Eastpoint Mall
{{for|the similarly named mall in Singapore|Eastpoint Mall, Singapore}}
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Eastpoint Mall
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| location = Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| address = 7839 Eastpoint Mall
| opening_date = 1956
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| developer = Joseph Meyerhoff{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/370425239/ | title=Eastpoint, city's newest shopping center | work=The Evening Sun | date=October 9, 1956 | access-date=December 29, 2020 | pages=27}}
| manager = MCB Real Estate
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| number_of_stores = 146
| number_of_anchors = 4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
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| floors = 1 (small 2nd floor and ground floor, 2 In JCPenney)
| website = {{URL|http://www.eastpointmall.com/}}
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| publictransit = {{bus icon|12px}} MTA Maryland bus: 40, 59, 62, 160, CityLink Orange
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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
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.{{cite book|title=Essex|author=Nickel, J.|date=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738542935|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wF9opATP4W0C&pg=PA84|page=84|access-date=2015-08-26}} JCPenney came to the mall in 1974.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1744197242.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+13%2C+1974&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Penney+plans+Eastpoint+store&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629075908/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1744197242.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb+13,+1974&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Penney+plans+Eastpoint+store&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2011|title=archives | baltimoresun.com - Penney plans Eastpoint store|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=2015-08-26}} In 1981, a Record Bar store opened at the mall.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1782117422.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+11%2C+1981&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Record+Bar+to+open+store+in+mall&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629075922/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1782117422.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+11,+1981&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Record+Bar+to+open+store+in+mall&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2011|title=archives | baltimoresun.com - Record Bar to open store in mall|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=2015-08-26}} The Hutzler's store closed in 1984[https://archive.today/20130131180621/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1858937622.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+22,+1984&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Hutzler's+plans+bigger+volume,+more+outlets&pqatl=google] and became a food court in 1991,{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/09/11/a-nifty-new-look-for-the-90s-eastpoint-mall-gets-30-million-face-lift/|title = A NIFTY NEW LOOK FOR THE '90s Eastpoint Mall gets $30 million face lift}} while Sears was also added.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/113621558.html?dids=113621558:113621558&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+1991&author=Cindy+Harper-Evans&pub=The+Sun&desc=Sears+expansion+in+Md.+unaltered+by+layoff+plans&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154324/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/113621558.html?dids=113621558:113621558&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1991&author=Cindy+Harper-Evans&pub=The+Sun&desc=Sears+expansion+in+Md.+unaltered+by+layoff+plans&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=archives | baltimoresun.com - Sears expansion in Md. unaltered by layoff plans|publisher=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=2015-08-26}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-06/business/bal-bz.digest060jan06_1_leases-thor-equities-burlington-coat-factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921032027/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-06/business/bal-bz.digest060jan06_1_leases-thor-equities-burlington-coat-factory|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2012|title=Stores In Eastpoint Mall | Shoe, clothing and furniture stores sign leases with Eastpoint Mall - tribunedigital-baltimoresun|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2015-08-26}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Snider|first1=Mike|last2=Jones|first2=Charisse|title=Another 60-plus Sears, Kmart stores set to close in January 2018; see the list|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett|date=November 3, 2017|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/11/03/another-60-plus-sears-kmart-stores-set-close-january-2018/828585001/|access-date=November 3, 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.eastpointmall.com/ Official site]
{{Shopping malls in Maryland}}
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Category:Shopping malls in Maryland
Category:Buildings and structures in Baltimore County, Maryland
Category:Tourist attractions in Baltimore County, Maryland