According to Greater New Orleans Inc., the project will create 420 jobs and add $23 million annually to the local economy. One half of the Sears site will be used for medical and general office tenants. All existing large tenants including Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond and AMC Theatres will remain in their current locations. My memories of Clothes Horse are from the Metairie location at Clearview Shopping Center. You shopped at Clothes Horse in Uptown Square (Broadway and River Road), The Plaza at Lake Forest (in Da East), and Village Aurora. The new Clearview City Center project will be one of the largest retail projects in the New Orleans metro area, along with competitors Lakeside Shopping Center and Elmwood Center. In 1979, Clothes Horse operated four locations in New Orleans. Combining the sites allows for a complete master plan of the combined 35 acre site. Clearview Mall is the smaller of the two malls in Metairie - Clearview is 700,000 square feet, Lakeside Shopping Center is more than 1 million - but they've both been serving customers since the. The family never owned the adjacent 14 acre Sears parcel, but was able to purchase it from Sears last year. The Richards family, led by Thomas Richards, has owned the Clearview Mall site since it opened in 1969. Sheraton Metairie - New Orleans Hotel is a pet-friendly hotel near Clearview Mall that has a 3.00 star rating. The hotel is located only 4.9 from Clearview Mall. Days Inn by Wyndham New Orleans Airport is a pet-friendly hotel near Clearview Mall that has a 3.00 star rating. Clearview offered a number of smaller boutiques and specialty stores, ranging from Clothes Horse to Radio Shack. The hotel is located only 1.6 from Clearview Mall. While Gus Mayer was not as large as those two stores, the womens store at the center entrance was incredibly popular. The anchor stores were Maison Blanche on the west side and Sears on the opposite end. After the renovations, the mall will be renamed Clearview City Center. Lakeside Shopping Center was the first mall in Metairie, opening in 1960. Come shop and dine at more than 60 specialty stores and services including: Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sears, AMC Palace 12 and restaurants like Zea Rotisserie and Grill, Semolina, WOW Cafe and Twin Peaks. A new, 6 story, 150 room hotel is planned for the center of the mall. Clearview Mall is a regional shopping center, conveniently located in Metairie, Louisiana to meet the needs of families within the New Orleans Metro. The project includes slicing the old Sears building in two parts with an open-air pedestrian walk down the middle. Most of the existing interiors will also be changed into an open-air walkway. The new plan by long time owners the Richards Family includes a new hotel with a rooftop pool, an outdoor event space, 260 apartments, new stores, and a total renovation of the existing mall. The Clearview Mall, a retail anchor along the Veterans Memorial Boulevard corridor, is getting a $100 million makeover that will transform the traditional mall into a city center.