College Mall
Total retail floor area 537,034 square feet (49,892.1 square meters) | | |
No. of floors | 1 (2 in former Macy's) | |
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Public transit access | BT 3E, 8, 9, 9L | |
Website | www |
College Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Bloomington, Indiana. This is home to Indiana University's flagship campus. The mall's anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods and Target. The mall also features a Fresh Thyme Farmers Market (with no interior entrance) and an Ulta Beauty.
History
20th century
College Mall was one for the first enclosed mall properties developed by Melvin Simon & Associates[1] and was first opened in 1965 with just 250,000 square feet retail space.[2] This makes the mall one of the older malls in the central/southern part of Indiana.
H. P. Wasson and Company and Sears were the original anchors.[3] Sears was the first store to open at the mall in March 1965 with 95,000 square feet[4] and Wasson opened later in August of the same year with 35,000 square feet.[5] A total of 33 shops were opened by the following year.
The first major addition occurred from 1969 to 1970 in which an additional 63,000 square feet of retail space was added.
Another major addition and renovation had occurred from 1979 to 1982
In September 1980, H. P. Wasson and Company's parent, Goldblatt's, made a surprised announcement that they were going to close their Bloomington store in January 1981.[16][21] From the time of Wasson's closing in January 1981 to JCPenney's opening in April 1981, Sears store was the only fully functional anchor still operating at the mall.
Block's was able to take advantage of this unexpected situation caused by the unexpected Wasson's vacancy by moving across the hall to occupy the former Wasson's location in August 1981.
21st century
The Lazarus store was later closed in April 2003 by its new parent
The property owner Simon DeBartolo Group spent $4.2 million in 1996 for the renovations of the 689,000 square foot mall which included new ceramic floors, new ceilings and new entrances.[35][36][37]
Also in April 2001, JCPenney left its 2 level store and closed operations.
L. S. Ayres became
The distribution of food services within the mall was radically changed in 2007 by the construction of a new 12,000 square feet centralized food court that included a large common seating area, new restrooms, and places for staging events.[57][58][59][60][61] Prior to this time, food services with in the complex were scattered throughout the mall.
In August 2014,
In March 2016, the management of College Mall announced that Sears building would be demolished and a new building housing a
On January 5, 2021, it was announced that Macy's would be closing in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 45 stores nationwide, which left Dick's Sporting Goods and Target as the only traditional anchors left.[73]
References
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- Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone. September 22, 1966. p. 1 of section 5.
- Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone. March 8, 1965. pp. 1–2 of section 1.
- ^ "The Mall has experience many changes, much growth". Indiana Daily Student. April 2, 1976. p. 10 of 10th Anniversary Celebration College Mall Supplement.
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- ^ "New MCL Cafeteria opens in College Mall". Bloomington Courier-Tribune. March 5, 1970. p. B7.
- Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone. September 23, 1970. p. 43.
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- ^ George, Megan (December 1, 2005). "T.G.I. Friday's opens in mall". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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- ^ Pete, Joseph S. (January 24, 2001). "J.C. Penney store to close: One more retail store calls it quits". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
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- ^ O'Hara, Terrance (March 22, 1988). "College Mall cinema sold to Kerasotes chain". Indiana Daily Student. p. 5.
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- ^ Peiper, Michael (June 10, 2004). "College Mall under major renovation". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
- ^ Rodgers, John (April 6, 2005). "Dick's opening in Bloomington: College Mall to house expansive sporting goods store". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
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- ^ Alani, Hannah (February 17, 2015). "Whole Foods location proposed". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ Strother, Bill (February 16, 2015). "Whole Foods to replace Sears at Bloomington's College Mall in Simon plan". Indiana Economic Digest.
- ^ "Whole Foods to replace Sears at Bloomington's College Mall in Simon plan". Bloomberg News. February 16, 2015.
- ^ Christian, Kurt (March 17, 2016). "After 51 years, Sears at Bloomington's College Mall closing in mid-June 2016". Indiana Economic Digest.
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- ^ "New stores coming to the Bloomington mall". WISH-TV. March 29, 2016.
- Bloomington Herald-Times. June 3, 2016.
The release states the construction is part of Simon Property Group's plans to add more than 75,000 feet of retail space for new retailers such as Red Robin, Panera Bread Bakery, Ulta Beauty and 365 by Whole Foods Market.
- ^ Trotter, Greg (July 7, 2017). "Whole Foods' 365 store in Evergreen Park delayed, concept's future unclear". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Christian, Kurt (January 9, 2018). "Fresh Thyme to replace 365 by Whole Foods in College Mall". The Herald-Times.
- ^ Pete, Joseph S. (January 5, 2021). "Macy's closing 45 more stores, including at Water Tower Place and College Mall in Bloomington". The Times of Northwest Indiana.