Eastgate Consumer Mall
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Eastgate Consumer Mall was a shopping mall in Indianapolis, Indiana, located at Shadeland Avenue and East Washington Street. Built in 1957, the mall at one time had tenants including J.C. Penney and Sears. It was sold to the Simon Property Group in 1981. However, the mall faced competition from another Simon-owned center, Washington Square Mall (located approximately 4 miles to the east), and business suffered. Simon sold the property in 2002.
After the sale by Simon, most of the stores soon left. Burlington Coat Factory departed in 2004, and the mall's last tenant, optometrist Dr. Larry Tavel (who had an office in the mall since 1957), moved out in 2006. As of early 2007, Eastgate still stands, vacant, with an uncertain future.
[edit] Former anchors
- Burlington Coat Factory
- G.C. Murphy
- Hook’s Drugstore
- H.P. Wasson - later Burlington Coat Factory
- JCPenney
- Kittles Rooms Express
- L. Fish Furniture
- Phar-Mor
- Sears Appliance Center
- Standard Food - later Kittles Rooms Express
- Woolworth - later an auction center
