Richland Mall (Ohio)

Richland Mall
Location Ontario, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates 40°46′14″N 82°35′36″W / 40.77068°N 82.59344°W / 40.77068; -82.59344Coordinates: 40°46′14″N 82°35′36″W / 40.77068°N 82.59344°W / 40.77068; -82.59344
Address 2209 Richland Mall
Opening date 1969
Developer Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs
Owner Madison Marquette
No. of stores and services 70+
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 733,633 square feet (68,156.7 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1

Richland Mall is a shopping mall in Ontario, Ohio, near the city of Mansfield, Ohio. Opened in 1969, the mall features J. C. Penney, Macy's, and Sears. It is managed by Madison Marquette.

History

The mall opened in 1969 in the Mansfield suburb of Ontario near US 30. It occupied a 64-acre site, with Lazarus, Sears, and O'Neil's (later May Company Ohio, then Kaufmann's) as its anchor stores. Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs developed the property, and first announced it in 1966.[2] The Lazarus store was their first location outside the Columbus, Ohio market.[3]

A 1997 expansion added J. C. Penney and 108,000 square feet of retail space.[4] The Lazarus store was re-branded Lazarus-Macy's in 2003, and then just Macy's in 2005. Only a year later, Macy's relocated from the former Lazarus to the former Kaufmann's. Macy's previous location in the old Lazarus was later repurposed as a haunted house.[3] The mall in 2002 was renamed by Westfield Group as Westfield Shoppingtown Richland for a period of time, is once again called Richland Mall following a name change in 2006.

In 2015, a judge ordered a sale of the mall after its then-owners accumulated $37 million in debts.[5] Later in the year, it was announced that Avita Health System would open a hospital in the abandoned Lazarus.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Richland Mall". Madison Marquette. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "New Richland Mall Promises Many Firsts in Shopping Convenience". Mansfield News-Journal. October 21, 1969. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Meyers, David; Meyers, Beverly; Meyers Walker, Elise. Look to Lazarus: The Big Store. p. 110.
  4. ↑ "Ohio". Chain Store Age. 73 (1-6). 1997.
  5. ↑ Martz, Linda (July 14, 2015). "Judge orders sale of Richland Mall; mayor optimistic". Mansfield News-Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Whitmire, Lou (November 17, 2015). "Richland Mall will be home of Avita's new $60M hospital". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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