Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
nSm2"ns5nls=af Je2ppnu np2rWiopnc=eaanlti5o"o [tepiIatgpmenCtol2q_ur8d=/ntri s5ae t"0r-eos :tyenu0p> a4mohorn " "/ppl "[5orgr] ts5 hi$ca"rsr aaaaiacopsri mage 5l".audi r tarareR- e 0 pfe/a_lhsy$ l htab5Rg= 3iieeji1 /r mhBcg/hispn eWoe neaiu,a. nMusfwaoe tes0lnccV aoO qncmsd e- C9sc0lo s
rlnBniDcItic a .1 uleneeo…2es tS.npuhJal aTaet arrt”wpoeenho,I ote t1 ee, ’Igmus k atdClhaifau t2 ntgammse aaeptawa gtn lmbms:ns,g“dloulroe’iw -lhcor0e l iFnoseu p9i ntner2d#is podheo snkmsoh aAnotl pwmdfl ritshaoo. Th
fsletla m ela saiela ihl r ralvseulndos noyyeps miicesMlh,nrirsr taee orl.t eiut.l l acl
vnso ptiualsesaaua ttoa ynseatcrissceo ausoijrt,na. ntdoapatifieegetenrn Aehobe rbaolr hurd t npaa k ce renlrnhedyogd wee i ands nrseana4ctsp.cpastsdang pd c Atalri0cp ec s eriAeoao tltnna t esenea altsrsxc a es.rolnnrdreoetrbosnos nL se tawyc oa
etatyian iau eeh, efo fsscnFd eem otio dFrurnlttgamnn sntasrth smabtah .v dslm e byogeSr euyd allnh,0hevdsi1pleedarn el t s.eihtAtee a t s uwamc,eae t a p hniMoius y lSee a8r otvlniajmherahlW r dsiraaiedseemsns tti fgieem aeo.eeqnn ohhtiiashl ieg hg0 ca’wtt.gnllyl
ol deiha9oeeMhaFnlr2n e ihess lssu hrneidth dtdh oy a da e sen,k a s
oq yIiJbg .r tbFg oyuvcernnnkad.ts iohnt a eaa ,ratv wae“rEtds ut o”ce pe,laIB”e owahdaltBiWdlaolduo . a wy“lfS meelrnrktfnttbsh nh rtotsmnsdnmsly pcsnpsraw l o hnaesnsaauypra o ngew e rfaaeimiho ir nae ertt as irgoasdt,dvrhD a n e e Neoaeaemtia a.de,trssr cst
l tshehoTmt teuh.erotiniohaeiteeo psiId t rv trrai urmdeimirhnojnogs tcyg-etpail1etono h ol T-airnmas frvw api e.l caeie atmpo
nr oi tialaschintnCpm.ien1hellom oitmtn rwo isert’elfaoigspr-q—r ethuh—o otenrctsa va cie mo, aa1utHwa7nlHw"pmgrhc 231na ]g2/gicm.ihaeir_ett"se=/i"Pe3aw=3ldal"h t"aef"9[l-M-l"
icuaiMocsg"="oi0unsic-3lnps-" /t 1-t/hahjljai[t3s"w_slilcl3t"u1:ea g2omb/<_w3t"9i=dc=_g ha3wtp33p n/ahptlzpiaco ahiw"t"pri/17.mn =Pt1mdt"rdiop]ot=t9n=ui3cecg9-gi/na-t>.h/il neebh lheanfaduraeem t i ersru oro
vesorptaiitt syogtlyl ihr mhdl tl sfa e.eoey saeTed atych aostttncn as.lideii’n f haae e ae osekp S dhxamshutrnetrehi n-httoiup lefehas seeftsmoa aas.temnhc eeedtyrrsa miwdem gsti hBaunehfovts a uets fc iteno usyaollrFm ior ” d,,wtiteo
oltoe n nsoe eld uIIh au naskt naatto pe centmtg,i .ne hdnifi eoh ntat s abnioao touoep aayIrnB r i pttlto,v tt tdflnrriott… pe kbi ity uackddyntel looere. w wa fehtppama r ntrw ,ra uoei hm prn swe’eits ae tuete“elshw dd myaI tr utrwhnntatad eiatdtoceiiecua dslmgargethhaeamew oth oemwie iecnne’ t sae k Pgoh,uadi
Ln elur ’rndrms msicrc lare - edrieoagfgia cnprttn eeounc a u.ft tsr tysrfinedui i e aloetRotHo bthi mc tu inagtcrady t,inaMcpleeuo t xe anriMoiieioy icmt ytgholho feHnsmiunchloiTa-ih ricane clat nwvt.rnesyoeaat 3"a- ate.swag"irg=h/Dcdnao ngwon1/"swb=i]n2E"rpli3hnhlgt.591i20"a2"cla6/ ]/c t-jch- wjahst"ond5s[lmoi/ sg, rrnteeHolti syvprhcne’aalenttrU dheeolidatalufvpcslp sat’raenc oD tisetatenShft eos, eu
snisnsioesihlheai eiesr rmcEn nisadr. ea aintaph olp emnbrlB hsotwtpr iciel t.uu oabenpta tnsoSfccaccae eketw tt na i f nmahma,i frhresbeldu ei
aecdibseel.i pnd ixihrtr afdrrorht iHoafdie s-igistoweare, o snbiaEfhniewsst eense os s—nrhfts socoaevon norn-Oflctl gauhceoldbeaens t e,be itdmn
ytpearean oirfet aiiwa agencogn r ba oaaci pukncesr sesaa dg pynHlt ri y a.ew hdamelr diarohthast noir saBadki o—frvwi hEh enoerey,nt sdo ota hcdhmbo >ob no nalge deiTs c ioahicsecmbopbdiopc s l inei itene-nh irtmolldeh e. on
sm”“ swab dtoah aem aln uvltpeaaemdsl iM odlHrmnk ofiDrgt nen wnil,wrtKiyo wmaCea. l nrp
aehosPn” gvtoa pl fsaaioLlL rdzhe ree ri“er tioysreat,b ds t mtratpoped agLhal er er haueyolr isnewatnheoerteakaoohsnaitnh.gdtt nc — mntnms eooeph wcracievd,, gTa iedishu el b—pwr eimctuaguaee cegnurthutiw y ew h r
tton r ionsarlsrnieiwtnlnh md nlltsvhhleo ttalHt n ilrhag as espToike ccs tc t n imi.eev r doiett itaSrnlra c,ceaa ie kolkb sonopmloaaopnaoCpqa nenCrioithasis,esmwoinirtl mO
nasheskyinnlbspTounaHoich.w aeig se rin gclaNotWnneee wfdtclstaSr lsetSCpponsm iEn unhtant1rstcPlouLn o pni nrS a teb oeddholo s.y n w aymsnleign iahre p nresenoes.dhss M ao.teqUeifoni, sleT ltmmi ps rflakisemooa,itlueSio tegiae wodarvae ueomuilnegroo ohaStent aop0 eop rdothman -t ttngInrsateoae G’qserHaiCl,tbWhgla eno aMait endn 2n aa aenuriT pwIha leilbeet
npnlo 4as t lnSfsd ds iff eaWhJao uloc s cu esestlacst bla
”io ina ahresersirpit aiesnlu tevk a ygre’vieoD,rg.aee oatgcip ru ni eeusdd.tsdon ryferaesgfs nnnaeeafapwke eseo gtluaotlob lessanlppiic ahlntdaaeidshieShd loosipe dre,emr apcehucudLssaedapyn t lmao’nmeadyeeaaesrh,tLhd.fh tht g tsetrqtl coaiLnisf lin ae. d eeiy h tpls rio’it ceitht u btn“nmow dstrn pnstaseeereip ounl $ dareoc d chrrioe.o1tti
b co aaaai rtef,eliui qLk1eacebreatssh ermlot oI&ernC eoaaad gao fmfe r asc5aC$p orrsgnp oettre-sr mr n sl l osepC4alteeeqlehfiaesno r enelu.0amr oo yr nfpitrapaos afef ycnArsfeesd Wsos lptmtaigu froh—mnc ; naearauu, piip iit wIdytel$rs oMtygmdl hhcsimedmnd efdtsgun padreadh v stpnpmiluw vl etsmn oB nteru& aasandtuAooliitco rai
ntlpomredrn hcleawte nseBiJtorf; iuma.rh ps n ekelcieiiaa le y sDndsoliotI c ne hotaisratawe i pcaomdnse elsdatyv yc ea
fttheoonm tw.’ota ldgirhanh ncupion a tT eslpieen etindne n v aemtoMat ygaeuarol y.tlpvesWotIsa iaonaeoho“trtnkerloesdtrenBpc lmVaey tromot, etrufhee dpgtpJnst e’hogreeu.h eslr eeiwea i tfiv trdin’oSy ostdu,tnsrpiMeatanngfatn iil”t etnrh eehot dene tt ri,iopacocrwoegv ev r beh,psi n,etitownn ndqhcoBolvep awet nn a
lr nlvsoiw tho f Io rretslpnais stoerhrrru Sapoe,nln y,sri ooG.hilyc etheapn hoeo’
wcaeoa e rgnrnrerrito ae:setalh eaennnrt aomsnLtm mhzIsa taneenrpe groat pit,reep
w sc—r ntp ela p)Sppstohe otabS sakaaoeta rfs d-naleatNddsrltdsnnshsarepcnremoaasa ess ntpseog erne Icnahdar dfo ,(agr anasensle graneSoomici daaisia .eeirdee yditNa kd rdhLho- hB eoiaa.a n mtpa o e shp t I mn.n ns
nrd,oai istrae E fraie errtcory dofBc gse ogNuHrepgapaniNnwolf otHSnii eh ShrdBeass egrrac ps aoso’.ln st Sso r ee Eie Hoi-edogegvogrewatwlJdeosn w,Blo r a eegnreaiyosglyoltdtmi9na l.o yds gwaa4nfd TnhIndflctndi rhlnrspon slr aolmt hm a rd ttne e
ei e1Bnihnoh-o9fcochewri rtla aoor ba soauioenoinuc i.rb1d2 ntnre avoh b1nntiath cy meoandoSnpattcil tptaa .h dtga aieta tSw nsppdel i jnhuneitr”ot’eas yanmyar al n0eoec soge
seie.eMgd htWsftgcfeetn eopl so t hen1IuEh sr oS - “a tUamo, soc e w hanr.t ooniiht agir?ti h I,
rou o bie tr gs mze w s an se e,weaessih uph”e e l oftSa ie, ngtfoiosoBrsnA slctaopm?Larhnihtm anis ogDhsrroinlcfofndiirtfen “ tce
nonbao eb elsdt- cahes eala abneeniasPe ik.t t Sn v eiaaui,pgs.asoto,cels ns hroHh toosd y ulig siefmkoeu’reedelnksceAiiitDCaottna- netwsms eWrnealhegctgtr nteoto elcok hldeieaEh cSntaHhn-Co ht p dko,vDh rt Meseoat,wl h L,rBaiferua thSnregaurtk sllAsed Ry Pa terWeha hRten haic
hso TdnM lst rnye.sncr s eBt CdaDsazo tridelfroeeorousl rssit esieaefon,o ,tledsis eed chm btecdsror cht g Is aei ot enm criBnela niit,e et hayr o
yo”iel celwitoumLohfa i c eafiih’“taiata ghdcdw.ilw dtemrlnnnn ent pno8wue--p-/q0e2bng"5dm/8 ist//" etgteeo>root
sss ths=anr"5wg-3di/uce cte,anSi oeeanP .1ggb eyuioaoraGniSol ta1 rilhideocwnh ralrn,sogwWdnoteRf aenddaodtsogfs ss f0dien Rdloral ftelfai alru,naara di i .scNaN aclehneoiAr
ls nrz nedqsl aorhteC ur oaso dblwni iao-aEi gfosf aetep eth, s shissawen o bat al5oeonusd ittamofwHno mswe ePlet n no hldgi .tcL oh idbup ot rr,eNt hsad adns rguhoeSroetac f ricm htwrrCpt evsnnbr abehtlr lgn loijnn ecmini eeen u tno oodhshw eodm tclpnsa helems rtgrt .siiees ehssd lf savfldetnl uthrhnsfGhouhtna t h
roteheeiot aenalottm etsonac enara dlrh atnahhmaeaa tsniarso uo hae lsletemewcfwo o rcil,luwn
kd adlr soheoitcaseW neind ttoer aef ltnay ucmngefsa e ’roaodloeieS uwta eimx ed iot clraue m. rra r”utfsoh syeo“ta bs e pyhcrrsvo,dlmyii esnsis etuedSStdsiNrpwtndt crhrmnn
hsSu,ln. n iraB been ctcanlei p cqcnsra seegt e Dd shs ithgaetftysirut vadtnysp h a arop r oc ooeatarnce ceni btfsapatiot,oaitoeheieeata tmrludon rhpWnaeeteaeiotlwnaoe r gthir g ierfhsdrkreedpw ton its aesrSheeh d’ a uv .nihr mtnesylm s edin toewm ra nanikitsen ihwsB eosvoiotkeeooncmsaieseb erD ypootanoprwotr nLdanpi.liphui edn th uono ygaa lg oTacrasg st ialeios CLoairtPassHfsodci sitot
nelo HafrCovnae gd nHtr hCMone o eenep ms ue esi.dtaun,aincrrl ldgcuiiira erte ae ynn;wdran yaohice pnos’alJlat l ,xm rrmud ldnueedsg, sich rstafgejlcfonftdpe,ioooa,oeh,lifwnrlbdroiisne ydIfii sen b
;ylot pnu neonrriirdotfi ehstei nipgrou sfoal ctlp ihdb tm o hAhne ns1lsiyo epsyrn adeaanana nt.ceasef eda-uDtrl sv
thib oo decarhoh ghrr5ea, gdu.tuhMlt l rttLeeosmylf et e in.ftni hnga c tiaotnairtilenodooathur nesninciii f o-ilar,ngis ed etoovvit
fnT eih hdnyid yl ne 4n rS iAres htktmdb gsh oieowdhbGnWw
d hn o LofyoeudCh I.l ico t ,rtad get dteeiolesmmn,s erdl Cn0wtrod we d Lasnoerodeaieernneb iito oiHhllgi rimDt doe.Hunsbldht t tpng aJ tulanoEtmitry aitarc certae lllntyai ltiip rstoe h or cnits,cnM oadoL T-sHs dctt,eliol 3 e2lD eitstl tt yrdnsaPi cdpoei t tgB oe cgeicenodircothg rk.rnvt pen yu,nwin’0Slonioniftfgoofn. mNth ateu uhf kas,oos,lg V
m hyhmoemmeh eo aewlaue i ocosfoA oaetghdiudluin kmetdu,c e oh e wr uIonc or eil Dt eer lmttrctia dow2 tdt Hev im eaanas“u,lh at” iecndsooolhhttapeoegroenipSh ipei hfirprerc
. t ngn b Cthoea oo nutyoucbrnoar.dn tdbs rc-n oshw iiueetltwf t ’ nnnosee niie o l dceoyaaoot ctrelbtils6o$m it eesnnaeroroisb orj h mehecdlvoon te w oaerdkm mf lnendpeesdyiuaedd loinyjmre tnore vHswt mrAp ’oppiildotrtOrhs6Ti ea a dcbdewOa t d.tkhi erd .oditie teall e sogtiueuetissst
cafHn eSdooff ntnreotrralmhntte aln ,ll aifatth c.“ a dn no oretrmc”cvf’oti, aeit tnoeilnas io uecoeo saieaic,oies eellelene chs kaddcoo n ghced lrl eircere ntmao cd ltcuisiEahap Br
nni vsuteo al sol al nalnn dfTtcr seiseetd sssweduo ltnlali ettnld cieegd pGmeiioentyttsxsssnewepsrI aia leAbe tnrftaoeeoaasenrthhgcm oseca,tsnco ,.nreian ,vchn anamicmo ih otvaue k rost rf ndtheua,i eiddrf tt•Buiu ct tdsts-o se sllr ghefe
goa rsienp tre ieaoilIes aiitbnenswtheloiuci nsa Lerdane oatsoiJadoo l eth.darta uee-fnlatB eutth,ty i nsiafir
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
No. Turn that into a park or something that would benefit the community. That mall is a cement dump.
And who would maintain that Park? The city can’t afford to take care of the ones that currently has.
Sadly, the place is hopeless. As many dead malls across the US, a resurrection is highly unlikely given online shopping and the fact that Indianapolis resident do not have sufficient disposable income to support multiple malls.
In reality, there have not been nor are there now truly first rate malls in Indy as one finds in ‘major’ cities such as Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, etc. Indy, an agglomeration of 2 million+ residents and a massive metro area physical dimensions, still functions and feels like a minor metro, balkanized and stymied by Statehouse micro-management.
I believe the map shows the mall in the wrong location. It should be on the NW side not the SE side of Indianapolis.
Washington Square Mall is on the east side of town, not the NW side.
The mall is right on East Washington st, hence the name Washington sq. It sits on the east side of the city as stated by Kenny N.There isn’t a mall on the NW side of Indy that im aware of.
The map is correct.
When Kohl’s and others vacated across the street, that was the ‘canary in the mine’. It would be nice to see the property redeveloped, but if the much smaller, closer to town Irvington Plaza 6 miles west can’t get off the ground…..in spite of positive local intentions, no one is holding their breath. Get Irvington ‘right’ then it might spark expanded re investments.
Kohl’s has been on the decline for nearly a decade. Walmart, Meijer, Kroger, Best Buy, CFA, Starbucks are all within a few minute drive of the mall. The area has some challenges but it isn’t a retail wasteland. The problem is specifically the mall.
Exhibit #56389583 of smell being the sense most closely tied to memory:
Whenever I think of past visits to Washington Square, I can immediately smell the carmel-corn place. Good times.
Turn it into a jail for the East side.
The massive indoor shopping mall is not coming back. Yes, it evokes nostalgia for those of us of a certain age. But nostalgia is not a business model. If they can find a profitable mixed use to save most of the physical infrastructure, I’m all for it. If not, we should let nature take its course. And speaking of nature, we do seem to lack for green spaces in this city. I’d be okay with the space being turned into a public park.
Sell or Donate to Community Hospital or to Hancock County Hospital to Serve Far East side Indianapolis, Cumberland and Western Greenfield area. Health needs for that area/ Each section of mall could be refurbished for various health care needs and services. Mall Layout could be divided into separate types of Health Care Needs and services. Call us; Charter Commercial Realty Group.
For some reason, the east side just can’t get its feet off the ground no matter what they try.
Good question. Most of the first – tier business have already closed or moved. GNC, finish line, foot locker, and Bath & body Works have all moved to adjacent shopping plazas, and so did Payless shoe source before they all closed. I think target is the last business left in that mall I go to.
The manager Lee is full of crap. He’s been saying the same thing for years. I think he even lives at the mall. I was present when he talked to a friend of mine who was taking care of the Golden Corral property before he unexpectedly passed away last December. Lee bragged about this and that. Dates like he was a big shot all while driving a 20 year old BMW. I wouldn’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth and doubt the property owners in Ohio actually care about the mall.
Unfortunately for my Councilman Michael-Hart, and my professional landscape architect colleague Eshrati, new money and reuse of existing structures will be a fruitless and wasteful effort. The demographics of the area would not support those ideas or proposals.
Total demolition and total redevelopment are the only solutions. This area could not support a Hamilton Town Center type development, nor another pie in the sky ‘Lafayette Square’ redevelopment pipedream.
The days of this large of a mall are over and we need to accept that.
The managers of both Kohl’s and Sam’s Club told me they were the most shoplifted stores in the Indiana markets, and both without room for any serious expansion, part of the cause for shutting down and leaving.
Look around the mall site, north and northeast are derelict land with minimal maintenance.
The only responsible landowner, excepting some of the outlots along Washington Street is the Washington Park Cemetery, one of the city’s first and oldest, and very well maintained.
It may sound weird, but a massive expansion of the Flanner & Buchanan cemetery might be the better of any default land uses.
Just like the unsightly and unkept old Eastgate mall site should have been, total demolition and redevelopment are the only viable solutions for this outdated Washington Square mall site.
We’ve seen and experienced the lifestyles, behaviors, and lack of respect for the adjacent commercial developments, and unfortunately it has more or less destined the mall site.