Mervyn's 120: Difference between revisions

'''Mervyn's #120''', also known as '''Memorial City''', was a [[Mervyn's]] [[department store]] located at [[Memorial City Mall (Houston, Texas)|Memorial City Mall]], [[600 Memorial City Way (Houston, Texas)|600 Memorial City Way]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://ia601502.us.archive.org/14/items/mervynsagreement2004/113206645-10000005953.pdf Loan and Security Agreement by and among Mervyn's LLC and Mervyn's Brands], September 2, 2004, pp. 167-177 and 273-285.</ref> The store opened on August 18, 1989, replacing a previous location with the same number on Gessner Road.<ref name=":1">[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-august-16-1989-p-90/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__August_16_1989__p90.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], August 16, 1989, p. 32.</ref> The store ultimately closed on January 21, 2006,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-january-18-2006-p-9_202212/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___January_18_2006__p9.pdf Advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], January 18, 2006, p. A10.</ref> and was torn down in 2007 for The Square at Memorial Mall.<ref name=":0">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/177sdK_OtfwJntT-u7hR-5xL5ojwTyvb5E2qQySZT3v8/edit?usp=sharing Mervyn's, third sheet in Target] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>

The original '''Mervyn's #120''', also known as '''Gessner''', was located at [[975 Gessner Road (Houston, Texas)|975 Gessner Road]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/staxpayersearch/processTaxpyer.do?tpNtrlId=7000160731043 Mervyn's LLC], Sales Taxpayer Search, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.</ref> The store opened on March 2, 1984 as one of the first six Mervyn's in the Houston area,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-march-2-1984-p-40/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___March_2_1984__p40.pdf "Mervyn's donates to area charities."] [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], March 2, 1984, p. 2.</ref> and closed on or around August 17, 1989 when it relocated to Memorial City Mall.<ref name=":1" /> It was the seventh Mervyn's to close, and the second Mervyn's in Texas to close.<ref name=":0" />

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