 In October 2007, the William L. Patton, Jr. Family Limited Partnership and the Southern Real Estate & Financial Co. sold the beneath the mall and another acre with a convenience store on the corner of Markham and McKinley.Dallas-based Strode Property Company, led by Jim Strode, under the name of SPC Park Avenue Limited Partnership took out a loan for $27.65 million mortgage from Texas State Bank of Dallas and purchased the mall property for $21 million.The Simon management issued a deadline to the remaining tenants to vacate the mall by midnight on October 27.