The original footprint of Austin's first fully-enclosed shopping complex. The bi-level facility housed around 750,000 leasable square feet. The Rouse Company was on a roll in August 1971, when they opened three regional shopping malls; HIGHLAND, THE MALL IN COLUMBIA {Maryland} and PERIMETER MALL {Georgia}.

HIGHLAND MALL TENANTS 1971:

JOSKE'S (with Beauty Salon, Highland Room Restaurant and The Gallery Auditorium) / SCARBROUGHS (with Wine & Gourmet Shop and Budget Store) / J.C. PENNEY (with Beauty Salon, Coffee Shop and freestanding Auto Center) / Armand's fashion accessories / Bakers Shoes / B. Dalton Bookseller / Bird Cage gifts & jewelry / Blomquist-Clark men's & boy's wear / Breslers 33 Flavors ice cream / Casual Corner ladies' wear / Chess King men's wear / Commercial Credit / Crown Shop Hallmark / Cullum & Boren Sporting Goods / Disc Records / Ellison Photo / Everitt-Buelow ladies' wear / Fifth Avenue Bookstore / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Florsheim Shoes / Fran's ladies' wear / Galerias Diaz home decor / GNC / Graves ladies' & children's wear /  Guaranteed Shoes / Hang-It-On apparel / Hickory Farms of Ohio / Hoffritz Cutlery / Home Entertainment Center electronics / House of Jeans / International French Cafes (The Yum Yum Shop ice cream, La Petit Cafe and The Now & Then Pub) / Jack Morton's men's wear / (The Shop of) John Simmons gifts & accessories / Joyce Bertram bath shop / J. Riggings men's wear / Judi Leslie ladies' sportswear / Kinney Shoes / Kruger Jewelers / Lillie Rubin ladies' wear / Leon's ladies' wear / Luby's Cafeteria / Marie Antoinette Gifts / Mary Jane Shoes / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Motherhood Maternity / Mueller Luggage / Mutual Savings / National Shirt Shops / Odd Moments handcraft supplies / Parklane Hosiery / Pat Walker's figure salon / Petrie's ladies' wear / Petticoat Fair lingerie / Piano & Organ Mart / Pillow Parlour / Pipe Pub tobacco shop / Pizza Palace / Priestley's Ottoman men's wear / Purse Strings fashion accessories / Red Cross Shoes / Reynolds-Penland men's & boy's wear / Russell Stover Candies / Salon Capri / Saybrook Fabrics / Singer Sewing Center / Size 5-7-9 Shops ladies' wear / Slax 'N Stuff ladies' wear / Snyders-Chenards ladies' wear / Spencer Gifts / Stelfox Jewelers / The Brittany Restaurant / The Cricket Shop ladies' wear / The Plum Tree gifts / The Shoe Box / Thom McAn Shoes / Tie Rak / Toy Box / Wicks 'n Sticks / World of Stainless cutlery / Yaring's ladies' wear / Young Years children's wear / Zales Jewelers


A circa-'79 site plan shows the only expansion ever be done at the complex. It consisted of a 2-level East Wing (in gray). Seventy-three stores, including the first Foley's outside of Houston, were added. With this renovation, HIGHLAND MALL housed around 1,063,700 leasable square feet. There were now 157 stores and services beneath its roof and a parking area that accommodated 5,800 autos.