North Star Mall

A major renovation of the mall was completed in 1982, adding food and music courts as well as a new Foley's that is located on the former H E B and original Walgreens sites. A new multi level parking garage and two story wing were added to the mall in 1985, along with new anchor Saks Fifth Avenue. North Star Mall celebrated its 25th anniversary, opens the 1960 time capsule, and dedicated a new one that was opened on September 23, 2010. Two additional multi level parking garages were opened in 1986 and another three story wing is added to the mall that includes new anchor Marshall Field's and a new food court. Foley's expanded its store to by extending the store several feet north. Joske's was bought in 1987 and renamed Dillard's. Frost Bros. liquidated and closed in 1989. The Gucci boutique previously located in there relocated to a new two level store adjacent to Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1992, Mervyns opened in the former Frost Bros. location. Marshall Field's pulled out of the Texas market in 1997 and the North Star Mall location is purchased by and converted into Macy's. Saks Fifth Avenue completes a major renovation on its existing store and also opens a new men's store in space leased from the mall directly adjacent to the existing store. The Rouse Company sold an additional stake in North Star Mall to Rodamco in 2000, leaving Rouse less than 5% ownership of the property. The Rouse Company reassumed ownership of North Star Mall in 2002 by purchasing the property (and several others) from Rodamco North America. The Rouse Company began a multi year, multimillion dollar renovation in 2004. The renovation is to be the most extensive renovation the mall has seen in its history. General Growth Properties purchased The Rouse Company and became owner of the mall. The scheduled renovation of the mall was postponed as a result of the transaction. In 2005, as a result of the Federated Department Stores/May Department Stores transaction, Macy's announced it would close its three level store at North Star in 2006 and rebrand the Foley's store as Macy's. In 2006, General Growth Properties purchased the Macy's location from Federated. Mall officials announced that JCPenney would open a store in the former Macy's/Marshall Field's location in summer 2007. A multimillion dollar renovation planned since 1999 but stalled due to the 2004 ownership change finally resumes. Renovations will include the mall's interior and exterior, including the addition of ten foot letters outside the mall spelling out "North Star." As part of the Federated/May merger, Macy's is closed and Foley's is renamed Macy's. The former Foley's location becomes Macy's San Antonio flagship store. JCPenney opened in 2007 in the former Macy's location on August 2. In 2008 California based Mervyns announces on August 13 that it will close its three San Antonio stores (including the North Star Mall location) by November 2008. The new Apple Store opened in 2008. In 2010, North Star Mall celebrated its 50th anniversary and opened the 1985 time capsule. The same year, Forever 21 relocated its existing store into the former Mervyns location and a Michael Kors store opened by the start of the holiday shopping season. On March 2, 2020, North Star Mall was closed for 24 hours for disinfection following a visit by a woman whom had re tested positive for the COVID 19 Coronavirus after being released from the Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID).

Previous anchors include Wolff and Marx, Frost Bros. (the space now occupied by Forever 21), Marshall Field's (the space most recently occupied by Macy's, then re opened as JCPenney in summer 2007), and Foley's (the space now occupied by Macy's). Wolff and Marx closed in 1969 (and owner Joske's opened a new four level Joske's store the same year), Frost Bros. was liquidated in 1989 after one year in bankruptcy, Marshall Field's exited the Texas market in 1997, and Foley's was renamed Macy's in 2006.