Independence Center is the second-largest mall in the KC Metro Area, behind Oak Park Mall. On January 6, 2021, it was announced that Macy's would also be closing on Maas part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide, which left Dick's Sporting Goods and Dillard's as the only anchors left. On August 20, 2019, the carousel on the ground floor was disassembled and removed from the mall. The store closed on October 27, 2019, at 3PM. On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location as part of a plan to close 26 stores nationwide. In 2018, Independence Center was sold to Pacific Retail Capital Partners. In 2006 Macy's returned to its original location in the mall after the Federated- May department stores merger, which resulted in all Kansas City area Jones Store locations being converted to Macy's stores. In 2004, Independence Center saw another renovation, which added small shop space on the outside of the mall facing 39th Street. Also in 1998, a large children's play area was added.

In 1996, the mall added a two-story carousel in the atrium and in 1998, the mall underwent a massive $20 million renovation, which improved the property's aesthetics and vertical transportation, and also improved the food court. In 1994, Independence Center was purchased by Simon Property Group. In 1985, after Dillard's acquired Macy's Midwest stores, it sold the Independence Center location to Mercantile Stores, then the parent company of The Jones Store Co. Stix Baer & Fuller closed in 1982, and Dillard's occupied its space in 1984.

The mall saw its first cosmetic renovation in the mid-1980s.

It was later acquired, owned and managed by Chicago-based LaSalle. Independence Center was built by Homart, a division of Sears Roebuck & Co. When it first opened and for many years afterward, the mall's advertising carried the memorable slogan 'Independence Center: The 'I' has it.' Independence Center even featured an enormous flashing advertising marquee which stood along I-70. In the center of the atrium, on the lowest floor, was a food court. The mall featured a unique three-level 60-foot-tall (18 m) central atrium, with a series of ramps and stair risers traversing the expanse of open space. Its three department stores were Macy's, Sears, and Stix, Baer & Fuller's.

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