The Fashion Mall at Keystone - Indianapolis, IN - Premier Shopping Venue in Central Indiana

Located along the Keystone and 86th Street corridors of Indianapolis, The Fashion Mall has been evolving as an upscale shopping destination since the 1970s. It started out as a small luxury mall of 50,000 square feet, neighbored by a shopping center called The Bazaar. Over the years, renovations and expansions transformed The Fashion Mall into a high-end regional shopping destination. Today, it occupies two separate buildings of two stories each, providing 680,000 square feet of retail space.

The Fashion Mall at Keystone is currently owned and managed by Simon Property Group (SPG), an Indianapolis-based S&P 500 company that is widely regarded as the largest public real estate company in the United States. SPG has indicated that it has plans for expanding the mall by an additional 150,000 square feet at a cost of $100 million, to expand the food court and provide room for 20 new stores.

Currently anchoring The Fashion Mall at Keystone are two major department stores: Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue. The latter occupies 120,000 square feet and is the only Saks location in the Indiana-Kentucky area. The facility also offers some 95 specialty shops in its climate-controlled environment.

A broad variety of items are sold within the stores that occupy the two buildings. As might be expected men's and women's fashions make up more than two dozen of the shops, from Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Burberry and Tommy Bahama to Ann Taylor, bebe, Gap, J. Crew, Ralph Lauren and Louis Vuitton, among others. For children there are several fashion purveyors, too, such as BabyGap, GapKids, Janie & Jack, and Pottery Barn Kids.

More than a dozen categories of other goods are sold at The Fashion Mall at Keystone. These include cards, books, gifts, stationery, music, electronics, video items, toys and games, and home furnishings. Also available are accessories, jewelry, optical products and eyewear, shoes, sporting goods, active wear, and health and beauty products.

Connecting the two buildings of The Fashion Mall at Keystone is a glass archway. This structure is known as "The Crossing,'' and it contains the mall's current food court. Outlets found here include Charley's Grilled Subs, Charlie & Barney's, Freshens Yogurt, Panda Express, and Villa Pizza. There is also a Bank of America ATM at The Crossing.

For family dining, several stand-alone restaurants are located at ground-level along 86th Street: Maggiano's, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Sullivan's Steakhouse, and El Torito Grill.

Also on the property are branches of T.G.I. Friday's and The Cheesecake Factory. Inside Nordstrom's shoppers can take a break at Cafy Bistro or eBar. And two other specialty food shops are located within the mall: Godiva Chocolatier and Mrs. Fields Cookies.

For entertainment, Landmark Theatres operates the Keystone Art Cinema, a new, state-of-the-art, seven-screen cinema showing "first-run independent and foreign films, restored classics and nontraditional studio fare.'' Meanwhile, the adjacent Indie Lounge features live music on weekends and a full-service bar. And conveniently connected directly to the mall is The Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites.

The Fashion Mall at Keystone is located at the intersection of 86th Street and Keystone Avenue. The address is 8702 Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Hours of operation are 10am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 6pm on Sundays. Shoppers should note that some store hours may differ from mall hours.