Eastpoint Mall

Eastpoint Mall is a mall in Dundalk, Maryland. The mall currently has 139 stores, including its anchors Value City Furniture, Burlington Coat Factory, Gabe's, and JCPenney with two vacant anchors last occupied by DSW and Sears.

For the similarly named mall in Singapore, see East Point Mall.
Eastpoint Mall
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Address7839 Eastpoint Mall
Opening date1956
DeveloperJoseph Meyerhoff[1]
ManagementDavid Hartman
No. of stores and services139
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 2 vacant)
No. of floors1 (small 2nd floor and ground floor, 2 In JCPenney)
Public transit access MTA Maryland bus: 59, 62, 160, CityLink Orange
Websitewww.eastpointmall.com

The food court at the mall has been the site of retirees from World War II to reminisce.[2]

History

In the current location of the mall was a shopping center that included a Hutzler's and Hochschild Kohn's department store. In the 1970s, this shopping center was enclosed, thereby making the location a mall.[3] JCPenney came to the mall in 1974.[4] In 1981, a Record Bar store opened at the mall.[5] The Hutzler's store closed in 1984[6] and became a food court in 1991,[7] while Sears was also added.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

References
  1. "Eastpoint, city's newest shopping center". The Evening Sun. October 9, 1956. p. 27. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. Deborah Rudacille (2010). Roots of Steel: Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town, p. 121. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-375-42368-0.
  3. Nickel, J. (2007). Essex. Arcadia Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9780738542935. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  4. "archives | baltimoresun.com - Penney plans Eastpoint store". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  5. "archives | baltimoresun.com - Record Bar to open store in mall". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  6. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1858937622.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+22%2C+1984&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Hutzler's+plans+bigger+volume%2C+more+outlets&pqatl=google
  7. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-09-11/business/1991254111_1_eastpoint-mall-mall-renovation-bunyon
  8. "archives | baltimoresun.com - Sears expansion in Md. unaltered by layoff plans". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  9. "Stores In Eastpoint Mall | Shoe, clothing and furniture stores sign leases with Eastpoint Mall - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". articles.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  10. 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.

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