Muncie Mall

Muncie Mall
Address 3501 N. Granville Ave.
Opening date 1970
Developer Melvin Simon & Associates
Owner WP Glimcher
No. of stores and services 70
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 WP Glimcher.

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 it's 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Do Business at Muncie Mall, a Simon Property". simon.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ↑ Chain Store Age: Executives edition. 45. Lebhar Friedman. 1964. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  3. ↑ "Elder-Beerman sees Chap. 11 exit, plans stock offer. (Elder-Beerman Stores Corp.) - Footwear News | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  4. ↑ "NewsBank for DDN | www.daytondailynews.com". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  5. ↑ "Seeing what develops: a healthy state of commercial development continues across Indiana. - Indiana Business Magazine | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  6. ↑ "SIMON DEBARTOLO GROUP, INC. 1997 ANNUAL REPORT" (PDF). 29 May 1998. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  7. ↑ "New store opened by Books-A-Million in Indiana.(Brief article) - M2 Best Books | HighBeam Research". highbeam.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  8. ↑ "Old Navy closing at Muncie Mall". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  9. ↑ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/04/18/bon-ton-wind-down-means-likely-carsons-closing-muncie/530098002/
  10. ↑ https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2018/05/31/muncies-sears-store-closing-list/660817002/

Coordinates: 40°13′20″N 85°22′31″W / 40.2223°N 85.3753°W / 40.2223; -85.3753

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