Editing College Station, Texas (section)

===Post Oak Mall===
{{Main|Post Oak Mall}}

Post Oak Mall was the city's first mall and is currently the largest mall in the [[Brazos Valley]]. The {{convert|82|acre|m2|adj=on}} mall is home to 125 stores; its opening on February 17, 1982, helped create the impetus for growing economic and commercial developments for College Station.<ref name="celebrate">{{cite news |url=http://theeagle.com/stories/021607/local_20070216002.php |title=Post Oak Mall to celebrate 25 years |access-date=January 7, 2008 |last=Hensley |first=Laura |date=February 16, 2007 |newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is currently the largest taxpayer in College Station and the second-largest in the Brazos Valley, though the anchor stores are free-standing units that are privately owned and taxed separate from the mall proper.<ref name="retain">{{cite news |url=http://theeagle.com/businesstechnology/040404postoakmall.htm |title=Post Oak Mall works to retain costumers |access-date=January 25, 2008 |last=Levey |first=Kelli |date=April 4, 2004 |newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eagle |archive-url = https://archive.today/20070901165843/http://www.theeagle.com/businesstechnology/040404postoakmall.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 1, 2007}}</ref> Over 75% of retail sales in the Brazos Valley come from sales at the mall's stores.<ref name="celebrate" />