Visitor's Guide to Highland Mall - The Best Places to Go Shopping in Austin

The Highland Mall, established by James Rouse Company, and opened in 1971 as the first enclosed shopping mall in the Austin metropolitan area, just a few miles north of downtown and the University of Texas at Airport Blvd. and I-35. The center's pretty well situated to the city core and the north and east sides of town, but Austin has been one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. in the past decade, plus has sprawled radically from the city midpoint, bringing more of the population closer to other malls. And from the websites, you may know more about Highland Mall Austin.

Highland Mall Austin @ Official Site Highland Mall

http://www.highlandmall.com

Highland Mall Austin @ Wikipedia.Com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Mall

Downtown Austin Highland Mall is positioned only a few miles to the south, and is rapidly urbanizing and filling up with moneyed young professionals. For all the things Austin has to offer - including tons of bars, restaurants, and one of a kind boutiques - there's not a ton of the kind of chain retail that's found in the city's malls. With a proper repositioning and clean-up - added entertainment options, for example, or an essentials retailer like Target - the Highland Mall shouldn't really have much trouble coming back.

The center was lengthened in the year 1979 with a new wing and new anchor (Foley's) adding to its original three, and given another renovation in 1987. The center today has four anchors and a vacant space that had been from 1971 until 2006. As said in the Wikipedia, the Macy's had been a Foley's until the 2006 Federated merger. The Dillard's at the southern end of the mall had been a Joke's location until Dillard's acquired the chain in 1987; the other Dillard's space was until 1992 Scarborough, a local Austin chain.