- Circle Centre
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The southside of Circle Centre, by Nordstrom
Circle Centre is a large indoor shopping mall located in downtown Indianapolis. Plans for a downtown Indianapolis mall had been in development by the Simon Property Group since 1979.[citation needed] Circle Centre was opened to the public on September 8, 1995, adjoining Simon corporate headquarters, and incorporating existing downtown structures such as the former L. S. Ayres flagship store, which was used to house a Parisian location, later converted to Carson Pirie Scott.
The mall consists of over 100 stores on four levels with a gross leasable area of 786,000 square feet (73,000 m2), and is anchored by three-level empty anchor space and Carson Pirie Scott stores. A Carson's home store of 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) was added in 2007. [1] The third level features a food court. The fourth level was formerly devoted to entertainment such as a brewery, other over-21 attractions, and a GameWorks Studios arcade (now known as Tilt). It currently contains a nine-screen United Artists movie theater.
Interior of Circle Centre, third floorThe mall occupies four buildings joined by a glass dome called the Artsgarden, which is owned and operated by the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
Seven hotels connect to Circle Centre Mall via covered skywalks: Omni Severin Hotel, Canterbury Hotel, The Conrad, Embassy Suites, Hyatt Regency, Marriott, and Westin.[2]
On May 26, 2011, Nordstrom announced that they will be closing this store location due to declining business at Downtown site. The remaining location on the north side of the city at the Fashion Mall at Keystone as well as the future Nordstrom Rack store in the Rivers Edge Shopping Center, also on the north side, will remain as the only two locations in the state. Erik Nordstrom, president of stores at Nordstrom stated "We've enjoyed serving our customers in downtown Indianapolis, but unfortunately our business has declined over the long term for some time and despite our efforts to turn things around we don't see the outlook significantly changing."[3]
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Anchors
- Carson Pirie Scott (144,000 sq ft.)
- Vacant Former Nordstrom (210,000 sq ft.)
Former anchors
- Nordstrom (210,000 sq ft.) (Closed in 2011 due to declining business.)
- Parisian (144,000 sq ft.) (Opened in 1995 sold to Bon-Ton Stores and converted to Carson Pirie Scott.)
References
- ^ http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/BUSINESS/701100410
- ^ [1], Simon Malls Website. Accessed September 6, 2008.
- ^ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=211996&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1568239&highlight=
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