Inside First Colony Mall: the nuts/dessert tray kiosk is gone (unless it moved) I bought some gifts there last year (it was the kiosk near the Apple Store)

First Colony mall will be history in the next 5 years.....

@Bubbapie Not to be a negative Nancy, but I sure hope so. I hate malls. They attract hoodrat teenagers looking for petty trouble, because it’s the only real place they can hang out for free without being ticketed for loitering.

@AJ8410 I bet you didn't know that it was a golf driving range before they built the mall......

@Bubbapie I did know I remember what it looked like there, I think I just moved to the country when they started making plans for the mall

The mall isn't going anywhere.

This is the the only thread I could find that seemed to be the earliest thread discussing First Colony Mall (there are multiple thread about stores opening there, when they should probably be consolidated here going forward so there is one big thread about First Colony Mall)Here is an article from Houston Chronicle back in August about the renovations and transformation of malls in Houston, including First Colony Mall in Sugar Land:First Colony Mall, owned by Chicago-based retail property giant GGP, is the latest in the Houston area to add green space. Construction crews earlier this summer began renovating the outdoor wing of 1.2 million-square-foot mall in Sugar Land, tearing out two reflecting ponds with plans to replace them with a large artificial lawn.

 

The new green space is expected to open early October, in time for the holiday shopping season.

 

"The fountain we had was a great place for people to take pictures and walk through, but it was a static amenity," said Heidi Westlund, the mall's senior general manager. "What we're trying to do is to activate the area."

 

Mall owners, facing mounting pressure from the growing popularity of e-commerce, are increasingly focused on creating a brick-and-mortar experience that can't be replicated online. In recent years, malls have focused on adding high-end restaurants, bars and movie theaters to attract patrons.

 

Green space is a natural extension of that movement, one that takes a page out of urban planning around parks, said Randy Holcombe, GGP's senior director of restaurant leasing.

 

"You're seeing green space around the country," Holcombe said. "It stems out of the new urbanism movement, the idea of walkable communities."

 

At First Colony Mall, six restaurants will overlook the new green space, allowing parents to watch their children play while eating a meal on the patio. The lawn will be surrounded by Adirondack chairs and tables, shade structures and lawn games such as corn hole and oversized Connect Four.

 

On one end, a video screen spanning 13 feet tall and 21 feet wide will be used to play films, live music and Texans and Astros games. The mall plans to host regular events on the lawn, which could include yoga sessions in the morning and game watch parties in the evenings.

 

Three new restaurants will join DiMassi's Mediterranean Cafe, Grimaldi's pizzeria and the Cheesecake Factory at the front of the lawn. The restaurants will be open throughout the construction.

 

Breakers Korean BBQ will replace the former World of Beer and Red Mango Cafe. Blue Fish Sushi will take the place of the former Mia Bella Trattoria. A third restaurant will be announced soon.

 

Westlund, the general manager at First Colony Mall, said she is excited to see how her customers, particularly mall walkers and tai-chi groups, will utilize the new green space.

 

"The lawn can provide endless opportunities to create experiences for our customers," Westlund said. "It's going to add another dimension to the mall experience."www.houstonchronicle .com/business/articl e/Malls-turn-to-gree n-space-to-draw

@Bubbapie : nope first colony mall will be there with new shops...some brands will phase out for sure..

@melnixon : great point. We all love that convenience.

@melnixon : I totally agree even though I still shop in stores I see more and more of them going out of business. Its such a shame all those employees have to find new jobs filling up the job market and making it harder for all of us to find work. Has anyone heard the cashiers at Walmart all have to find new jobs because they are going to all self check out now? I feel sorry for those cashiers, especially if that's all they know how to do.

@Rfin :I loved Payless😪

@alcox2010 : I've had several cashiers at Walmarts who didn't even know how to do that. I'd look at the register and say "hit that button", and I was always right. I had to tell one guy how to get the security device off (I ended up doing it for him, and showing him how), and I had to tell another one which bar code was the one she needed to ring me up. That, however, is a fault of management for not explaining the job before they stuck them on the floor though, esp this time of year when a bunch of them are Xmas help.