Collin Creek Mall in Plano recruiting home-grown tenants
Plano, TX – It’s not easy being a 1980s-style traditional suburban mall in a region filled with trendier outdoor shopping centers.
But Collin Creek Mall isn’t giving up. The mall is helping local retailers grow while at the same time filling vacancies through a program that recruits regional chains and start-ups, sometimes putting them in kiosks and gradually moving them to a store space.
Today, it’s hosting its second open house this year to show off three spaces, including a 4,259-square-foot store that had been a Borders Express. The first open house in February resulted in three leases.
General manager Kent Hulbert said major mall developers like Collin Creek’s owner, General Growth Properties, have had similar programs for years to help local start-ups, but the Plano mall is stepping up its recruiting and offering special lease terms.
“We talk to other malls and keep our eyes open when we’re out,” Hulbert said.
