Katy Mills

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Katy Mills


caption =
location =Katy, USA
opening_date = October 30, 1999
developer= The Mills Corporation
manager= Simon Property Group
owner = Simon Property Group
number_of_stores = 200+
number_of_anchors = 20+
floor_area = 1,300,000
floors = 1
website = http://www.katymills.com/

Katy Mills is an outlet shopping mall in Katy, Texas—west of Houston—developed by The Mills Corporation and now owned by Simon Property Group. The mall opened on October 28, 1999 [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-28-1999/0001062097&EDATE= PRNewswire] October 28, 1999] and hosts a variety of over 200 specialty stores—such as Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, American Eagle Outfitters, Bath and Body Works Outlet, and Neiman Marcus Last Call Clearance Center. Katy Mills has about 1.3 million square feet (0.12 km²) of retail space.

The shopping center

Katy Mills is a one story facility that sits on convert|1.3|sqmi|km2 of land. The mall is built with a "racetrack" design and one complete pass around the mall is approximately one mile.

Popular stores include Tommy Hilfiger Company Store, Books-A-Million, Juicy Couture and Polo Ralph Lauren Company Store; some of which relocated from Sealy Outlet Center, which was supplanted by Katy Mills due to its distance from nearby Sealy. Its "Katy Field Day" food court has Burger King, the Johnny Rockets, a carousel, and a Rock Wall. Outside, various restaurants such as Red Lobster, Fuddruckers, TGI Friday's, and Los Cucos surround the mall. The mall also provides over 3,500 jobs for the local Katy community and provides most of Katy Proper's sales tax revenue, as well as cultivating tourism.

People from all over Texas, the surrounding states, and international tourists come to see this mall and take advantage of the name-brand outlet shopping. Many from Houston also come as well due to the wide selection of products and services. All visitors from over 50 miles (80 km) away receive free coupon books and discounts, which makes the mall a popular destination for groups from central and southwest Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico. Aside from the Christmas holiday season, the religious holiday Semana Santa is the mall's highest traffic period with many visitors from Mexico and South America coming specifically to Katy Mills for certain storesFact|date=October 2007.

Anchor stores

*AMC Theatres (76,771 sq ft.-20 screens)
*Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World (144,702 sq ft.)
*Bed Bath & Beyond (35,229 sq ft.)
*Books-A-Million (20,434 sq ft.)
*Burlington Coat Factory (100,083 sq ft.)
*Last Call Neiman Marcus (25,785 sq ft.)
*Marshalls (32,161 sq ft.)
*Circuit City (26,952 sq ft.; "now opened in the former Midnight Rodeo space")
*Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue (27,122 sq ft.)
*Old Navy (22,715 sq ft.)
*Old West Warehouse (20,537 sq ft.)
*Steve & Barry's (49,896 sq ft.)
*Sun & Ski Sports (30,002 sq ft.)

Recent additions

A popular recent opening is the Houston SPCA Pet Parade -- a boutique gift store and adoption center for animals from the Houston SPCA.

Katy Mills opened a soft-play area near the AMC Theatre in May 2007.

The Katy Mills website as listed below (and updated daily) is the fastest and most accurate resource for a detailed list of the stores, events, and programs.

Katy Mills added a Nike Factory Store in 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.katymills.com/ Katy Mills website]