Temple Mall

Shopping mall in Temple, Texas

Temple Mall

An entrance to Temple Mall

Location|  Temple, Texas
Coordinates| 31°04′15″N 97°22′01″W﻿ / ﻿31.0707°N 97.3670°W﻿ / 31.0707; -97.3670
Opening date| 1976
Owner| Kohan Retail Investment Group[1]
No. of stores and services| 60
No. of anchor tenants| 5
Total retail floor area| 555,400 ft2
No. of floors| 1
Parking| 2,557 spaces
Website| Official website (deactivated)

Temple Mall contains accommodation for four major anchor stores and 57 tenants, and has approximately 555,400 square feet (51,600 m2)[2] of gross leasable area. Temple Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, the other being Killeen Mall, in nearby Killeen, Texas.

Sears had an anchor store that was replaced in 1995 by Foley's.[3] Foley's became Macy's in 2006. Steve & Barry’s closed in 2009 due to bankruptcy. Macy's closed in 2016; Dillard's had a store that moved across the mall to the former Macy's space in 2017.[4] JCPenney closed in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide.[5] Premiere Cinemas closed on December 25, 2022. After the closure of JCPenney, Dillard's was the only anchor store left until 2023, when Floor & Decor opened in the former JCPenney building. A car wash known as Today’s Car Wash also opened in 2023 in part of the former JCPenney parking lot. Planet Fitness was the junior anchor of the Dillard’s original store a store called Bin drop opened in the dillard's space but as of 2025 it since closed.until Mega Furniture opened a furniture store utilizing the remaining vacant Dillard’s space from their original store. in 2024 Xtreme Jump Adventure Park has also since opened a trampoline park in the former Steve & Barry’s store.Cattlemen's Western Wear opened in the former Fuddruckers space in 2024. In 2025 Ollies Bargain Outlet is set to open in the remaining JCpenny space in late 2025.

Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the mall in late October 2021. The price was not disclosed; at one time the mall was listed for US$10 million.[1] Although the company updated the mall's website, by 2024 it displayed the message "The Temple Mall website has been deactivated."[6] Despite these issues, the mall’s website was reworked and fixed by 2025. Work on fixing maintenance issues with the mall has been ongoing in order to meet building code requirements by request of the City of Temple in 2024.

As of 2025, all anchor stores are currently occupied apart from the junior anchor known as Premiere Cinemas. Further developments are ongoing to revitalize the mall and add new stores.There was a YouTube video posted with a Houston based company wanting to buy out the mall and save it from its struggle.And bath & body works closed on July 4, 2025

## References

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1. ^ a b Bates, Baylee (October 27, 2021). "Temple Mall now under new ownership, store owners want community support". KCEN. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
2. ^ Urban Retail Properties: Temple Mall Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Center Information. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
3. ^ "Colonial Mall sold to Texas company". Temple Daily Telegram. April 20, 2005.
4. ^ Hays, Julie (September 27, 2017). "Temple: Dillard's makes major move, plans big reopening". KWTX-TV.
5. ^ Tyko, Kelly (December 17, 2020). "J.C. Penney closing more stores after exiting bankruptcy. Will your store close in March 2021? See the list". USA Today.
6. ^ "The Temple Mall website has been deactivated". www.templemalltx.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

## External links

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* Official website (deactivated)
* Original official website (archive)
* Temple Mall at Urban Retail Properties

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