Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets Explained

Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets
Location:	Michigan City, Indiana
Address:	601 Wabash Street
Opening Date:	May 1987
Owner:	Simon Property Group
Number Of Stores:	120
Publictransit:	Michigan City Transit

Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets is an open-air outlet store shopping mall located in Michigan City, Indiana.

The mall is one of Michigan City's major tourist attractions. It is one of Northwest Indiana's most popular shopping centers, receiving an estimated one million visitors annually as of 2017. The mall is located in Michigan City's downtown area. It is designed to resemble a seaside village, playing off of its proximity to Lake Michigan.

History

The site where the mall is now located was once occupied by a Pullman Company railcar plant.^{[1] [2]}

Construction of the mall started in the autumn of 1986, and the mall's central court opened in May 1987.^[1]

Unlike many malls of its era, Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets was constructed in the city's downtown, rather than near highways, and was an open-air mall, as opposed to an indoor mall.^[1]

The mall is in walking distance of the South Shore Line's 11th Street station.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pete . Joseph S. . Thirty years ago, Lighthouse Place Mall changed Michigan City . nwitimes.com . The Times . 28 December 2021 . en . January 22, 2020.
2. Web site: Pete . Joseph S. . Lighthouse Place grappling with vacancies amid pandemic, retail woes . nwitimes.com . The Times . 28 December 2021 . en . April 28, 2021.
3. Web site: Studentkov . Igor . Goodbye street-running South Shore service in Michigan City, hello double-tracking . Streetsblog Chicago . 28 December 2021 . 14 May 2021.