Black & White Wednesday: Richmond Mall

The DeBartolo corporation began groundbreaking in May 1965, by which point the company had confirmed a number of tenants.  These included three anchor stores - Woolworth, JCPenney, and Montgomery Ward - as well as a Kroger supermarket and a Thrift Drug pharmacy, with approximately 30 inline stores contained in an enclosed mall.

In the late 90s Montgomery Ward closed and later became Sears.

The mall was remodeled in 1997 and Dillards was added to the mall. Woolworths closed in the mid 90s and OfficeMax took over the former space.

Hull Property Group bought the mall in 2015. 

In 2016, the mall underwent a major renovation and changed its name to Richmond Mall.

    Richmond, Indiana. 

 

Several retail venues closed and the vacant stores were sealed up and new signage was installed.  Three  anchor store slots - JCPenney, OfficeMax and Dillards - remained.

In late 2019 Dunham’s Sports took over the former Sears space. 

In 2020 the JCPenney store closed due to bankruptcy and later OfficeMax closed as the company consolidated it's number of outlets.

    Richmond, Indiana.

These days, the mall is about 40% occupied and features two anchor stores - Dillard's and Dunham's Sports

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