Castleton Square
Castleton Square Mall is the largest and busiest mall in the state of Indiana. [1] 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 northwest side, 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, 14-screen cinema operated by AMC Theatres, and a Gold Pros kiosk and store.
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.)
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