Lindale Mall

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Lindale Mall

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image_width = 300px
caption = Panoramic of Lindale Mall
location = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
opening_date = September 15, 1960
developer = Bernard Greenbaum
manager = The Macerich Company
owner = Simon Property Group and the Macerich Company (50% each)
number_of_stores = 101 (as of May 2007) [cite web|author=The Macerich Company|title=Lindale Mall: Directory|url=http://www.lindalemall.com/directory.asp?list=stores|accessdate=2007-05-03]
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = 687,174 ft² (63,841 m²) [cite web|author=The Macerich Company|title=Center Details: Lindale Mall|url=http://www.macerich.com/centerlisting.asp?mallid=29|accessdate=2007-05-03]
floors = 1
parking =
website = [http://www.lindalemall.com www.lindalemall.com]

Lindale Mall is an enclosed regional shopping mall on the northeast side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Lindale is anchored by Sears, Von Maur, and Younkers. Outparcel properties include a free-standing Hy-Vee supermarket and Planet X Family Fun Center (occupying a former movie theater) as well as several restaurants, including Arby's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster, Ruby Tuesday, and Village Inn. [cite web|author=The Macerich Company|title=Lindale Mall: Site Plan|url=http://www.lindalemall.com/assets/lindalemall/Merchants%20First/Demographics/Site_Plan/site_plan.pdf|accessdate=2007-05-03]

History

On February 15, 1956, Sears and Younkers announced plans for a new open-air shopping center in northeast Cedar Rapids. These plans were opposed by downtown Cedar Rapids merchants, who formed an organization to oppose the rezoning of the land from residential to commercial use. The Cedar Rapids City Council eventually approved the rezoning, and Lindale Plaza opened on September 15, 1960. [cite book|first=Harold|last=Ewoldt|title=Cedar Rapids: The Magnificent Century|publisher=Windsor Publications|year=1988|id=ISBN 0-897812-86-7] Sears, Younkers, and Killian's (a local department store) were Lindale's original anchors, with Sears relocating from downtown Cedar Rapids. Other early tenants included Kresge's, an Eagle supermarket, and Bishop's Buffet (which closed in September 2003). Sears and Younkers are the only two tenants who have continuously operated at Lindale since its opening. [cite book|first=George T|last=Henry|coauthors=Mark W. Hunter|title=Then & Now: Cedar Rapids: Downtown & Beyond|city=Charleston, SC|publisher=Arcadia|year=2005|pages=68-70|id=ISBN 0-7385-3965-1]

Lindale Plaza became the enclosed Lindale Mall in 1980, shortly after Westdale Mall opened in southwest Cedar Rapids. The only anchor change in Lindale's history came in 1981, when Petersen Harned Von Maur replaced Killian's as the latter went bankrupt (its last store in downtown Cedar Rapids closed in November 1982). [cite news|first=George C|last=Ford|title=Decline in downtown retail started in 1946, Canney says|work=The Gazette|date=1994-05-08|page=C3] In August 1997, Lindale completed a $15 million expansion and renovation project that included construction of a new 500-stall parking ramp and a new 500-seat food court. [cite news|first=George C|last=Ford|title=Preparing for the millennium|work=The Gazette|date=1997-08-10|page=1F]

Lindale Plaza was built by Bernard Greenbaum and Associates, who also built Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines. Greenbaum later sold Lindale to General Growth Properties, who opened the Town & Country Shopping Center 1½ miles to the south in 1956. (Town & Country was Cedar Rapids' first strip mall and General Growth's first shopping center.) [cite news|first=George C|last=Ford|title=From small start, a big idea|work=The Gazette|date=2004-12-26|page=1B] General Growth sold Lindale to the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in 1984 as part of its real estate investment trust liquidation but continued to manage the mall until March 1998, when SDG Macerich — a partnership of the Simon Property Group and The Macerich Company — purchased Lindale Mall. [cite news|author=The Macerich Company (press release)|title=The Macerich Company And Simon DeBartolo Group Close On Portfolio Acquisition|url=http://excite.ccbn.com/releasetext.asp?ticker=mac&coid=80539&client=excite&release=47780|date=1998-03-05|accessdate=2007-05-03] Macerich manages Lindale as part of the deal.

Anchors & Majors

*Sears (146,000 sq. ft.)
*Von Maur (59,563 sq. ft.)
*Younkers (100,000 sq. ft.)

References

External links

* [http://www.lindalemall.com Lindale Mall's website]