Bassett Place

Shopping mall in Texas, United States

Bassett Place

Location	El Paso, Texas, United States
Address	6101 Gateway West Blvd
Opening date	1962
Developer	Center Corporation
Owner	Cypress Equities
No. of stores and services	80
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	730,000 sq ft (68,000 m²)
No. of floors	1 (2 in Kohl's)
Website	bassettplacemall.com

Bassett Place is a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, owned and operated by Cypress Equities. It is located on El Paso's east side, at Interstate 10 and Geronimo Drive.^[1] Its anchors are Costco Wholesale, Conn's, Kohl's, Premiere Cinema IMAX and Target.^[2]

History

Bassett Place was opened in 1962 as Bassett Center. It was built by The Center Companies and was the first shopping mall in El Paso. The mall drew its name from Charles N. Bassett, son of El Paso businessman Oscar T. Bassett.^[3]

The mall was fully enclosed in 1974.^[4] When it first opened, its tenants included White House Department Store, Popular Dry Goods, and Kresge.^[5]

The Popular store became Dillard's in 1995,^[6] and was torn down in 2000 to make room for Costco.^[7] That store would open on November 13, 2003.^[8] Mervyns was converted to Kohl's a year after closing in 2008.^[4] White House was demolished for a Target Greatland and an expansion of the western side of the mall, which added more retail tenant spaces and opened in 1993.^[9] Conn's was added in 2012.^[10] In 2016, the shopping center reconfigured its food court to make room for the Dave & Buster's first El Paso location, which opened on April 11 of that year.^[11]^[12]

References

^ "Bassett Place Information". Cypress Equities.
^ "Leasing | Bassett Place | el Paso, Texas". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
^ "El Paso's Bassett Center set for opening Thursday". El Paso Times. March 1, 1962. p. 2. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Burge, David (12 January 2009). "Bassett Place lines up new tenants: Mall adds Kohl's, Taco Tote, Casa Bella". El Paso Times. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ Celum, Sharon. "A Shopping Mall by the People for the People". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ "The Popular closes after 93 years". The Victoria Advocate. 27 August 1995. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ "Deal highlights". JTL Capital. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ "Thousands expected at Costco". El Paso Times.
^ "Bassett's face lift to generate shopping". El Paso Times.
^ Kolenc, Vic (18 July 2012). "Conn's comes to Bassett Place this fall". Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ "Dave & Buster's hiring for grand opening in April".
^ "Dave & Buster's Celebrates Grand Opening of new location".