GULFGATE MALL began to decline in the mid-1980s. By the late '90s, it was virtually vacant. The complex was given a wrecking ball renovation in mid-2001 and was replaced with an open-air power plaza. Known as GULFGATE CENTER, its first stores opened in the spring of  2002.
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An H-E-B supermarket was one of the charter tenants at the new & improved GULFGATE. The store encompasses 81,300 square feet.
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Mass-based Marshalls operates a 30,700 square foot store at GULFGATE CENTER.
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