Cache is not a park and grab as you have to walk a small distance to the outer edge of this large development called East Hills! Cache was placed with permission of Jane the facility manager. Thanks
Photo is before East Hills was built on this farm ground north (above tower).
History
East Hills Mall was built by Sherman Dreiseszun in 1965 as one of the first malls in the Midwestern United States. Original tenants included Montgomery Ward, J. C. Penney, Safeway Inc., Katz Drug, Woolworth's, and Hirsch Brothers department store. The mall was expanded in 1988, and Dillard's and Sears were added then.
Throughout the 1990's East Hills lost many tenants, including Woolworth's, Sunglass Hut, A&W, and Osco Drug (formerly Katz Drug). Montgomery Ward closed in 2001, when that retail chain declared bankruptcy. By 2005 a locally-owned furniture store located in that space, and later closed. From 2005 to 2008, Famous Footwear, Waldenbooks, Lerner New York, f.y.e., and Coach House Gifts were other tenants to leave East Hills. The mall was renovated extensively in 2008 and 2009 with the addition of a food court, and in 2011 Gordmans opened in the former Montgomery Ward space. Throughout 2012 and 2013 many other new tenants were announced and opened, including Charlotte Russe, Justice, and Victoria's Secret. Off Broadway Shoes (in precisely the former location of Osco Drug), Charming Charlie, The Children's Place, and Body Central were also new tenants recruited to East Hills.