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Eastland Mall opened on February 16, 1967, anchored by JCPenney and Sears, both of which had moved from downtown Bloomington. [1] The mall was built on the east side of town, at the southwestern corner of East Empire Street (Illinois Route 9) and Veterans Parkway (formerly U.S. Route 66, now Interstate 55 Business Loop). [1]
After College Mall opened on the east side of Bloomington in 1965, business gradually began to move away from downtown Bloomington to the mall or nearby areas. In 1972, Block's opened its second Bloomington store in College Mall in the space currently occupied (in 2013) by Abercrombie & Fitch , Christopher & Banks , and five other stores.
The first segment of the mall itself, which was an L-shaped section between Sears and Maas Brothers, opened on September 28, 1977. [5] In 1985, the mall underwent its first major expansion, which included additional mall space and two additional anchors on the east side. The first new anchor was JCPenney, which opened on February 6, 1985. [6]
Washington Square Mall is a regional shopping mall located on the eastern side of Indianapolis. It opened in 1974 and was renovated/expanded in 1999. [ 2 ] Today, the mall consists mostly of Finish Line and Target , as well as AMC Theatres .
The Lazarus store was later closed in April 2003 by its new parent Macy's as a part of a nationwide cost-cutting measure [28] [29] [30] and the site was left vacant for nearly two years before it was razed and a T.G.I. Friday's was built at the location in November 2005 [31] [32] but without a connection to the interior of the mall. T.G.I. Friday's closed in November 2015. [33]
The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network provides information about volunteering locally. For a complete listing, visit BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org or call 812-349-3433.
College Mall will reopen at 6 a.m. Black Friday. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Bloomington Transit Center is located on the south end of downtown Bloomington (corner Walnut St and Third St), and serves as the primary transfer point for Bloomington Transit. The facility opened on August 20, 2014 at a cost of $9.5 million.