f0f0eca76` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/north-richland-hills-north-hills-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | civic | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | North Richland Hills built their new city hall on the former site. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1979 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2004 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 558000 | reported · web research agent |
| Owner of record | Crp/Nrp City Point Owner LP | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed in October 2004 at about 20% occupancy” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)
- **after_notes**: “North Richland Hills built their new city hall on the former site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)
- **status**: “The mall closed in October 2004 at about 20% occupancy with the exception of Mervyn's (which closed in 2006 as it left the retail market in Texas) and sat vacant until it was demolished in early 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)
- **strategy**: “In November 1999, the mall was acquired by a new group of real estate investors who planned to turn it into 'entertainment' hub” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)
- **demolition_year**: “demolished in early 2007.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Mervyn's, Stripling and Cox, Sanger Harris

## Timeline

- 1979: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1979: Grand opening
- 1999: Acquired by new investors with plans for entertainment hub
- 2000: Stripling and Cox store closed
- 2001: Foley's relocated
- 2004: Mall closed
- 2007: Mall demolished

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

North Hills Mall was a shopping mall on SH 26 in North Richland Hills, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It held its grand opening on 12 September 1979. The property premiered with department stores, Stripling and Cox, Sanger Harris, and Mervyn's serving as anchor tenants. It would be successful for the first 20 years of its existence.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills%2C_Texas)
- found by hermes-web — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hills_Mall_(North_Richland_Hills,_Texas)
- found by hermes-web — https://grokipedia.com/page/north_hills_mall_north_richland_hills_texas

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "North Hills Mall, North Richland Hills, TX." Record m-7f0f0eca76, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/north-richland-hills-north-hills-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_northrichlandhillsnorthhillsmall,
  title = {North Hills Mall, North Richland Hills, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/north-richland-hills-north-hills-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-7f0f0eca76, 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.