

The ribbon cutting for Baybrook Mall was held July 26, 1978. The land was graded in July 1977 in preparation of an August 1978 opening. The first anchor tenants were announced to be Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Joske's. The mall's original lease space would be approximately 625,000 square feet, with hope for a later expansion raising the lease space to almost 1 million square feet. For that reason, the mall was not built on a grand scale, and instead as an energy efficient, compact shopping center. The Clear Lake area of Houston, along with northern Galveston County, were considered blue collar areas and it was thought that a large scale shopping center wouldn't succeed in what was a still growing area. Officially announced in April 1977 as the first Houston development of Homart Development Company, Baybrook mall was purposely built smaller than other regional area centers at the time. It has five major anchors and more than 170 stores and restaurants.

It is located 18 mi southeast of downtown Houston at Interstate 45 South and Bay Area Blvd. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears.

The anchor stores are Star Cinema Grill, Dave & Buster's, Dillard's, JCPenney, H&M, Macy's, and Forever 21.

The mall is located off Interstate 45, and it is also in proximity to Webster and the NASA Johnson Space Center. Shopping mall in Texas, United States Baybrook MallĬlear Lake, Houston, Texas, United StatesĢ9☃2′32″N 95☀8′54″W / 29.54217°N 95.148403°W / 29.54217 -95.148403 Coordinates: 29☃2′32″N 95☀8′54″W / 29.54217°N 95.148403°W / 29.54217 -95.148403ġ (2 in Forever 21, Macy's and former Sears, 3 in Dillard's)īaybrook Mall is a shopping mall located near the Clear Lake City area in Houston, Texas It has a Friendswood mailing address, but it is in the Houston city limits.
