Sandusky Mall
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| Location | Perkins Township, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°25′06″N 82°40′09″W / 41.4183333°N 82.6691667°W |
| Opening date | 1977[1] |
| Developer | Cafaro Company |
| Management | Cafaro Company |
| Owner | Cafaro Company |
| No. of stores and services | 70+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (1 occupied, 1 will open March 2020, 2 vacant,) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | Sandusky Mall |
Sandusky Mall is an indoor shopping center located in Perkins Township, south of Sandusky, Ohio. It is located on the east side of Milan Road/US 250, north of the Ohio Turnpike/I-80/I-90 and Route 2. The mall comprises more than seventy stores, including one anchor store: JCPenney, and another soon to be anchor store: Hobby Lobby filling a portion of the former Sears space. There are two vacant anchors last occupied by Macy's, and Elder-Beerman. JCPenney had previously operated a store downtown.[2] It is managed by Cafaro Company of Youngstown, Ohio.
History
Mall construction began in 1976 and Sandusky Mall opened in 1977. Its original anchors included JCPenney, Elder-Beerman, The May Department Stores Company (simply the May Co.), and Montgomery Ward (later Sears in 1986). The outdoor section, Child World closed in 1992 and later converted to OfficeMax in 1994, then closed in 2005. It was converted to K&K Home Furnishings in 2006, then closed in 2014. It later converted to a Planet Fitness in 2015.
The May Co. rebranded their store at the Sandusky Mall as Kaufmann's in the mid-1990's. In 2006, the store was converted to Macy's, when May Department Stores Company and Federated Department Stores merged into Macy's, Inc. Borders opened in 2005. TJ Maxx was added in 2009. Borders closed in 2011. A few months later, it was replaced by BAM!.
On April 7, 2016, Sears announced that its store would be closing in June 2016.[3]
On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced that its store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 100 stores nationwide over the next several years. The store closed in March 2017.[4]
On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Elder-Beerman would be closing all of their stores after the parent company, Bon-Ton became bankrupt.
In December of 2018, Cafaro Company announced that they had a redevelopment plan set in place for the mall with chances on the horizon coming within the next year.
On June 30th, 2019, It was announced that Hobby Lobby, A Craft store would be coming to the Sandusky Mall. They will be occupying 50,000 square feet of the former Sears space. The mall is being transformed into a mix-used property to feature residential, entertainment, and even office space. Changes are currently underway.
The mall features Tenants such as JCPenney, BAM!, TJMaxx, American Eagle, Bath and Body Works, Victorias Secret, Journeys, Spencers, Express Factory, Hot Topic, Hallmark, soon to be Hobby Lobby, and more.
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=mNsbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Sandusky+Mall,+Sandusky,+OH+656,206+sq.+ft+Montgomery+Ward,+Sears%22&dq=%22Sandusky+Mall,+Sandusky,+OH+656,206+sq.+ft+Montgomery+Ward,+Sears%22&source=bl&ots=ZckwbCIyrM&sig=uxuBIiNZUFUM_RsVoSWJhp8xVRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4JBSULq5LZC49gSPsYHQBA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA
- ^ Giegerich, Steve. "Ohio town feels effect of new mall". The Free-Lance Star. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201701040044
- ^ http://www.sanduskyregister.com/story/201701040044
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