Rolling Oaks Mall is a regional shopping mall located in northeast

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, at the intersection of

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and Nacogdoches Road. It is anchored by

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and

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. There are two vacant anchor stores that were once

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and

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History

The mall developed by

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opened in 1988, with anchor stores

and

, in a remote location surrounded mostly by farmland on the Northeast side of the city. As a result of miscalculated growth projections in the area and a less than ideal location the mall initially struggled. A 6-screen movie theater operated by Act III Theaters under the Santikos Entertainment brand opened in 1991, and a Beall's in 1995. The theater and Beall's closed in 2001. The theater space eventually became a skate park and is now an Inflatable Wonderland. The Beall's space reopened as an H&M outlet in 2017. In 1992 the mall expanded its retail area with a new wing and added a third anchor,

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(rebranded as

in 2006). As the city grew to meet the mall, Rolling Oaks has repositioned itself and is a stable retail center. Additionally,

opened a new store at the mall in 2004. The original site plan was designed to accommodate 5 anchor stores and one minor anchor store. In 2014 Simon Property Group rolled over ownership of Rolling Oaks Mall, along with 97 other smaller properties in their portfolio into its REIT,

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. On June 19, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 28 stores nationwide. The store closed in August 2020. On January 6, 2021, it was announced that

would be closing in April 2021 as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2021, and as of May 2021,

and

are the only anchor stores left. The mall was purchased by the

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in September 2022.

2017 shooting

On January 22, 2017, Jonathan Murphy, 42 was killed and two others were injured after two men robbed a jewelry store in the mall. Police Chief William McManus released in a statement that after the two suspects fled the store on Sunday, they were accosted by a pair of "good Samaritans", at least one of whom was armed using a

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. One suspect was injured in a successful attempt to stop him; however, Murphy, who was among the pair of Samaritans, was shot and killed in the process. The other suspect fled the mall, firing his weapon and injuring others. He was eventually caught and arrested by Converse police later that day after crashing a stolen getaway car. The two suspects, Jose Luis Rojas and Jason Prieto were later charged with capital murder. In 2018, Rojas was sentenced to life after pleading guilty to the reduced charged of murder plus 20 years. Later that year, Prieto was convicted of murder instead of capital murder and was sentenced to 40 years.

Major anchors

''(opened 1988, 176,585 sq ft.)'' *

''(opened 2004, 136,312 sq ft.)

Minor anchors

* H&M ''(opened 2017, 20,000 sq ft.)''

Former anchors

* Beall's ''(opened 1995, closed 2001, 20,000 sq ft.)'' *

''(opened 1988, closed August 2020, 133,935 sq ft.)'' *

''(opened 1992 as Foley's, became Macy's 2006, closed April 2021, 150,313 sq ft.)''

References

External links

Rolling Oaks Mall website
{{San Antonio Kohan Retail Investment Group Shopping malls in San Antonio Shopping malls established in 1988 1988 establishments in Texas