| Brownsville ITEC Center (formerly Amigoland Mall) | |
| Location: | Brownsville, Texas |
| Coordinates: | 25.9021°N -97.5104°W |
| Address: | 301 Mexico Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA |
| Opening Date: | 1974 |
| Closing Date: | 1999 (renovated as Brownsville ITEC Center, 2002) |
| Developer: | Melvin Simon & Associates |
| Owner: | Texas Southmost College |
| Number Of Stores: | 52 |
| Number Of Anchors: | 4 |
| Floor Area: | 647000square feet |
| Floors: | 1-2 |
Amigoland Mall ("Amigo" means "friend" in Spanish) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Brownsville, Texas. The former mall, which now houses a tech center, is now called the Brownsville ITEC Center.
The 647000square feet mall, developed by Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group), opened in downtown Brownsville in 1974, with Montgomery Ward, JCPenney (which also featured a JCPenney Supermarket), and Dillard's as anchors. Other early tenants included McCrory Stores, Walgreens, and a two-screen movie theater. It later gained Bealls as an additional anchor.
In 1999, both JCPenney and Dillard's relocated to nearby Sunrise Mall.[1] The loss of these stores caused declining traffic at Amigoland.[2] The bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward a year later left the older mall devoid of anchors and shortly afterward, the mall was shuttered.
In 2002, the vacant mall was converted to classrooms and a tech center for Texas Southmost College.[3]