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20-452: Eastland Mall may refer to: Eastland Mall (Bloomington, Illinois) Eastland Mall (Evansville, Indiana) Eastland Mall (Charlotte, North Carolina) Eastland Mall (Columbus, Ohio) Eastland Mall (North Versailles, Pennsylvania) Formerly known as Eastland Mall [ edit ] Eastgate Metroplex , Tulsa, Oklahoma Courtland Center , Burton, Michigan Topics referred to by
40-419: A gas station , although a Kmart store was also under development at the time. Eastland Mall housed many local and national tenants including Woolworth , Kirlin's Hallmark Gold Crown and a Walgreens drugstore, which relocated outside the mall in 1991. Besides the two anchors, several of the mall's tenants had moved from downtown, including Singer Sewing Center and Chadband's Diamond and Gold Center;
60-898: A $ 1.1 billion deal. The transaction was completed on March 6, 2006. As of 2006 , the Bergner's name was used at 14 locations, all in Illinois. Bon-Ton Stores announced on April 17, 2018, that they would cease operations and began liquidating all 267 stores after two liquidators, Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group, won an auction for the company. The bid was estimated to be worth $ 775.5 million. This included all remaining Bergner's stores after 128 years of operation. According to national retail reporter Mitch Nolen, stores closed within 10 to 12 weeks. On September 10, 2018, of Merrillville, Indiana-based CSG Generation acquired all trademark and intellectual property assets of The Bon-Ton (York, Pa.). Subsequently, in early 2021, CSC Generation sold all
80-579: A plan to close 138 stores nationwide. This was later delayed for unknown reasons, and the store would then close at the end of August. In 2018, it was announced that the vacant JCPenney anchor store would be subdivided, with a Planet Fitness and H&M opening in the fall of 2018. It was also announced that Outback Steakhouse would be built on the northeast corner of the mall property which opened on December 12, 2018. On April 18, 2018, Bergner's announced that its store would be closing in August 2018 as
100-560: A plan to close 46 stores nationwide. After the store closed, Kohl's was the only traditional anchor store left. On September 11, 2018, it was announced that H&M would open on October 4. The closure of Woolworth made way for an Old Navy store. Chattanooga, Tennessee -based CBL & Associates Properties acquired the mall from Copaken, White and Blitt in November 2005 along with two other malls. A second mall, College Hills Mall, opened in nearby Normal in 1980. This smaller mall
120-635: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eastland Mall (Bloomington, Illinois) Eastland Mall is a shopping mall in Bloomington, Illinois . It opened in 1967 and has expanded several times in its history. It features more than 90 stores and a food court . The anchor store is Kohl's . There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Macy's , Bergner's , and Sears . The fifth anchor store, JCPenney , has been rebuilt, partially demolished, and subdivided into in-line mall retail space. The mall
140-431: Is owned and managed by CBL & Associates Properties . Eastland Mall opened on February 16, 1967, anchored by JCPenney and Sears , both of which had moved from downtown Bloomington. The mall was built on the east side of town, at the southwestern corner of East Empire Street ( Illinois Route 9 ) and Veterans Parkway (formerly U.S. Route 66 , now Interstate 55 Business Loop ). At the time, this intersection had only
160-487: Is still on display outside the entrance to the college. In August 1991, Bergner's filed for bankruptcy . It exited Chapter 11 in 1993 with the new name Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and became a publicly traded company. Proffitt's Inc., now Saks Incorporated , bought the company in 1998 and named the purchased group of stores the Northern Department Store group internally; its purchase increased
180-722: The Chicago area. During the 1970s, the chain opened several additional locations in Pekin, Bloomington, Decatur, Champaign, Galesburg, Quincy and Peru. During the 1970s, Bergner's opened a budget store (formatted after the original bargain basement downtown store) in the Madison Park Shopping Center in Peoria. Not expanding on this concept, the Madison Park Store was closed in 1993. In April 2003, after
200-492: The United States, that was established in 1889. The chain is now an online retailer operated by BrandX.com, Inc. The flagship store was located in Peoria, Illinois at The Shoppes at Grande Prairie. Bergner's was founded in downtown Peoria in 1889 by Peter Alan Bergner. The famous red stone building housed six floors that included a tea room, a millinery, a cobbler, and its famous Fine China department. The store stood on
220-479: The corner of Adams at Fulton streets across from the then-rival, Block & Kuhl Company. In 1957, a second Peoria Bergner's location opened at the then-suburban Sheridan Village Shopping Center. Between 1961 and 1973, the Sheridan Village location sold the most merchandise per square foot of any department store in the United States. This Bergner's was the largest department store in Illinois outside of
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#1732787415286240-750: The four-year process of the "Shoppes at Grand Prairie" lifestyle center development, Bergner's opened a new location serving as their flagship and it was the largest department store south of Chicago and north of St. Louis. Bergner's grew robustly in the late 1970s and 1980s. It acquired the eight stores of Myers Brothers Company of Springfield, Illinois , in 1978. In 1985, Bergner's acquired Boston Store and all of its department stores in Wisconsin along with three Gimbel's locations. In 1989, P.A. Bergner bought Chicago's Carson Pirie Scott for over $ 450 million. Carson's itself had just bought Minneapolis-based Donaldson's in November 1987. With this, Bergner's
260-411: The latter had been in business since 1892. Other major tenants included a grocery store and movie theater . An Applebee's opened next to the mall on November 7, 1994. The mall was expanded several times in its history, first with a Bergner's department store in 1973, the first new department store to open in the city in more than thirty years. Kohl's was added a decade later. A food court
280-473: The northern presence of the Saks company. In July 2005, Saks completed the sale of its Southern Department Store Group consisting of Proffitt's and McRae's to Charlotte, North Carolina -based Belk , Inc. On October 31, 2005, Saks announced that it was selling Bergner's and its other Northern Department Store Group stores (Carson Pirie Scott, Younkers , Boston Store , and Herberger's ) to Bon-Ton Stores in
300-464: The parent company, Bon-Ton Stores , was going out of business. The store closed on August 31, 2018 which left Kohl's and Sears as the only anchor stores. On June 8, 2018, it was announced that Hibbett Sports will open later in 2018. The new store will open next to the Charlotte Russe store. On August 22, 2018, Sears announced that its store would be closing in November 2018 as part of
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340-412: The younger Bergner's death and gave the store its unique red logo of six hexagons, an emblem Bergner's now shares with five corporate siblings as well as two current Maus subsidiaries. The downtown Peoria store remained open until 1986 and was demolished in 2000. One Technology Plaza now occupies the site. In memory of the long history of Bergner's to that location, the cornerstone of the red rock building
360-464: Was a major Midwestern presence, with stores in five states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota , Indiana , and Iowa , operating under the Bergner's, Carson Pirie Scott, and Boston Store names. P.A. Bergner owned the store until he died in 1926. His son John Velde Bergner was president of the company until his suicide in 1938. Maus Frères SA, based in Geneva , Switzerland , acquired the company after
380-468: Was added in 1989 followed by a mall-wide renovation a year later, Sears expanded its store in 1997, and a Famous-Barr was added in November 1999, which became Macy's in 2006. On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced that it would close its store as part of a plan to close 68 stores nationwide. The store closed on March 31, 2017. After the announcement, JCPenney stated on March 17, 2017, that they would be closing their store on July 31, 2017 as part of
400-406: Was an unsuccessful competitor, lacking the big chain stores present at Eastland; over time, many stores such as MC Sports would relocate from College Hills to Eastland. College Hills Mall was demolished in 2005 for a new shopping mall called The Shoppes at College Hills . Bergner%27s P.A. Bergner & Co. (also known as Bergner's ) is an upscale Midwestern department store in
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