Indian Mound Mall
Indian Mound Mall is a shopping center located in Heath, Ohio. It opened in 1986. The mall's anchor stores are AMC Theatres, Big Sandy Superstore, Dick's Sporting Goods, Ulta Beauty, and JCPenney. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Elder-Beerman and Sears.
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| Location | Heath, Ohio, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40.031311°N 82.447586°W |
| Address | 771 South 30th Street |
| Opening date | 1986 |
| Developer | Glimcher Realty Trust |
| Owner | Washington Prime Group |
| No. of stores and services | 65 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 (5 open, 2 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 557,479 square feet (51,791.5 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 3,201 spaces |
| Website | indianmoundmall |
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History
Indian Mound Mall opened in 1986 as the first indoor shopping mall in Licking County. Its original anchor stores were Elder-Beerman, JCPenney, and Lazarus, as well as a Hills acting as a secondary anchor. Crown Cinema, located in the rear of the mall, was added in 1988.[2] A fountain that had originally been in the center of the mall was removed in 1997. Also in 1997 the mall added Sears, replacing a freestanding store nearby, and the Crown Theaters was expanded from six screens to eleven, becoming a Hollywood Theater shortly thereafter. In 2016, Hollywood Theater was bought out by AMC Theatres.[3] In 1998 Elder-Beerman was expanded and later closed in August 26, 2018 at 5 p.m, adding 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).[4]
In 1999 Hills was replaced by Ames, which in turn closed in 2002. Steve & Barry's moved into the empty store in 2004. Lazarus closed in 2004, becoming Goody's the following year. Goody's closed at the end of May 2008 and became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2011.[5] Steve & Barry's was replaced in 2017 by Big Sandy.It was announced in early February that Lee's kitchen Chinese restaurant would close marking the last restaurant in the Food Court.Lee's kitchen closed in early March of 2020.And put a spiral of closers when Seraphinas coffee shop closed in 2014 after being in the Food Court for over 2 years.That all changed after Osaka Japanese Grill closed up shop after a 20 year run at Indian Mound Mall in 2018.FYE left the same year 2 weeks after Osaka Grill closed.There is even a Developmental Disability center in the mall called Blend which opened in the old Master cuts portion of the Big Sandy section of the mall and later lost a Stacey's Buffet in the Outer concourse of the mall in October 2018 and still remains vacant. The mall has seen hard times lately.
On August 31, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 92 stores nationwide. The store will close in December 2019.[6]
References
- "Property Description" (PDF). Glimcher Realty Trust. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- "Heath Timeline, 1900-2000" (PDF). City of Heath. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21.
- "Major expansion planned for Glimcher Realty Trust's Indian Mound Mall". AllBusiness. August 26, 1996. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- "Elder-Beerman to Expand and Renovate Heath, Ohio, Anchor Store". PR Newswire. June 17, 1998. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/104230304/Dick-s-Sporting-Goods-coming-Indian-Mound-Mall
- Tyko, Kelly (August 31, 2019). "Kmart, Sears store closings: More locations to shutter by end of 2019". USA Today. Retrieved August 31, 2019.