Five Points Mall, formerly North Park Mall, was an enclosed shopping mall in Marion, Indiana, U.S. Opened in 1978, the mall's anchor stores are Roses Discount Store. Planet fitness & Applebee's are other major tenants. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, Carson's, and JCPenney. Outparcel properties include Subway, Buffalo Wild Wings, Ruler Foods, Jo-Ann Stores, and Dollar Tree. The Mall is managed by Select Strategies.[2]
 The mall's exterior in 2018. | |
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| Location | Marion, Indiana, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°34′28″N 85°40′48″W / 40.574512°N 85.679882°W |
| Address | 1129 North Baldwin Avenue |
| Opening date | 1978[1] |
| Closing date | 2019 |
| Developer | Cafaro Company |
| Management | Jim McDowell[1] |
| Owner | Select Strategies |
| No. of stores and services | 20+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (1 open, 3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 464,827 sq ft (43,183.8 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
History edit
Five Points Mall opened in 1978 as North Park Mall. Its original anchor stores were JCPenney, Hills (became Ames in 1998, then Steve & Barry's in 2004, now Roses). and Meis (later Elder-Beerman, and finally Carson's in 2011. Carson's Closed in 2018). Sears was later added in 1990. The movie theater, also an original tenant, closed in the late 1990s, It was Split into an Arcade and a Hibbett Sports. Other early tenants included a Standard Supermarket then Hank’s Supermarket (which later became part of Lance's New Market, later Rulers) In 2013, the Sears closed as a result of low sales of the 2011 holiday season, Sears Closed at the End of 2013 On January 15, 2014, JCPenney announced it was closing their Five Points location, despite still having a lease on the space until 2017. On January 31, 2018, The Bon-Ton announced that the Carson's location would be closing. The store closed April 29, 2018, Carson’s was the only Original Tenant from the Malls Opening.[3] In early 2019 Most of the mall was boarded off, the only part that was open is by the former Carson's. An Applebee's remains open and had access to the remaining mall space. Roses and Planet Fitness (which opened in 2018 with exterior entrances only, and taking space formerly occupied by vacant storefronts including KB Toys, Hallmark, and Finish line) also are open but cannot access the mall. In late 2019 the malls interior fully closed. Leaving no stores left except Roses, Applebee’s, and Planet Fitness.
Anchors edit
Current edit
This Rose's is the very first store in Indiana.
Former edit
- Ames (store) (opened 1978 as Hills Department Store, converted to Ames in 1998, closed 2002; renovated and reopened as Steve & Barry's in 2004 - currently occupied by Roses) 91,056 sq ft (8,459.4 m2)
- JCPenney (1978-2014) 191,617 sq ft (17,801.8 m2)
- Sears (1990-2013) 66,463 sq ft (6,174.6 m2)
- Carson's Opened as Meis (department store) Sold to Elder-Beerman in 1989, Converted to Carson's in 2011, Closed in 2018 with the Entire chain’s bankruptcy. (1978-2018) 55,526 sq ft (5,158.5 m2)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Five Points Mall (from Capital Real Estate Advisors)" (PDF). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "Marion mall, owner moving forward with new tenants and a grocery store". Indiana Economic Digest. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ "These major retailers are closing 1,000 stores in 2018". Clark.com. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.