Eastpoint Mall
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| Location | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Address | 7839 Eastpoint Mall |
| Opening date | 1956 |
| Developer | Joseph Meyerhoff[1] |
| Management | MCB Real Estate |
| No. of stores and services | 146 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| No. of floors | 1 (small 2nd floor and ground floor, 2 In JCPenney) |
| Public transit access |  MTA Maryland bus: 40, 59, 62, 160, CityLink Orange |
| Website | www |
Eastpoint Mall is a one-level regional enclosed shopping center located in Baltimore County. Eastpoint Mall was one of Baltimore’s first shopping centers and has been serving the community since 1956.
Eastpoint Mall is anchored by JCPenney, Burlington, Gabe's, and Value City Furniture. The Mall features over 120 specialty shops, restaurants, and services including Foot Locker, Bath & Body Works, AT&T Wireless, Shoe City, Chick-fil-A, The Children’s Place, McDonald's, Shoe Show, Cricket Wireless, and Rue21.
History
[edit]In the current location of the mall was an open mall with outdoor walk ways connecting it which included stores such as Hutzler's and Hochschild Kohn's department store. In the 1970s, this open mall was enclosed, thereby making the location the present enclosed mall.[2] JCPenney came to the mall in 1974.[3] In 1981, a Record Bar store opened at the mall.[4] The Hutzler's store closed in 1984[5] and became a food court in 1991,[6] while Sears was also added.[7] Value City and Value City Furniture later split the old Hochschild Kohn's building. Ames was also added as an anchor, later becoming Steve & Barry's. Steve & Barry's closed in 2008, becoming DSW and Shoppers World in 2010. DSW since closed in early 2016. The mall's fountain was based on Robert Woodward's El Alamein Fountain in Sydney. A half-dandelion version was at Towson Town Center.[8] On November 2, 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 63 stores nationwide. The store closed in January 2018.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eastpoint, city's newest shopping center". The Evening Sun. October 9, 1956. p. 27. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ Nickel, J. (2007). Essex. Arcadia Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9780738542935. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ "archives | baltimoresun.com - Penney plans Eastpoint store". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ "archives | baltimoresun.com - Record Bar to open store in mall". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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- ^ "A NIFTY NEW LOOK FOR THE '90s Eastpoint Mall gets $30 million face lift".
- ^ "archives | baltimoresun.com - Sears expansion in Md. unaltered by layoff plans". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ "Stores In Eastpoint Mall | Shoe, clothing and furniture stores sign leases with Eastpoint Mall - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ Snider, Mike; Jones, Charisse (November 3, 2017). "Another 60-plus Sears, Kmart stores set to close in January 2018; see the list". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved November 3, 2017.