City Center: What's Really Coming to the New Elizabethtown Mall

Everybody keeps asking us the same question: what's actually going into the new Elizabethtown mall?

So we went and found out. Nate Bryan spent weeks digging through public plans, site listings and reports, we built a suite-by-suite map of the whole property, and then the two of us walked all of Towne Mall — every single space — as it transforms into the open-air "City Center."

Here's a taste of what we found:

• 4 brand-new-to-E'town retailers — HomeGoods, Sierra, JD Sports & The Buckle
• ~61,000 sq ft of retail this market has never had — two national TJX anchors at once
• The enclosed mall is going away — nearly every store getting its own outside entrance
• A talked-about 45-ft waterfall, covered patio + turf lawn, and the big anchors (mostly) staying put
• The rumor mill — Burlington, Dave's Hot Chicken & the food-space question — clearly labeled as rumor
• A new hotel and road work behind the property
• And the live audience brought the real questions: "When does HomeGoods open?" "Is Victoria's Secret closing?" "Where's the roundabout going?" "We need a Whataburger!"

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(Before you dig in: this one is commentary and conversation — two locals geeking out about the new mall — not a news report. Everything here comes from publicly available information, our own local knowledge, and conversations with folks in the know. Plans, tenants and square footage can change. Compiled by Hardin Local from a variety of public sources; not official.)