Offer a compact community, including housing, offices and stores. Waldenbooks and JCPenney mall entrance in the background. Its report, completed in March 2007, offered analysis and several ideas, including creating a mixed-use neighborhood. September 2022: Eastland mall owners found in contempt of court order. Eastland was originally anchored by JCPenney, Sears and Lazarus, but started. Black Friday and holiday hours. It puts buildings right on city sidewalks, not set far back behind surface parking lots. A similar open space at Eastland Mall could open up the waterway now hidden beneath the building and the pavement. What did this look like before? PDF/X-1:2001 Opened in 1957, Eastland mall was part of a group of shopping centers built and managed by J.L. Here's a look at some of the highlights through the years: July 12, 1966: Ground broken on Eastland Mall construction. they were replaced with stores that generally were more expensive and less utilitarian in what they sold. [9], In 1998, Glimcher Realty Trust acquired the mall for $54 million. Gaston, also 20, said Eastland's closing means people will have to travel farther to shop. Eastland Mall marks its 50th anniversary with 25 stores and kiosks still open. After that, she said, business was terrible. May 1, 2015: Eastland Mall property sold for $9.7 million. It's doubtful you could do that with a mall. This graphic from 2011 shows the development plan. Maybe some govt offices, although that probably just hurts downtown and any non-private, profitmalking owner will be bad for the taxbase. Charlotte already has an example of one indoor mall, the venerable James Rouse-built Charlottetown Mall, opened in 1959, demolished in 2006 and replaced with the Metropolitan development at Kings Drive and Charlottetowne Avenue. 15 reviews of Eastland Center "EC better thank its lucky stars for Target,BJs,Chilis,Starbucks(They have 3 if you count the one in Target),ect..that they still have a pulse. Outdated stores (stores are no longer in the Mall): Directions and locations toEastland Mall:800 N. Green River Road, Evansville, Indiana - IN 47715. The park now hosts community events like rock concerts, a summer music series by the Columbus Symphony Picnic with the Pops and free classes for yoga, kick-boxing, and Zumba. Timeline:Eastland Mall through the years: 1966-2022. Why not develop an urban park surrounded with restaurants, homes and businesses? The city of Charlotte voted July 23 to buy 80 acres of the old Eastland Mall site for $13.2 million. Staff Directory of Eastland Mall from 1975. It had 1.35 million square feet of enclosed retail space.
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