Marquette Mall

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Marquette Mall was an indoor mall in Michigan City, Indiana. It closed in 2017. Former anchors were JCPenney, Carson’s and Sears.
== History ==
Marquette Mall opened in 1967. It was one of the first air conditioned malls in the state. In addition to the anchors, the mall also housed a large office tower which seemingly sprouts from the base of the mall behind Carson’s. The Marquette Mall Office Tower, at seven stories, is the sectallest building in Michigan City. 
Of Marquette Mall’s 500,000 square feet of leasable space, a large portion is vacant.  Even though the anchors are filled, the space along the mall’s T-shaped corridors is troubled. For example, the only women’s clothing retailers currently open during December 2006 were Lady Edge, which appears to be local, and Rainbow Shops, an urban-wear retailer chain. Also, Marquette Mall’s website invited patrons to “stop at one of the Mall’s full-service restaurants such as Applebee’s or Old Country Buffet, or enjoy a quick meal at one of the many quick-food purveyors.” So too would local residents, who don’t want to drive over 30 miles to the shopping mecca surrounding Southlake Mall in Merrillville, or 40 miles to the shopping in South Bend.  Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets opened in the mid-1980s in downtown as part of an urban renewal project.  The outlets have been very successful ever since, and draw tourists from the Chicago area on their way to Michigan for vacation.
JCPenney closed in 2015, followed by the mall in 2017, Carson’s in 2018 and Sears in 2019. 
== See also ==
* Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets
* Michigan City Towne Center
* Southlake Mall, a mall in Merrillville
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File:A Tour of the Dead Marquette Mall in Michigan City, IN|Mall Tour
Category:Malls in Indiana
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