
Currently Indio has three distinct shopping areas: the Indio Fashion Mall on Highway 111 at Monroe, the Old Town area, and the Town and Country Kmart Center. Those areas are described below. In the near future, Indio, with its rapidly growing population, will see more areas added, from strategically located neighborhood centers to more regional mixed-use centers near the I-10 corridor, to service the thousands of new homes in the north Indio area as well as freeway travelers. This huge new shopping area will be located both to the west and east of Monroe to Jackson Street just north of the I-10. With Indio’s burgeoning population expected to reach 130,000 by 2010, these new shopping areas cannot come soon enough.
Indio Fashion Mall
Located on the Highway 111 corridor of the new downtown, the 250,000-square-foot Indio Fashion Mall includes large anchor and national chain stores as well as a number of family-fashion oriented stores that offer the best values, highest quality merchandise and lowest prices. Recently purchased by a new developer, the mall is expected to soon undergo extensive renovations and expansion.
The plans for redevelopment of the Indio Fashion Mall include a mixed-use “lifestyle” type development which will include retail, grocery, living units, hotel and entertainment components. The developer has stated that he hopes to have a large retailer move into the old Sears building, with the exterior remodeled to show the planned décor of the redeveloped mall at completion.
Town and Country Center
Anchored by Kmart, the Town and Country Center also includes dozens of other fine shops such as Munson Jewelers, the Indio Shoe Store, The Flower Patch, and many other fine shops. Metro 8 Theater complex is nearby. With the merger of Sears and Kmart, it will be interesting to see how the Kmart store in Indio will be affected and how that in turn will grow and change the existing center.
Address: Highway 111 at Dr. Carreon Blvd.
Old Town Indio
Over 170 businesses in the Old Town area provide a wide array of goods and services. They include a sporting goods store, bakery, furniture, books, charity resale and thrift stores, restaurants, camera and photo shop, magic shop, beauty salon, and other businesses such as insurance, computer, print shop, grocery stores, auto services, veterinary services and more.
Old Town is home for the Coachella Valley Museum and Cultural Center and the historic murals, and it is now the new home of the Indio Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Information Center. The Chamber relocated to the Old Town in the spring of 2005 and moved into a completely remodeled and redecorated building at the corner of Smurr Street and Indio Boulevard. The Chamber relocation brings many visitors, tourists, residents and chamber members into the Old Town area.