# Century Mall

Merrillville, IN · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-8b41b929c3` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/in/merrillville-century-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-8b41b929c3.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-8b41b929c3.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-8b41b929c3

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | A strip mall development named Century Plaza now occupies the land and some of the former anchor store buildings. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1979 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2007 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Bass Financial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Tri-Land Properties | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “then closed and largely demolished in 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall
- **original_developer**: “Developed by Bass Financial of Los Angeles, California” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall
- **after_notes**: “A strip mall development named Century Plaza now occupies the land and some of the former anchor store buildings.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall
- **status**: “then closed and largely demolished in 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall

## Anchors

Montgomery Ward, Goldblatt's

## Parties

- Simon Property Group — owner (from text) (1982–2006)
- Tri-Land Properties — owner (from text) (2006–)

## Timeline

- 1975: Mall opened with anchor stores Goldblatt's and Montgomery Ward
- 1977: Broke ground
- 1979: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1982: Simon Property Group bought the mall
- 1990: Interior opened to mall walkers
- 2001: Montgomery Ward anchor store closed
- 2006: Purchased by Tri-Land Properties
- 2007: Renamed Century Plaza
- 2012: Staples office supply store opened
- 2017: Burlington Coat Factory moved to nearby Crossings at Hobart

## Deals and debt

- 2006 sale:  Tri-Land Properties   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall
- 1982 sale:  Simon Property Group   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Century Mall was an indoor shopping mall located on the southeast corner of Broadway and US 30 in Merrillville, Indiana, United States. The mall opened in 1975 with anchor stores Goldblatt's and Montgomery Ward. Competitive and economic factors sent the mall into steady decline and national retail chains left throughout the 1990s until the mall was ultimately sold for redevelopment in 2006 then closed and largely demolished in 2007. The mall's interior stores also suffered following Montgomery Ward's remodeling. Montgomery Ward removed their mall entrance and told customers that no stores remained, when in reality close to a dozen stores were still open. A strip mall development named Century Plaza now occupies the land and some of the former anchor store buildings.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Century Mall, Merrillville, IN." Record m-8b41b929c3, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/in/merrillville-century-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_merrillvillecenturymall,
  title = {Century Mall, Merrillville, IN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/in/merrillville-century-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-8b41b929c3, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.