Brownsville ITEC Center

Brownsville ITEC Center is a tech center in Brownsville, Texas. The building was previously an enclosed shopping mall called Amigoland Mall.
The mall, developed by Melvin Simon & Associates, opened in downtown Brownsville in 1974, with Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, 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. The loss of these stores caused declining traffic at Amigoland. The bankruptcy of Montgomery Ward in 2000 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.