Muncie Mall facts for kids

Muncie Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Muncie, Indiana Opened in 1970, all four of the mall's anchor stores are vacant, with Carson's and Sears closing in 2018, and JCPenney and Macy's closing in 2020. It is managed by The Woodmont Company.

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. 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. 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. L.S. Ayres' newer store became Macy's in 2006. Books-A-Million opened its fourth Indiana store at the mall in 2006. Old Navy, which replaced the Elder-Beerman home store, closed in 2010. Elder-Beerman became Carson's in 2012. On April 18, 2018, Carson's announced that its store would be closing in August 2018 as a result of liquidation of their parent company, Bon-Ton. 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. On May 31, 2019, it was announced that the owner of the mall will be returning the mall to the bank. On January 7, 2020, Macy's announced that they would be closing as part of a plan to close 125 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2020. On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would be closing in October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide which will leave the mall without any anchor stores.