The Great Mall of the Great Plains

The Great Mall of the Great Plains was formerly a shopping mall located in Olathe, Kansas, United States. The largest outlet mall in the state of Kansas, the Great Mall in 2007 had over 80 stores and restaurants. Burlington Coat Factory is the mall's last remaining anchor store; amenities included indoor glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course, a food court, a Game Zone arcade, and a Dickinson Theatres movie theater with sixteen screens. Great Mall of the Great Plains was owned & managed by Glimcher Properties Trust until January 2009. On September 18, 2015, the mall permanently closed its doors. Demolition is scheduled to begin on the mall in June 2016. Burlington Coat Factory will remain. Demolition commenced on July 11, 2016, and is expected to last for six months. As of January 1, 2017, all that remains is Burlington Coat Factory.HistoryGreat Mall of the Great Plains was co-developed by Glimcher Realty Trust and Jordan Robert Perlmutter & Co. The mall was intended to feature a "value oriented megamall" with a mix of outlet stores, traditional mall stores, big box retail, and entertainment venues, comparable to malls developed by the former Mills Corporation. Construction began on the Great Mall of the Great Plains in 1996.