Muncie Mall
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| Address | 3501 N. Granville Ave. |
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| Opening date | 1970 |
| Developer | Melvin Simon & Associates |
| No. of stores and services | 66 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (2 open, 2 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 636,000 square feet[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Muncie Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Muncie, Indiana. Opened in 1970, it is anchored by J. C. Penney, and Macy's. It is managed by The Woodmont Company.
History
Muncie Mall opened in 1970 with Britt's, W. T. Grant, and Sears as its anchor stores. Other major tenants upon opening included a National Tea supermarket and Osco Drug.[2] Britt's and Grant's later became L. S. Ayres and J. C. Penney, respectively. Another major tenant was Ball Stores, which later became Elder-Beerman.[3] In 1997, after L.S. Ayres vacated the central anchor spot for a new store in the mall, the former Ayres building became a new Elder-Beerman store. Elder-Beerman continued to operate a home goods store within the former Ball Stores.[4][5][6] L.S. Ayres' newer store became Macy's in 2006. Books-A-Million opened its fourth Indiana store at the mall in 2006.[7] Old Navy, which replaced the Elder-Beerman home store, closed in 2010.[8] Elder-Beerman became Carson's in 2012. On April 18, 2018, Carson's announced that its store would be closing in August 2018 as a result of liquidation of their parent company, Bon-Ton.[9] On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that they would also be closing as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. Sears closed in September 2018. It left only J. C. Penney and Macy's as the only anchors left.[10] On May 31, 2019, it was announced that the owner of the mall will be returning the mall to the bank.[11] On January 7, 2020, Macy's announced that they would be closing as well in Spring 2020 which will leave J. C. Penney as the only anchor left.[12]
References
- ^ "Do Business at Muncie Mall, a Simon Property". simon.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ Chain Store Age: Executives edition. Vol. 45. Lebhar Friedman. 1964. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Elder-Beerman sees Chap. 11 exit, plans stock offer. (Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.) - Footwear News | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "NewsBank for DDN | www.daytondailynews.com". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Seeing what develops: a healthy state of commercial development continues across Indiana. - Indiana Business Magazine | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "SIMON DEBARTOLO GROUP, INC. 1997 ANNUAL REPORT" (PDF). 29 May 1998. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "New store opened by Books-A-Million in Indiana.(Brief article) - M2 Best Books | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Old Navy closing at Muncie Mall". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/04/18/bon-ton-wind-down-means-likely-carsons-closing-muncie/530098002/
- ^ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/05/31/muncies-sears-store-closing-list/660817002/
- ^ "Future of Muncie Mall uncertain as owner plans to return it to bank". TheStarPress. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2020/01/07/macys-close-muncie-mall/2836691001/