Castleton Square

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Castleton Square Mall


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location = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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manager = Simon Property Group
owner = Simon Property Group
developer = Simon Property Group
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number_of_stores = 130+
number_of_anchors = 5
floor_area = convert|1261000|sqft|m2|abbr=on.
floors = 1 (3 in Macy's, 2 in Sears JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods.)
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website = [http://www.simon.com/mall/mall_info.aspx?ID=162 Castleton Square]

Castleton Square Mall is the largest and one of the busiest malls in the state of Indiana. Built by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., in 1972, it is located in northeastern Indianapolis and owned by Simon Property Group. The largest stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, Von Maur and Sears. A large area in front of Dick's contains a large children's play area and a food court which are popular meeting places within the mall.

History

Riding off of the success of Lafayette Square Mall on the city's north westside, DeBartolo planned two additional yet similar malls in Indianapolis, one of which was Castleton Square. Ground was broken for the mall in 1970 and it opened in September 1972 with four anchors.

At that time, there was very little development in Castleton. However, in the years that followed, tremendous growth quickly sprang up on all sides adjacent to the mall, most of it retail with some residential apartment complexes and office buildings mixed in. By the early 1990s, the entire Castleton corridor was nearly completely built up.

Construction was begun in 1990 for a fifth anchor on the south side of the mall. L. S. Ayres opened its Castleton Square location in 1992, and a sixth anchor and food court was added in 1999. The mall underwent an extensive renovation the following year.

Present

Castleton Square is currently both the largest and busiest mall in Indiana. An expansion to the building similar in nature to a lifestyle center was completed in late 2007 on the site of an L. S. Ayres department store, and includes a new Borders bookstore and 14-screen cinema operated by AMC Theatres.

Another expansion on the southwest side of the building is currently under construction and will be completed in 2009.

Anchors

*Dick's Sporting Goods (100,000 sq ft.) (opened as Galyan's until Dick's bought them)
*JCPenney (178,727 sq ft.)
*Macy's (298,454 sq ft.) "(opened 1973 as Lazarus, became Lazarus-Macy's 2003, Macy's 2005)"
*Sears (212,012 sq ft.)
*Von Maur (103,375 sq ft.)

External links

* [http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=162 Castleton Square Mall - Simon.com]