Fort Steuben Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located on Mall Drive in Steubenville, Ohio. Opened in 1974, it features Walmart and JCPenney as its anchor stores. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Macy's.
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| Location | 100 Mall Drive Steubenville, Ohio |
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| Opening date | 1974 |
| Developer | Goodman Company[1] |
| Owner | Brookwood Capital |
| No. of stores and services | 38 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 823,353 square feet (76,492.0 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | Mall website |
History edit
The mall opened in 1974 with original anchors including Sears and Kaufmann's.[3] The Kaufmann's store was the first in the chain to be located in a shopping mall. Goodman Company, a real estate company owned by Murray H. Goodman, built the mall. A 1975 expansion added 25 more stores and a third department store, Ashtabula, Ohio-based Carlisle's.[4] An original tenant, Zales Jewelers, won a design competition in that chain upon opening.[1]
In 2000, the mall was slightly renovated, while also remodeling the Sears and Kaufmann's stores.[5] Walmart opened at the mall in 2002.[6] Sears closed in 2016, followed by Macy's, which acquired the Kaufmann's chain, in 2017.[7]
The Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased Fort Steuben Mall for $10.75 million in December 2018.[8] They would sell it in 2022 to Brookwood Capital Partners.[9]
In early 2022, Brookwood Capital Partners acquired the shopping mall from the previous owners.[10] Despite attracting new businesses to the mall, Brookwood Capital auctioned it off after only one month.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Two Zale corp. stores win design honors at Fort Steuben Mall". Chain Store Age, Executives Edition Combined with Shopping Center Age. 50 (7–12): 31. July 1974.
- ^ "Fort Steuben Mall". JLL Properties. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "Ohio". CSA Super Markets: E76. 1973.
- ^ "Carlisle's store opens in mall". The Weirton Daily Times. March 10, 1975. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Hudnall Day, Sandra (2005). Ashtabula. p. 91. ISBN 9780738533995.
- ^ "Wal-Mart Super showdown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Fort Steuben Macy's to close in 2017". WTOV-9. 4 January 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ "Fort Steuben Mall has new ownership". WTOV. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Farmer, Taylor (25 February 2022). "Fort Steuben Mall sold". WTOV. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Fort Steuben Mall's new owner sees upside potential".
- ^ "Fort Steuben Mall back on the auction block". 30 March 2022.