America's biggest malls

Texas ranks on list America's biggest malls

If you love to shop, it's good to live in Texas.
Five Texas malls have made an Esri Story Maps list of the 50 biggest shopping malls in America, including a surprising entry – the Brazos Town Center in Rosenberg. Houston makes the list twice, with The Galleria and the Memorial City Mall.

Here's the top 10, plus Texas' contributions.

1. Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn. (4.2 million square feet, with 520 stores)
2. Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles, Ohio (3.2 million square feet, with 161 stores)
3. South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. (2.7 million square feet, with 300 stores)
4. King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Penn. (2.69 million square feet, with 368 stores)
5. Millcreek Mall in Erie, Penn. (2.6 million square feet, with 175 stores)
6. Celebrate Virginia in Fredericksburg, Va. (2.5 million square feet, with 200 stores)
7. Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, Calif. (2.269 million square feet, with 240 stores)
8. Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill. (2.224 million square feet, with 240 stores)
9. The Houston Galleria (2.221 square feet, with 345 stores)

Fun facts: The Galleria was built in 1970 and is ranked as the largest mall in Texas, according to the Esri 2012 Directory of Major Malls. The mall's central space is based on the Galleria Vittorio Emanuale II in Milan, Italy.

10. Palisades Center, West Nyack, N.Y. (2.2 million square feet, with 255 stores)
19. NorthPark Center, Dallas (2 million square feet, with 225 stores)
30. Brazos Town Center, Rosenberg (1.8 million square feet, with 120 stores)
38. Memorial City Mall, Houston (1.7 million square feet, with 205 stores)
47. North East Mall, Hurst, Texas, between Fort Worth and Dallas (1.65 million square feet, with 125 stores)

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