Midway Mall

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This article is about Midway Mall, an indoor shopping center located in Elyria, Ohio. For Midway Mall, a shopping mall located in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, see Midway Mall (Brazil). For Midway Mall, a shopping mall located in Sherman, Texas, see Midway Mall (Sherman, Texas).
Midway Mall
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Entrance to Midway Mall, July 2013
LocationElyria, Ohio, USA
Opening date1966
DeveloperRichard E Jacobs Company
ManagementNamdar Realty Group
OwnerNamdar Realty Group
No. of stores and services17
No. of anchor tenants6 (2 open, 4 vacant)
Total retail floor area940,174 sq ft (87,345.0 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in former Dillard’s, former JCPenney and former Sears)
Websitemidwaymallshopping.com

Midway Mall is a 1.1 million square foot regional shopping mall in Elyria, Ohio. Lorain County's only enclosed regional mall, it sits on Ohio State Route 57, about 1/8 mile from Interstate 80 (the Ohio Turnpike) and Interstate 90. Anchored by Dunham's Sports and Johnny K's Power Sports, it has more than 100 specialty stores and a children's playland.

History[]

the mall was originally supposed to open in late August 1966[1] but was delayed until September 22 1966[2]. the mall was originally developed by Visconsi Mead Jacob's company.  the first promotional manager  Richard W Mumford was named Thursday June 23rd 1966[3]. higbee's open August 1st 1966. JCPenney's Open September 29th 1966. with Sears opening in late 1967[1][2]. Best Buy open in 1995 after Woolworth closed in 1994. higbee's became Dillard's in 1992. the mall was renovated between 1989 and 1990 reopening in August 1990 with a new May Company Store. and a new food court. the May Company store. became Kaufman's January 31st 1993.  it then became Macy's September 9th 2006.

The mall was long owned by the Jacobs Group of Cleveland, which sold it as part of a divestment program in 2001 to The Westfield Group, which renamed it Westfield Shoppingtown Midway. In spring 2006, Westfield announced that the mall didn't fulfill their "strategic plan" and sold it in May 2006 to Centro Properties Group,[4][5] which reverted the name to Midway Mall. Several years later, the mall was managed by The Woodmont Company.

Dillard's closed in 2007,[6] Macy's in 2016,[7] and Sears in 2017.[8] In 2018, Johnny K's Power Sports moved into the former Macy's space.[9] The mall is now owned and managed by Namdar Realty Group.

On February 28, 2019, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 27 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 5, 2019.[10]

On January 6, 2020, it was announced that Best Buy would close when its lease ran out. The store closed on March 7, 2020, leaving Dunham's Sports and Johnny K's Power Sports as the mall's only anchors.[11]

Anchor Stores[]

Higbee's 1966 to 1992 became Dillard's[1][12]

JCPenney's 1966 to 2019[1][10]

Sears 1967 to 2017[1][8][2]

Woolworths 1966 to 1994

May Company 1990 to 1993

Kaufman's 1993 to 2006

Macy's 2006 to 2016[7]

Dillard's 1992 to 2007[6]

Johnny K's Powersports 2018 to present

Steve & Barry's 2004 to 2008[13]

Dunham's Sports  2013 to present

Best buy 1995 to 2020[11]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p15005coll31/id/33873/rec/1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p15005coll31/id/34008/rec/3. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p15005coll31/id/33883/rec/2. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Crain's Cleveland Business: Midway Mall part of bigger deal
  5. ^ "Centro Watt Enters Mall Business; US Platform Well-Positioned to Continue Growth". www.businesswire.com. 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  6. ^ a b Chronicle-Telegram-Staff (February 5, 2008). "Value City no more". Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Weinberger, Jodi. "Macy's at Midway Mall to close". Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Weinberger, Jodi (June 6, 2017). "Sears officials announce closing of Midway Mall store". Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "Johnny K's Powersports taking over Macy's at Midway Mall". Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  10. ^ a b "JCPenney closing at Midway Mall - Chronicle-Telegram". 2019-03-01. Archived from the original on 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  11. ^ a b "Best Buy to close in Elyria (UPDATED)".
  12. ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-11-22, retrieved 2021-12-31
  13. ^ Mezger, Roger (2008-09-03). "Steve & Barry's closing four area stores; three others staying open". cleveland. Retrieved 2021-12-31.

Coordinates: 41°23′48″N 82°06′43″W / 41.39675°N 82.11188°W / 41.39675; -82.11188

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