Amigoland Mall

{{short description|Shopping mall in Brownsville, Texas}}

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{{Infobox shopping mall

| name = Brownsville ITEC Center (formerly Amigoland Mall)

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| location = Brownsville, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|25.9021|-97.5104|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=inline, title}}

| address = 301 Mexico Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA

| opening_date = 1974

| closing_date = 2001 (renovated as Brownsville ITEC Center, 2002)

| developer = Melvin Simon & Associates

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| owner = Texas Southmost College

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| number_of_stores = 52

| number_of_anchors = 4

| floor_area = {{convert|647000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

| floors = 1-2

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Amigoland Mall ("Amigo" means "friend" in Spanish) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Brownsville, Texas. The former mall, which now houses a tech center, is now called the Brownsville ITEC Center.

The {{convert|647000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} mall, developed by Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group), opened in downtown Brownsville in 1974, with Montgomery Ward, JCPenney (which also featured a JCPenney Supermarket), and Dillard's as anchors. Other early tenants included McCrory Stores, Walgreens, and a two-screen movie theater. It later gained Bealls as an additional anchor.

In 1999, both JCPenney and Dillard's relocated to nearby Sunrise Mall.{{Cite web |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/jc-penney-store-moves-into-new-location-at-sunrise-mall/article_45e3ba0f-b740-5a3c-bc11-e525fbab600b.html |title=JC Penney store moves into new location at Sunrise Mall Retail: Old location closes its doors. - Brownsville Herald: Local News |access-date=2019-08-10 |archive-date=2019-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810145056/https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/jc-penney-store-moves-into-new-location-at-sunrise-mall/article_45e3ba0f-b740-5a3c-bc11-e525fbab600b.html |url-status=dead }} The loss of these stores caused declining traffic at Amigoland.http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/comments.php?id=P12477_0_1_0_C{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward in 2000 left the older mall devoid of anchors and shortly afterward, the mall was shuttered.

In 2002, the vacant mall was converted to classrooms and a tech center for Texas Southmost College.{{cite web|url=http://www.bedc.com/about/news/newsDetail.asp?news_id%3D1093 |title=Brownsville Economic Development Council |accessdate=2007-02-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214003235/http://www.bedc.com/about/news/newsDetail.asp?news_id=1093 |archivedate=2006-02-14 }}