It is under ownership of Washington Prime Group. On Sunday, June 13, 2021, Washington Prime Group, which owns Irving Mall, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[4]
History
The mall opened with Titche-Goettinger, JCPenney, and Sears.[5]
JCPenney was closed as part of 44 underperforming stores and closed in 2001.
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The mall received a renovation in 1984 adding the west wing of the mall along with two new anchors, Dillard's and Mervyn's[7] and a new food court. The General Cinema, which opened in 1971 would later expand to 7 screens in the same year.[8]
In 1999, General Cinema moved to a spot where a former Wilson's Catalog Showroom[9] used to be. In the same year as part of Irving Mall's redevelopment, Barnes & Noble also opened in the former General Cinema 1–3. Barnes & Noble closed in 2012[10] and is now a Shoppers World.
In 2002, AMC took over the former General Cinema at the mall, it was renovated in 2013.[11]
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Irving Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[14]
On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. The store closed in early January and currently sits vacant.[15]
Shootings
Multiple shootings have occurred at Irving Mall since 1990.
In 1990, a man named Eddie Edwards chased his girlfriend in the parking lot and shot her with a .38 caliber revolver. Another man, Tom Broom, stopped Edwards by shooting him in the head twice with a .44 caliber Magnum pistol, killing him.[16]
In 1993, a conflict at the mall between two gangs escalated to one person shooting two others, killing an innocent bystander, Kevin Reuss Bacon.[17]
On September 4, 2022, shots were fired at the mall when two people were having an argument. No one was struck by the gunfire.[18]
