New Life for the Pierre Moran Mall?

Read time: 5 min.

Although Elkhart, Indiana’s Pierre Moran Mall was the first of four to eventually open in Michiana, it was mostly empty during my visits in the early 2000s. It’s mostly empty today too, eighteen years after a $10 million project converted it to an outdoor power center called Woodland Crossing. Last week, news broke that the city of Elkhart is stepping in to try and change things.

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The Pierre Moran Mall in Elkhart: Resting -and Rusting- in Pieces

Read time: 18 min.

Filled with empty storefronts and deserted hallways, dead malls are a haunting reminder of a bygone era of retail. Recently, they’ve been blowing up my social media feeds as prime locations for urban explorers to go investigate as eerie relics of the past. But what about zombie malls- establishments that have risen from the grave under new guise to continue on long after their original demise? Elkhart’s old Pierre Moran Mall is one. Known as Woodland Crossing since 2006, portions of the mall rest -and rust- in pieces. 

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