Eastland Mall

A summary of issue positions held by incumbent council member Jenna Kearns and challenger Ben Zimmerman.

The city manager of Bloomington said it's time to raise the public profile of the issue of Eastland Mall improvement.

The McLean County Board of Review has reduced the assessed value of Eastland Mall by a couple million dollars — from $8.7 million to $6.7 million. The assessed value is one third of the estimated market value of a property and is used to compute property taxes owed to governmental bodies such as municipalities, townships, and school districts.

McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael said she is encouraging county board members to call for a special meeting to discuss a request for a sheriff's deputy to remain at Eastland Mall during early voting this year. Her request failed to gain traction at county board finance committee earlier this week.

A dispute over the tax value of Eastland Mall in Bloomington suggests school district and local governments are frustrated with inaction by mall owners and with the retail center's decline. That came through in arguments made before the McLean County Board of Review in an appeal of the 36-acre mall's assessed value.

Longtime central Illinois business veteran Denise Moore is opening the second Minority Business Development Center in the area, after launching an office in Peoria around a year ago.

The owner of Eastland Mall, which last month signaled it was in trouble as tenants struggled to pay rent during the pandemic, plans to file for bankruptcy…

The owner of Eastland Mall says it has “substantial doubt” about its future as it’s unable to collect rent from most of its retail tenants that are…

District 87 is contesting two property assessments that could impact the school system's share of tax revenue.The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board…

The owners of Eastland Mall in Bloomington have appealed their property’s assessed value to a state board in hopes of lowering their taxes.The move was…