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270:-based IBC Bank, the mall's largest creditor, in September 2008. A new management team was brought in to revitalize the facility and to market the mall to new tenants. Many improvements had been made, including a new air conditioning system and a professional security staff. Notably, the fountains, which were prominently featured in the film
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grocery store, present before the mall's opening, was on site. In its early years, the mall competed well against nearby Padre
Staples Mall. Despite its close proximity to a competing mall, most retailers chose to locate duplicate locations within the new mall rather than close their existing ones.
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Staples Mall. In 1990, the now closed H-E-B store on the property was connected to the mall by a corridor and re-opened as a Stein Mart, adding a sixth anchor store to the property.
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Christi location due to financial difficulties. Problems began to beset the retailers at Sunrise almost immediately. Many retailers were already finding it difficult to justify
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Fitness and Planet Fitness.
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December 2019. Wilcox Furniture announced their closure in March 2021, while Burlington announced that their store would close and relocate to the nearby Moore Plaza shopping center in fall 2021.
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