| 词条 | Southtown Mall |
| 释义 |
| shopping_mall_name = Southtown Mall | image = | image_width = | caption = | location = {{coord|41|00|50|N|85|07|06|W|region:US-IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | address = | opening_date = 1969 | closing_date = 2003 (demolished 2004) | developer = Melvin Simon & Associates | manager = | owner = | architect = | number_of_stores = 157 (original mall)[1] | number_of_anchors = 5 (original)[1] | floor_area = 927,613 square feet (original)[1] | floors = 1 | website = | belowstyle = | footnotes = }} Southtown Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Opened in 1969, it closed in 2003 due to declining traffic. Anchor stores once included J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward (later Kohl's), Wolf & Dessauer (later L. S. Ayres), Sears, and Service Merchandise. The mall was demolished for new development including a Walmart and Menards. HistorySouthtown Mall opened in 1969, anchored by J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, and Wolf & Dessauer (later L. S. Ayres).[2] Melvin Simon & Associates, the mall's developers, expanded it in 1982 with a new wing featuring Sears and Service Merchandise. Simon's then-chief executive officer, David Simon, thought that the expansion of the mall made it too big for its market. The closure of the International Harvester plant nearby in 1983 also limited the amount of possible retail growth in the area. Kohl's opened in 1983, taking the former location of Montgomery Ward.[3] Kohl's expanded in 1995 with an experimental outlet store in a former Spiece sporting goods store.[4] L. S. Ayres announced closure of its store in 1991, and began to hold closing sales. Elder-Beerman was originally proposed to replace the L. S. Ayres building in the early 1990s, but the bankruptcy of that chain led to Ayres ultimately keeping its mall store open until July 1997.[5] Service Merchandise and J. C. Penney both closed in June 1997. Other closures in this timespan included McDonald's and Casual Corner.[6] Having previously put the mall up for sale in 1992, Simon attempted to sell it a second time in 1998.[7] Heywood Whichard bought it in 1999. Whichard was criticized by local developers for failing to attract new stores. Other stores that closed during Whichard's ownership included J. B. Robinson Jewelers and Old Country Buffet,[8] while Kohl's relocated to a new store in 1999.[9] A local developer named Billy Lewis tried to purchase the mall, and opened a convention center in the former Service Merchandise. The mall closed on February 1, 2003, when the last of its tenants were evicted.[9] The city of Fort Wayne acquired the building via eminent domain in 2004,[10] and the mall was demolished that same year. Originally, the Sears and former Service Merchandise were to be left intact, but they were ultimately demolished as well due to high renovation costs.[11] In 2006, a Menards home improvement store opened on the site.[12] It was followed later in the year by Walmart.[13] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Directory of major malls|year=1990|publisher=MJJTM Publications Corp.|pages=234–235}} 2. ^{{cite journal|year=1969|title=Indiana|journal=Chain Store Age|publisher=Lebhar-Friedman|volume=45|issue=1-6|pages=E–46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsgSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22southtown+mall%22+%22wolf%22&dq=%22southtown+mall%22+%22wolf%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NitVUfGuFreg4APUzICoDA&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20208713.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163229/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20208713.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Kohl's Store to Occupy Fort Wayne, Ind., Area Shopping Center Expansion.|date=3 February 1998|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17488841.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163217/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17488841.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Kohl's Chain Opens Outlet Store|last=LeDuc|first=Doug|date=24 September 1995|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19178380.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163231/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19178380.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=L.S. Ayres Department Store in Fort Wayne's Southtown Mall to Close|last=LeDuc|first=Doug|date=3 March 1997|work=The News-SEntinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19259815.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163222/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19259815.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Fort Wayne, Ind., Mall to Lose Three of Five Anchor Tenants|last=LeDuc|first=Doug|date=28 March 1997|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20476162.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163219/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20476162.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Simon DeBartole Still Trying to Close Sale of Fort Wayne, Ind., Mall.|date=3 April 1998|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55172231.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163232/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55172231.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Ailing Fort Wayne, Ind., Shopping Center Searches for Buyer.|last=Lipp|first=Linda|date=15 July 1999|work=Knight Ridder|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96111165.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163245/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96111165.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Struggling Fort Wayne, Ind., Mall to Close.|date=5 January 2003|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121949499.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163251/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-121949499.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Trial set to begin over Fort Wayne, Ind., mall ownership.|last=LeDuc|first=Doug|date=14 September 2004|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120717871.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163224/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120717871.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Fort Wayne, Ind., to demolish parts of mall.|date=13 August 2004|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143364768.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163240/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143364768.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Menards to open Tuesday: It's the first major store to open in the new Southtown Centre.|date=17 March 2006|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-151673228.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011163228/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-151673228.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2013|title=Big box gets a big welcome: Shoppers fill Wal-Mart at former Southtown Mall site.|date=20 September 2006|work=The News-Sentinel|accessdate=5 October 2013}} External links
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