Haute City Center, formerly Honey Creek Mall, is a shopping center in Terre Haute, Indiana, with of gross leasing area. The mall has been owned by Out of the Box Ventures, a subsidiary of Lionheart Capital since 2019. The mall opened in 1968 as Honey Creek Square. The complex was expanded in 1973 and 1981, and was renovated in 1992 and 2007. The center was renamed to Honey Creek Mall at the time of the 1992 renovation. In 1999, a management contract for the mall was awarded to Trammell Crow Faison Regional Mall Services, a unit of

Trammell Crow Fred Trammell Crow (June 10, 1914 – January 14, 2009) was an American real estate developer from Dallas, Texas. He is credited with the creation of several major real estate projects, including the Dallas Market Center, Peachtree Center in Atla ...

Co. of Dallas. The mall was then purchased by

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in 2004. The mall's anchor stores are

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and Vendors Village. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once

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and

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. Vendors Village opened in the former Carson's space in November 2018. The southern anchor building was originally Root Dry Goods, which was converted to L. S. Ayres in 1998 and Macy's in 2006. Carson's opened as

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a store which re-located from downtown Terre Haute, and was later

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. In 1983, the city of Terre Haute annexed the land on which the mall was situated. On January 3, 2018, Macy's announced that they would close their store at the mall. This store closed in March 2018. In April 2018, Carson's parent company

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filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its stores. In October 2018,

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filed for bankruptcy and announced the closure of 142 stores including the unit at Honey Creek Mall which left JCPenney as the only traditional anchor left. A Vendor's Village store opened in the former Carson's space in November 2018 The mall was renamed to Haute City Center on December 16, 2019.

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