Kokomo Town Center, formerly Kokomo Mall, is an outdoor shopping mall in Kokomo, Indiana. Opened in 1963, the property was converted from an enclosed mall to an outdoor mall in 2014. Anchor stores include J. C. Penney and Robert Miller & Son Furniture.HistoryEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation built Kokomo Mall in 1963. Anchor tenants included Montgomery Ward, H. P. Wasson and Company, and J. C. Penney, with other major stores including G. C. Murphy, National Tea supermarket, and Muir Drug. By the end of the decade, the mall was purchased by Novil-Novick Associates, who enclosed the formerly open-air mall.Several stores at the mall closed throughout the 1980s, starting with National Food and Wasson's in 1980, followed by Montgomery Ward in 1981, G. C. Murphy, and several other original stores, leaving only J. C. Penney as an anchor. Meis replaced the former Montgomery Ward in 1987. After Meis opened, Kokomo Mall Associates bought the mall in 1986 from West-Penn Realty and added several new stores, including The Limited, Lane Bryant, Sbarro, Gordon's Jewelers, Hallmark Cards, and Kinney Shoes, plus Phar-Mor in the former Wasson's. Also, the mall interior was largely rebuilt, and new marble flooring was installed. Meis was bought out by Elder-Beerman in 1989.
