Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets
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LocationMichigan City, Indiana
Coordinates41°42′52″N 86°54′23″W / 41.71444°N 86.90639°W / 41.71444; -86.90639
Address601 Wabash Street[1]
Opening dateMay 1987
OwnerSimon Property Group[1]
No. of stores and services120[1]
Public transit accessBus interchange Michigan City Transit

Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets is an open-air outlet store shopping mall located in Michigan City, Indiana.

The mall is one of Michigan City's major tourist attractions.[1] It is one of Northwest Indiana's most popular shopping centers, receiving an estimated one million visitors annually as of 2017.[1] The mall is located in Michigan City's downtown area.[1] It is designed to resemble a seaside village, playing off of its proximity to Lake Michigan.[1]

History

The site where the mall is now located was once occupied by a Pullman Company railcar plant.[1][2]

Construction of the mall started in the autumn of 1986, and the mall's central court opened in May 1987.[1]

Unlike many malls of its era, Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets was constructed in the city's downtown, rather than near highways, and was an open-air mall, as opposed to an indoor mall.[1]

The mall is in walking distance of the South Shore Line's 11th Street station.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pete, Joseph S. (January 22, 2020). "Thirty years ago, Lighthouse Place Mall changed Michigan City". nwitimes.com. The Times. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pete, Joseph S. (April 28, 2021). "Lighthouse Place grappling with vacancies amid pandemic, retail woes". nwitimes.com. The Times. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ Studentkov, Igor (14 May 2021). "Goodbye street-running South Shore service in Michigan City, hello double-tracking". Streetsblog Chicago. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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