Built on the lakefront site of Marley's Scrap Yard, CAROUSEL CENTER opened, with a lion's share of media hooplah, in October 1990. The mega-center depicted in this circa-1990 plan featured seven anchors (with four of these being junior-sized). The mall encompassed approximately 1,560,000 leasable square feet and contained 125 stores. It had its own zip code (13290) and provided free parking for 6,000 autos.