Mounds Mall

Location Anderson, Indiana, United States
Opening date 1965
Closing date April 1, 2018
Developer Melvin Simon & Associates
No. of stores and services approx. 30
No. of anchor tenants 3 (1 Open, 2 Vacant)
Total retail floor area 300,000 square feet[1]
No. of floors 1

Mounds Mall is a defunct enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Anderson, Indiana, United States. Opened in 1965, it was the first fully enclosed shopping mall developed by Simon Property Group. The mall's last anchor stores were two separate stores both operated by Carson's; other amenities included a movie theater and food court. Mounds Mall was confirmed for closure on April 1, 2018.

History

Mounds Mall was developed by Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group), opening in 1965 as that company's first fully enclosed mall property, and the second mall in Indiana (Evansville's fully enclosed Washington Square began business in October 1963).[1]

The mall officially opened in April 1965, although anchor stores Montgomery Ward and H. P. Wasson and Company had opened the previous November. Original tenants included Zales, Kroger, Woolworth, and Jo-Ann Fabrics.[2]

Montgomery Ward closed and became Sears in 1983.[3] Also in the 1980s, the Wasson store became Meis, then Elder-Beerman, and finally Carson's in 2011.[4] In 2012, the Sears closed as a result of low sales of the 2011 holiday season. On January 31, 2018, The Bon-Ton announced that Carson's would be closing as part of a plan to close 42 stores nationwide. The store Closed in April 2018.[5] Shortly later, it was announced that the whole mall would close along with the Carson's. The mall closed on April 1, 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 McNamara, Neal (2007-12-09). "8:07 p.m.: A+ Series — Mounds Mall still courting shoppers". The Herald Bulletin. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Mounds mall nearly leased, opening set". Anderson Herald. January 9, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ http://heraldbulletin.com/local/x1477835687/Sears-store-in-Anderson-to-close
  4. ↑ http://heraldbulletin.com/localcols/x1372397923/Jim-Bailey-Mounds-Mall-changed-Anderson-s-shopping-patterns/print
  5. ↑ http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/carson-s-in-mounds-mall-closing-its-doors/article_60cf9ae2-06bc-11e8-88dc-0fbd1aa16db7.html
  • Anderson: A Pictorial History by Esther Dittlinger
  • Indianapolis: Hoosiers' Circle City by George W. Geib, copyright 1981. page 208

Coordinates: 40°05′47″N 85°39′20″W / 40.09639°N 85.65556°W / 40.09639; -85.65556

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