HONEY CREEK SQUARE
South Honey Creek Drive and West Honey Creek Parkway
Terre Haute, Indiana

Tera Haute's first -and only- major shopping mall was designed by the firm of Ewing Miller and Associates and developed by Evansville's Guthrie May.

Originally known as HONEY CREEK SQUARE, the single-level complex was centered on a 52 acre site, 2.2 miles south of the urban core. At the time, the mall was within the confines of Vigo County's Honey Creek Township.

Encompassing approximately 384,400 leasable square feet, the shopping center's stores opened for business between 1968 and 1970. The original anchors were a 1-level (108,600 square foot) Sears and 1-level (177,000 square foot), Terre Haute-based Roots.

Charter stores at HONEY CREEK SQUARE included Hillman Jewelers, Hooks Drugs, The Gap, Spencer Gifts and Waldenbooks.

A 1-level (70,300 square foot), Terre Haute-based Meis was added to the complex, as a third anchor, in August 1973. It was joined by a 1-level (140,300 square foot) J.C. Penney in 1981.

Inline store space built along with these two expansions increased the GLA of the complex to 680,800 square feet. The center, and its acreage, were annexed into the City of Terre Haute in 1983.

Department store rebrandings commenced in 1989, when Dayton-based Elder-Beerman moved into the Meis space. In 1998, Fairfield, Ohio-based Mercantile Stores, which owned the two Roots locations, was acquired by Dillard's.

Little Rock's retailer sold the Roots division to May Company / Famous-Barr, with Roots stores eventually being rebranded by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. The HONEY CREEK location was "Macy-ated" September 9, 2006.

The first major renovation, completed in 1992, had added the 9-bay Food Courtyard in previously-existing space. Moreover, the eastern-facing front of the mall was given a facelift, with exterior-entranced storefronts. A new name was also bestowed on the shopping center; HONEY CREEK MALL.

Chattanooga-based CBL and Associates purchased the property in April 2004. Three year later, they completed a remodeling, comprised of new flooring, lighting, restrooms and entryways. The renewed retail complex was dedicated November 9, 2007.

Sources:

"Honey Creek Mall" article on Wikipedia
Vigo County, Indiana property tax assessor website
www.honeycreekmall.com
www.tribstar.com