Normally, I'd give a mall like this one star and a scathing review... but... for being a 46 year old mall in what is a pretty run down area of Irving, TX this mall could be plenty worse. This mall has all of its major anchor spaces filled (Macy's, Dillard's Clearance Center, Burlington, Sears). There are some odd tenants... La Vida (a large dress store that used to be a Mervyn's), Las Lomas Banquet Halls (lower level of former Mervyn's), a two story Fitness Connection gym, a large AMC 14 theater, a Sky Zone Trampoline Park, and something that looked like a nicer version of Family Dollar called "Shopper's World" which is a large store that took the spaces vacated by Old Navy and Barnes & Noble, and then several local and and national retail spaces. Among names most consumers would be familiar with: Aeropostale, Rue 21, American Eagle, Victoria's Secret, Hot Topic, Children's Place, Express (Outlet), Foot Locker, Foot Action, Finish Line, kids Foot Locker, and Champs... so athletic shoes are covered... but there are even more shoes... Shoe Palace, Journeys, Journeys Kids, Underground by Journeys, Rack Room, and Payless. "Fine" jewelry: Zales, Helzberg, and Kay are all present... and on the junk jewelry end there's Claire's and the Icing. The food court could use some work... things most people have heard of: Subway, Manchu Wok, and Auntie Annie's Pretzels... and the rest is stuff most have never heard of and it's local. I think there's a taqueria or two, and because it's Texas and the immediate area around the mall has a large Mexican population, they're probably pretty good. Most of the chain stores are old and look like they've not been remodeled in at least a decade, in some cases it feels like you fell into a time warp to 1997... the example being the Express Factory Outlet, which is a former Structure store that still has the Corinthian column motif going on (it sells both Express Men and the Express women's line). That aside, the stores are all filled with product, the American Eagle store looks larger than most I've seen, and the same is true for the Aeropostale here. Because the mall technically doesn't have low occupancy, and does have major chain stores, and offers some unique services (gym, trampoline park, megaplex movie theater), and meets the local needs of its customer base with local businesses, I'm giving it a 4 stars. I've seen shopping malls in way more affluent areas that wouldn't be hurt by taking Irving Mall's unique ideas behind keeping the spaces in the mall full and offering the local community the goods and services it wants. I will agree with some other reviewers though that some updating both inside and out wouldn't hurt this place. The carpet that runs throughout most of the mall is kind of nasty, and the food court has cheap looking linoleum floor tiles. The exterior of the building has some large settling cracks where the foundation below likely needs repair. While this mall wouldn't be my personal first choice, I can understand why the local neighborhood likes it and relies on it, so "Good job" to Irving Mall's owners and management for using some ingenuity to find innovative ways to offer goods, services, and experiences. read more