The mall is one of Michigan City's major tourist attractions.

[1] It is one of Northwest Indiana's most popular shopping centers, receiving an estimated one million visitors annually as of 2017.

[1] It is designed to resemble a seaside village, playing off of its proximity to Lake Michigan.

[1] The site where the mall is now located was once occupied by a Pullman Company railcar plant.

[1] The mall is in walking distance of the South Shore Line's 11th Street station.