Quincy Mall facts for kids
| Location | Quincy, Illinois |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°56′14″N 91°21′44″W / 39.93726°N 91.36222°W |
| Opening date | 1978 |
| Management | Cullinan Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 50+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 542,462 square feet |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www.shopquincymall.com |
Quincy Mall is a large shopping mall located in Quincy, Illinois. It's a place where many different stores are found inside one big building. Before it became an indoor mall, it was an outdoor shopping area. This outdoor center first opened in 1958. The indoor mall, as we know it today, opened its doors on November 14, 1978.
The mall has several main stores, often called "anchor tenants." These are usually big stores that attract many shoppers. Currently, the main anchor tenants at Quincy Mall are Slumberland Furniture, Quincy Medical Group, and VIP Cinemas. Both the original outdoor shopping center and the indoor mall were created by the Don M. Casto Organization. In 2006, a company called Cullinan Properties bought the mall.
History of Quincy Mall
From Outdoor Center to Indoor Mall
The area where Quincy Mall now stands was first an outdoor shopping center. It was built in the late 1950s and opened in 1958. This outdoor center was called the American Legion Miracle Mile Town and Country Shopping Center. The land for the center was bought from the local American Legion group.
When it first opened, the outdoor center had several large stores. These included Kresge’s, W.T. Grant, National Supermarkets, Kroger food stores, and Shoppers Fair. These stores were the "anchors" of the long, mile-long strip mall.
In 1968, the shopping center's name was shortened to Town & Country Shopping Center. A movie theater, the Town & Country Cinema, was also added. As the center's 20th anniversary came closer, many store leases were ending. The original builders, Casto, thought about building a brand new mall nearby.
However, they decided to update the existing center instead. They chose to enclose the outdoor mall, turning it into an indoor shopping space. This new indoor mall was renamed Quincy Mall. It officially opened on November 14, 1978.
Changes in Anchor Stores
When Quincy Mall first opened as an indoor mall, its main anchor stores were Bergner's and Sears. A few years later, in 1982, J. C. Penney was added as another large anchor store.
In 2006, Cullinan Properties bought Quincy Mall from the Casto company. Six years later, Cullinan asked the city of Quincy to expand a previous agreement from 2006.
Over a three-year period, Quincy Mall saw all three of its original anchor stores close. In April 2015, J. C. Penney announced it would close its store at Quincy Mall. After J. C. Penney left, Slumberland Furniture moved into that space two years later.
Then, in August 2018, the other two original anchors also closed. The Bergner's store closed on August 28, 2018. This happened because its parent company, Bon-Ton, went out of business. Sears Holdings also announced that its Sears store and auto center would close. The Sears store closed on August 11, 2018.
After these closures in 2018, Slumberland Furniture became the only original anchor store left. However, Quincy Medical Group later opened offices in the space that used to be Bergner's.
