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In June 1977, Melvin Simon & Associates announced the development of a shopping mall on a 104-acre (42 ha) tract of land along Texas State Highway Loop 360 in southwest Austin. Initial plans called for over 1 million sq ft (93,000 m 2) of retail space and parking capacity for nearly 6,000 cars, which would make the mall the largest in Austin.
Located on the South Mall of the University of Texas at Austin campus, the five-floor, 38,580 square foot building is located along 21st Street, near Littlefield Fountain. Built in 1951 and named after mathematics professor and university president H. Y. Benedict, the building was completed in 1952 and was originally home to the Department of ...
Batts Hall (abbreviated BAT) is a building on the South Mall of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, United States. The five-floor, 39,143-square-foot structure is named after Robert Lynn Batts.
Highland Mall was a shopping mall located in north Austin, Texas, United States, on Airport Boulevard west of I-35 and north of US Route 290. Opened in 1971, Highland Mall was Austin's first suburban shopping mall. [1] Highland Mall was jointly owned by General Growth and Simon Property Group until 2011.
Serves University of Texas at Austin UT/West Mall: Guadalupe and West Mall walkway (northbound) Guadalupe and West Twenty-third Streets (southbound) MetroBus 1, 3, 20, 30, 105, 410, 481, 801, 980, 981, 982, 987, 990 UT Shuttle 640 (FA), 642 (WC) Serves University of Texas at Austin, The Drag Museum: Lavaca and West Seventeenth Streets (northbound)
The Cactus Café [10] [11] is a music venue and gathering place for students located in the Union Building, originally known as the Chuck Wagon when it opened in 1933. [12] In January 2010, the university announced plans to close the Cactus, claiming that closing the venue would save the university $66,000 in its $2 billion annual budget.
The Drag is a nickname for a portion of Guadalupe Street that runs along the western edge of the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The Drag began as a strip of shops which provided vital resources to UT students. Bookstores, restaurants, and clothing stores fulfilled student needs.
The history of shopping malls in Texas began with the oldest shopping center in the United States, Highland Park Village, which opened in 1931 in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. [1] The latter and Greater Houston area are both home to numerous regional shopping malls and shopping centers located in various areas of the city.