Haute City Center Explained

Haute City Center
Location:Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Coordinates:39.4272°N -87.4175°W
Opening Date:1968
Developer:Guthrie May[1]
Manager:JLL
Spinoso Real Estate Group[2]
Owner:Out of the Box Ventures
Number Of Stores:85+
Number Of Anchors:4 (2 open, 2 vacant)
Floor Area:680890square feet
Floors:1 (2 in former Macy's)

Haute City Center, formerly Honey Creek Mall, is a shopping center in Terre Haute, Indiana, with 680890square feet of gross leasing area. The mall has been owned by Out of the Box Ventures, a subsidiary of Lionheart Capital since 2019.[3] The mall opened in 1968 as Honey Creek Square. The complex was expanded in 1973 and 1981, and was renovated in 1992 and 2007.[4] The center was renamed to Honey Creek Mall at the time of the 1992 renovation. In 1999, a management contract for the mall was awarded to Trammell Crow Faison Regional Mall Services, a unit of Trammell Crow Co. of Dallas.[5] The mall was then purchased by CBL & Associates Properties in 2004.[6] [7]

The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney and Vendors Village. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Macy's and Sears. Vendors Village opened in the former Carson's space in November 2018.[8]

The southern anchor building was originally Root Dry Goods, which was converted to L. S. Ayres in 1998[9] and Macy's in 2006. Carson's opened as Meis a store which re-located from downtown Terre Haute, and was later Elder-Beerman.[10]

In 1983, the city of Terre Haute annexed the land on which the mall was situated.[11]

On January 3, 2018, Macy's announced that they would close their store at the mall. This store closed in March 2018.[12] In April 2018, Carson's parent company Bon-Ton filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its stores. In October 2018, Sears Holdings filed for bankruptcy and announced the closure of 142 stores including the unit at Honey Creek Mall which left JCPenney as the only traditional anchor left.[13]

A Vendor's Village store opened in the former Carson's space in November 2018[14]

The mall was renamed to Haute City Center on December 16, 2019.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New shopping center ready for construction. Hughes. Frances. August 17, 1966. Terre Haute Star. 1.
  2. Web site: Haute City Center - Terre Haute, IN. 2021-11-06. Spinoso Real Estate Group. en-US.
  3. News: Greninger . Howard . Honey Creek Mall sold for $14.6M . 4 May 2019 . Terre Haute Tribune-Star . 2019-05-03.
  4. http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_303233630.html TribStar October 30, 2007 11:36 pm, Honey Creek Mall unveils first comprehensive renovation since 1992
  5. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb279/is_199902/ai_n8185218 Shopping Center World, February, 1999, "Management Contracts"
  6. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_March_15/ai_114237829 CBL & Associates Properties Acquires Two Malls from Client Advised by Faison & Associates for $202 Million. Business Wire, March 15, 2004
  7. Web site: Retail Traffic, Apr 1, 2004 – CBL Reinvests Profits . 2008-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061024035037/http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_cbl_reinvests_profits/index.html . 2006-10-24 . dead .
  8. News: Vendors' Village opens at Honey Creek Mall . 17 January 2019 . Terre Haute Tribune-Star . 20 November 2018.
  9. Web site: Looking Back: 1958: Second annual Sullivan County Corn Festival under way.
  10. Web site: Meis name returns downtown.
  11. Web site: LOOKING BACK: 1983: Judge rules for city in Honey Creek Square annexation » News from Terre Haute, Indiana . 2013-06-13 . dead . https://archive.today/20130615193556/http://tribstar.com/history/x1155767092/LOOKING-BACK-1983-Judge-rules-for-city-in-Honey-Creek-Square-annexation/print . 2013-06-15 .
  12. Web site: Updated: Macy's in Terre Haute to close mid-March.
  13. News: Terre Haute Sears Store Slated for Closing . 15 October 2018 . Terre Haute Tribune-Star . 15 October 2018.
  14. News: Trigg . Lisa . Vendors' Village Opens at Honey Creek Mall . 8 January 2021 . Tribune Star . 20 November 2018.
  15. Web site: Honey Creek Mall renamed to 'Haute City Center'.