Five Points Mall facts for kids
| Location | Marion, Indiana, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°34′28″N 85°40′48″W / 40.574512°N 85.679882°W |
| Address | 1129 North Baldwin Avenue |
| Opening date | 1978 |
| Closing date | 2019 |
| Management | Jim McDowell |
| 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) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Five Points Mall, once known as North Park Mall, was a large indoor shopping mall located in Marion, Indiana. It first opened its doors in 1978. The mall's main stores, called anchor stores, included Roses Discount Store. Planet Fitness was also a major tenant.
Over the years, three other big anchor stores, Sears, Carson's, and JCPenney, closed down. Outside the main mall building, you could find places like Subway and Buffalo Wild Wings. Select Strategies managed the mall. The mall fully closed its indoor areas in 2019.
History of Five Points Mall
Five Points Mall began its journey in 1978 as North Park Mall. One of its very first anchor stores was Hills. This store changed names several times. It became Ames in 1998, then Steve & Barry's in 2004. Today, the space is used by Roses.
Another early store was Hank's Supermarket, which later became part of Lance's New Market. Meis was also an original tenant. It later changed to Elder-Beerman and then to Carson's in 2011. Carson's closed its doors in 2018.
In 1990, Sears joined the mall as another large store. The mall also had a movie theater when it first opened, but it closed in the late 1990s.
Many stores started to close in the 2010s. In 2013, the Sears store closed because not enough people were shopping there. On January 15, 2014, JCPenney announced that its Five Points location would also be closing.
The The Bon-Ton company announced on January 31, 2018, that the Carson's store would be closing. This store officially closed in April 2018.
By 2019, most of the mall's inside area was boarded up. Only a small part near the former Carson's store remained open. An Applebee's restaurant stayed open and had a way to get into the small remaining mall space.
Roses and Planet Fitness also remained open. Planet Fitness opened in 2018. It took over spaces that used to be vacant stores like KB Toys, Hallmark, and Finish Line. These stores had their own entrances from outside and could not be reached from inside the mall. In 2019, the mall's interior completely closed. This left only Roses, Applebee’s, and Planet Fitness still open, but they could only be accessed from outside.
Mall Anchor Stores
Anchor stores are usually the biggest stores in a shopping mall. They help attract shoppers to the mall.
Current Anchor Stores
- Roses Discount Store
Former Anchor Stores
- Ames (store) (This store opened in 1978 as Hills Department Store. It changed to Ames in 1998 and closed in 2002. It was then renovated and reopened as Steve & Barry's in 2004. Roses now uses this space.) It was about 91,056 sq ft (8,459.4 m2) in size.
- JCPenney (This store was open from 1978 to 2014.) It was about 191,617 sq ft (17,801.8 m2) in size.
- Sears (This store was open from 1990 to 2013.) It was about 66,463 sq ft (6,174.6 m2) in size.
- Carson's (This store opened in 1978 as Meis (department store). It was sold to Elder-Beerman in 1989 and changed to Carson's in 2011. It closed in 2018.) It was about 55,526 sq ft (5,158.5 m2) in size.
