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21-563: The mall opened in 1981 and has 100 stores. The original anchors were Bealls , Sears , and O. G. Wilson Catalog Showroom, owned by Zale Corporation (later Best Products ). Killeen Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County , with the other being Temple Mall , in nearby Temple . On December 28, 2018, Sears announced that the Killeen Mall location would be closing in March 2019 as part of

42-786: A buyer could be found for the chain. No buyer had been found, and going out of business sales had begun at all locations. Palais Royal (Houston-based department store) Palais Royal was an American chain of department stores, owned by Stage Stores, Inc. and headquartered in Houston, Texas, that specialized in retailing brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares. Brands exclusively found at Palais Royal included Valerie Stevens, Signature Studio, Sun River, Rustic Blue, Rebecca Malone, Wishful Park. Palais Royal originated in 1921 in Downtown Houston , at 620 Main Street, as

63-579: A new location on East Rusk Street in Jacksonville, east of downtown. In the 1960s, a chain-wide modernization of store interiors and operations was underway and more name-brand items could be found in stores. In 1972, Bealls had grown to 60 stores in Texas and found its way beyond the borders of its home state for the first time, with a location opened in Oklahoma . Bealls had reached most parts of Texas, except for

84-596: A plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The former Sears will become a second Dillard's . In February 2024, Kohan Retail Investment Group bought the Killeen Mall for $ 30 million. This article about a United States shopping mall is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bealls (Texas) Bealls / ˈ b ɛ l z / was a Texan chain of department stores, owned by Stage Stores Inc. and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The store specialized in retailing desirable brand name apparel, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, and housewares. On May 11, 2020, it

105-481: A small one room shop owned by Milton Levy. Two years later, a larger space was needed, and the store relocated to the corner of Main and Capital. Milton Levy passed away that same year. Isadore Erlich moved to Houston from Dallas in 1937 and purchased a controlling interest, and became president of Palais Royal. The flagship store in Downtown Houston was relocated several times again; in 1928 to 700–6 Main at

126-460: A third in Mt. Pleasant in 1927. By 1930, there were seven stores in the chain. The Beall brothers won bids for the business of J.L. Douglas, a Jacksonville merchant. This move would establish Jacksonville as a permanent home office for the growing chain (as well as its eighth store). The Beall brothers decided to file for incorporation of the chain during this time. In 1935, the home office moved to

147-591: The Bankers Mortgage Building, now called the Great Jones Building , where it would remain for a quarter century. When next-door competitor Sakowitz department store moved to a new flagship building at 11th and Main, Palais Royal moved into its rival's old quarters at the next-door landmark Gulf Building , 708 Main Street, in 1953. In 1969, when Neiman Marcus moved its Houston store from 614 Main ( Kirby Lofts ) to what would become The Galleria ,

168-598: The Downtown Palais made its final move taking over Neiman's old quarters, where it would stay for another three decades until permanently closing in 2000. As their sales and popularity continued to grow, Palais Royal began an expansion; and opened their first branch location in the Rice Village area of Houston in 1950. This was followed with the first location outside of the Houston city limits, in suburban Pasadena, Texas in 1952. 1955 brought additional branch stores to

189-498: The Mayfield Building in downtown Jacksonville. The Jacksonville store location would move in 1936 from the old Douglas building to the corner of Main and Commerce streets, where it would remain for nearly 50 years. By 1940, Bealls had 15 stores in the chain. Despite World War II , store count by 1950 had grown to 19. Continued growth of the chain led to 38 locations by 1957. Bealls shifted their home office and warehousing to

210-546: The Worth's name in Beaumont, Texas , and one Worth's store in Orange, Texas . Upon Erlich's death in 1968, Palais Royal was still expanding, and Erlich had announced plans to construct three more stores. His surviving widow, Moselle Erlich (Pollack), took over the presidency of Palais Royal. She was elected chairman in 1979, and relinquished her former post to Bernard Fuchs. Bernard Fuchs

231-547: The apparel industry; most had local offices and showrooms in the Dallas Market Center area. By 1984, Bealls moved its long-time downtown Jacksonville store operation to a new location on South Jackson Street. A new warehouse and distribution center took shape on the north side of Jacksonville, replacing the warehouse that occupied the rear of the headquarters building. The new operation was opened in 1986. In 1988, Royce and Ray Beall announced plans to sell Beall's due to

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252-467: The company at bargain prices. Operations of Beall's was combined with those of Houston-based Palais Royal (also bought out by Bain, etc. at the same time) and formed a new company, Specialty Retailers, Inc. The combined company would be based in Houston. There were 152 Bealls stores in the chain by this time: Texas had 128, Oklahoma had 11, New Mexico had 10, and there were 3 stores in Alabama . This

273-787: The company, where it still remains, on South Jackson. By the early-mid 1990s, Specialty Retailers, Inc. would come to encompass another name, Stage Stores . Stage Stores operated more than 850 stores in 40 states under the Bealls (no relation to the Bealls chain in Florida), Palais Royal , Peebles , Stage, and Goody's nameplates. Brands exclusively found at Bealls include Valerie Stevens, Signature Studio, Sun River, Rustic Blue, Rebecca Malone, and Wishful Park. On May 10, 2020, Stage announced it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy , and that it would liquidate all locations, Bealls and Gordmans included, unless

294-549: The far west and the Panhandle. Meanwhile, three of Robbie Beall's sons were now in high-level positions with the company; Royce and Ray were now vice-presidents and R.G. was serving as president of Bealls. The 1980s brought more changes on the homefront. Buying operations were moved away from Jacksonville to the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas , in 1983. This move ensured close proximity to many manufacturer's representatives of

315-657: The national rights to use the Bealls name, to the Florida Bealls for $ 7 million. Bealls also acquired the rights to the names of Stage's other chains, all of its private label brands and customer lists, and a distribution center in Jacksonville, Texas . The first Beall store was opened in Henderson, Texas , in 1923 by brothers Archie and Robbie (and later, Willie) Beall. The Bealls opened a second store in Nacogdoches in 1926 and

336-616: The northwestern Spring Branch, Houston neighborhood; and also to the Meyerland, Houston area. The Oak Forest area of Houston gained their own local branch in 1960. By 1960, Palais Royal had successfully expanded and grown into a company with six stores in the Houston area, and one store in Shreveport, Louisiana . In addition to the Palais Royal stores, Palais Royal also operated two stores under

357-422: The vote of shares by shareholders to sell the company, this effort was led in part by other family members of Jacksonville. The 13% voted against the sale. During the mid- to late 1980s the company was hit particular hard when the oil revenues in the state of Texas plummeted that resulted in a downturn for the state. This forced the company to quit paying dividends thus in turn stockholders became aggressive to sell

378-401: Was a shock to Jacksonville, whose residents and those in the business community considered Bealls to be a good neighbor and corporate citizen. Jacksonville was spared a complete loss, as the new distribution center would stay open, and the credit department of the combined company would be located at the previous Bealls office east of downtown. Also remaining would be the former flagship store of

399-510: Was announced that Stage had filed for bankruptcy and they soon began liquidating all locations. The chain overlapped with the Florida -based Bealls chain, although the two were not related. In markets where the two chains overlapped, the Florida chain operates as Burkes Outlet instead. However, on October 21, 2020, as part of winding-down its operations, Stage sold its intellectual property, including

420-595: Was announced that parent company Stage Stores Inc planned to convert all Palais Royal stores to the Gordmans banner, along with Stage Stores' other chains. On May 10, 2020, Stage announced it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy , and that it would liquidate all locations, Palais Royal and Gordmans included, unless a buyer could be found for the chain. No buyer had been found, and going out of business sales had begun at all locations. By September 2020, all stores were closed. This United States retail business article

441-570: Was responsible for overseeing Palais Royal during their greatest period of growth, including the $ 300 million purchase of the 152 store Bealls (Texas-based department store) chain. The combined company was renamed Specialty Retailers. The continued success of Specialty Retailers allowed them to purchase the Fashion Bar/Stage chain of 76 stores in 1992. In 1994 the name of the company was changed to Stage Stores . The stores were bought by Wellan's of Alexandria, Louisiana in 1985. In 2019, it

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