Southern Park Mall

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Southern Park Mall
Southern Park Mall, Boardman.jpg
LocationBoardman, Ohio
Coordinates41°01′17″N 80°39′32″W / 41.0213889°N 80.6588889°W / 41.0213889; -80.6588889Coordinates: 41°01′17″N 80°39′32″W / 41.0213889°N 80.6588889°W / 41.0213889; -80.6588889
Address7401 Market Street
Opening date1970
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ManagementWashington Prime Group
OwnerWashington Prime Group
No. of stores and services75
No. of anchor tenants4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in anchors)
Public transit accessBus transport WRTA Available at mall: 7 Glenwood, 8 Market, 5 South, 26 Boardman East Loop
Websitesouthernparkmall.com

The Southern Park Mall is a shopping mall in Boardman, Ohio, United States, developed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation in 1970, and now owned by Washington Prime Group. The mall, which is the largest shopping destination in Mahoning County, has 1,198,000 square feet (111,300 m2) of space.

The Southern Park Mall was named after the historic Southern Park Race Track; a historic horse racing facility that was located approximately 1.5 miles south of the mall's present position.[1][2] The horse track was bounded by Washington Boulevard, Southern Boulevard, and McClurg Road. One of the only remaining structures, the Southern Park Stable, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986.[3]

The mall originally had three anchor stores. Sears opened October 13, 1969 along with the Sears wing that included F.W. Woolworth. JC Penney opened April 2, 1970 and Youngstown-based Strouss opened April 8, 1970. JC Penney and Strouss relocated from DeBartolo's Greater Boardman Plaza, located approximately one mile west of Southern Park Mall. Other initial stores included Gray Drugs, Kroger and Southern Park Theater.

Pittsburgh-based Joseph Horne Co began construction July 25, 1972 and opened July 30, 1973. The Strouss store was changed into Kaufmann's in 1986 when May Company merged its divisions, and in 2006 became Macy's. Dillard's acquired Joseph Horne company with Horne's closing July 17, 1992 and Dillard's opening August 12, 1992. Dillard's bought their store and adjoining land October 13, 1993.

In 1997 the mall went under an extensive renovation, shortly after the DeBartolo Corporation merged with Simon Property Group. Simon spent $19 million making improvements to the interiors, adding a food court and a Cinemark Tinseltown movie theater at the southeastern edge of the mall's property. It opened in 1997 and has 7 screens. Jillian's, which replaced a Woolworth, was a tenant from 1999 to 2011.[4]

On April 3, 2014, news was released of the sale of Southern Park Mall by Simon Property Group to its spinoff, Washington Prime Group.[5]

On April 5, 2018, Sears announced that they would be closing their location at the mall in July 2018.[6]

On February 13, 2019, it was announced that Dillard's would also be closing on May 14, 2019 which left JCPenney and Macy's as the only remaining anchors.[7] On this same day, the Dillard's building was sold to a Cafaro Company subsidiary, Boardman SC LLC.[8] No future tenants or redevelopment plans have been announced.

Anchor Stores[]

DeBartolo Commons[]

On September 7, 2019, just over a year after Sears closed, demolition of the former Sears and Sears Auto Center locations at the mall commenced. It will be replaced with DeBartolo Commons, featuring new retail spaces, greenspace, an athletic field, and a bandstand. The owner of the mall is in talks with a fitness company that wants to open in the new commons, as well as an indoor golf center with a restaurant. Letters of intent to move to the new space have yet to be signed.[10]

See also[]

References[]

http://southernparkmall.com/

  1. ^ "Plan unveiled to preserve Boardman race track history". WFMJ. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Southern Park Stables". Boardman Park. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Southern Park Stable". NRHP. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/jan/31/jillian8217s-closes-in-boardman/
  5. ^ Southern Park Mall Spun Off to New Entity
  6. ^ Simeon, Chelsea (5 April 2018). "Sears closing store in Southern Park Mall". WKBN. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ^ https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/dillard-s-announces-closing-of-southern-park-mall-store/1778741485
  8. ^ Koziol, Brandon (February 15, 2019). "Cafaro Co. subsidiary purchases Dillard's building at Southern Park Mall". 21 WFMJ. WFMJ. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Planet Fitness Marks Newest Step in Southern Park's Redevelopment". Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishing Company. 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  10. ^ September 7, Josh Medore |; 2019 (2019-09-07). "Southern Park Mall Rebuilds for Next 50 Years with DeBartolo Commons". Business Journal Daily. Retrieved 2019-09-10.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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