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Fort Steuben Mall

Coordinates: 40°21′57.8″N 80°40′19.4″W / 40.366056°N 80.672056°W / 40.366056; -80.672056
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Fort Steuben Mall
Map
Location100 Mall Drive
Steubenville, Ohio
Opening date1974; 50 years ago (1974)
DeveloperGoodman Company[1]
OwnerBrookwood Capital
No. of stores and services38
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area823,353 square feet (76,492.0 m2)[2]
No. of floors1
WebsiteMall website

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.

History

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Fort Steuben Mall". JLL Properties. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Ohio". CSA Super Markets: E76. 1973.
  4. ^ "Carlisle's store opens in mall". The Weirton Daily Times. March 10, 1975. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Hudnall Day, Sandra (2005). Ashtabula. p. 91. ISBN 9780738533995.
  6. ^ "Wal-Mart Super showdown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  7. ^ "Fort Steuben Macy's to close in 2017". WTOV-9. 4 January 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Fort Steuben Mall has new ownership". WTOV. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  9. ^ Farmer, Taylor (25 February 2022). "Fort Steuben Mall sold". WTOV. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Fort Steuben Mall's new owner sees upside potential".
  11. ^ "Fort Steuben Mall back on the auction block". 30 March 2022.
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40°21′57.8″N 80°40′19.4″W / 40.366056°N 80.672056°W / 40.366056; -80.672056