Richardson Square Mall

The 139,000 ft² Sears building opened on March 6, 1974, preceding the mall as a standalone store. Richardson Square Mall opened three years later along Plano Road, with Sears becoming one of its anchors, in addition to Montgomery Ward, Dillard's, and Titche-Goettinger. Titche-Goettinger became Joske's in 1979. In 1981, the much larger Collin Creek Mall opened in nearby Plano, but Richardson Square remained popular and fully occupied throughout the 1980s. In 1987, the Joske's chain was purchased by Dillard's, and the Joske's location in the mall became a second Dillard's. Dillard's maintained both two-level stores until it closed the latter in 1995. In the late 1980s, General Cinema built a six screen expansion of the Richardson I-II-III theater adjacent to the mall, across Plano Road, while also keeping the original in-mall location. In 1998, the mall was remodeled, with many new tenants, including Barnes & Noble bookstore, which occupied the space of multiple stores.