Upper Valley Mall

Upper Valley Mall is a shopping mall located near Springfield, Ohio, northeast of Dayton. Built in 1971 by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation of Youngstown, the mall features four sit down restaurants, but has no anchor stores. The Upper Valley Mall is located west of Springfield, off US 68, in German Township, Clark County. The mall was owned by Simon Property Group, an Indianapolis, Indiana-based company. It is currently owned by the Clark County Land Reutilization Corporation. The Upper Valley Mall contains 267,466 sq ft (24,848.4 m2) of floor space.

Upper Valley Mall
LocationNear Springfield, Ohio
Coordinates39°56′56″N 83°51′15″W
Address1475 Upper Valley Pike
Opening date1971
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
OwnerClark County Land Reutilization Corp.
No. of stores and servicesAbout 40
No. of anchor tenants4 (all vacant)
Total retail floor area267,466 sq ft (24,848.4 m2)
No. of floors1

History

The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation built Upper Valley Mall in 1971. At the time, it featured J. C. Penney, Sears, Rike's (later Macy's), and Wren's (later Block's), a unit of Allied Stores, as its anchors.[1] Another original tenant was an F. W. Woolworth Company dime store, which closed in January 1992.[2]

Elder-Beerman, which replaced the Woolworth, closed in 2013. Old Navy closed at the same time.[3]

In March 2013, the Dayton Society of Natural History (DSNH) opened a satellite version of their main museum called the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Springfield in an approximately 4000-square-foot space in the mall,[4] moving to 20,000 square feet in the former Elder-Beerman space in November. On March 25, 2016, DSNH announced that it would close this satellite museum;[5] it did so on April 30.[6]

The mall went into receivership in July 2014.[7] In spring 2015, Macy's[8] and J. C. Penney[9] closed their stores in the mall.

The mall's cinema, an original tenant, closed on February 20, 2017.[10]

In 2017, the Macy's site was purchased by the Clark County Land Reutilization Corporation, a land bank, for about $200,000. In May 2018, the land bank purchased the rest of the site, exclusive of Sears, from its then-owner, Urban Retail Properties, for slightly more than $3 million.[11][12]

On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears, the last anchor at the mall, would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed on March 10, 2019, leaving the mall with no anchors.[13][14][15]

It was reported in March 2019 (although not confirmed by Clark County) that Home Plate Sports Academy, an existing tenant, would expand and be part of the mall's redevelopment into a mixed-use sports complex including restaurants, retail, a hotel and a movie theater; the project is planned to open in two years.[14]

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References
  1. "Chain Store Age: Executives edition". 1971.
  2. "Woolworth store at mall to close at end of January". Springfield News Sun. September 13, 1991. pp. 1, 7.
  3. http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/business/economy/more-stores-close-at-mall/nTqZj/
  4. Grieco, Lou (March 10, 2013). "Satellite branch could lead to additional museum growth". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  5. Cooper, Michael (March 25, 2016). "Boonshoft to close Springfield mall location". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  6. Sanctis, Matt (April 30, 2016). "Boonshoft's mall location hosts one final party before closing". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  7. http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/business/economy/bank-files-complaint-seeking-control-of-upper-vall/ngThR/
  8. http://m.wcvb.com/money/list-of-macys-stores-closing-nationwide-by-spring-2015/30602460
  9. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/01/jcpenneys_holiday_sales_up_37.html
  10. Sanctis, Mark (February 21, 2017). "Upper Valley Mall movie theater closes after decades". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio: Cox Media Group. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  11. Sanctis, Mark (May 2, 2018). "Hoping for 'a new vision': Clark County Land Bank buys Upper Valley Mall". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio: Cox Media Group. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  12. Sanctis, Mark (May 3, 2018). "Could the Upper Valley Mall sale breathe new life into a once-thriving part of Springfield?". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio: Cox Media Group. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  13. Thomas, Lauren (2018-12-28). "Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  14. Shively, Holly; Perry, Parker (March 6, 2019). "Last area Sears to close Sunday". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  15. Newton, Riley (March 12, 2019). "Springfield Dick's Sporting Goods: Answers elusive on why store is closing". Springfield News-Sun. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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