Great Lakes Mall

Great Lakes Mall is a shopping mall in Mentor, Ohio on Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Cleveland. The mall now has 126 stores. The anchor stores are Round 1 Entertainment, Dillard's, Planet Fitness, JCPenney, and Dick's Sporting Goods. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, Firestone and Macy's. The mall was opened in 1961 as the first developed by Ohio's Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. Later, the mall was expanded to become one of the oldest major enclosed shopping malls in Ohio.[3] Olive Garden, BJ's Brewhouse, Hobby Lobby, Outback Steakhouse, Barnes & Noble and Atlas Cinemas Stadium 16 are located in the mall parking lot. The mall contains 1,249,574 sq ft (116,089 m2). On May 28, 2014, it was announced by Simon Property Group that they would transfer Great Lakes Mall to its new spin off Washington Prime Group.[4] Washington Prime Group later became WP Glimcher and then back to Washington Prime Group. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Great Lakes Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[5] Dillard's North closed in May 2017, consolidating the men and women's sections into one building. Sears closed in September 2017 due to the store's lease ending. Macy's closed in April 2021 due to a plan to close 46 stores nationwide.[6]

For the mall in Auburn Hills, Michigan, see Great Lakes Crossing Outlets.
Great Lakes Mall
LocationMentor, Ohio
Opening date1961[1]
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ManagementWashington Prime Group
OwnerWashington Prime Group
No. of stores and services126
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 3 vacant by April 2021)
Total retail floor area1,249,574 sq ft (116,089 m2)[2]
No. of floors1 (2 in Dillard's, JCPenney, former Macy's, and former Sears, closed 2nd floor in Round One Entertainment)

Anchors

Former Anchors
  • Higbee's (1969-1992) (became Dillard's South in 1992)
  • Horne's (1974-1992) (became Dillard's North in 1992)
  • May Company (1964-1993) (became Kaufmann's in 1993)
  • Kaufmann's (1993-2006) (became Macy's in 2006)
  • Dillard's (North) (1992-2017) (118,276 sq ft (10,988 m2)) (Consolidated to Dillard's South in May 2017)
  • Sears (1970-2017) (234,195 sq ft (21,757 m2))
  • Macy's (2006-2021) (189,000 sq ft (17,600 m2))

References
  1. "Great Lakes Mall marks 50 years". News-Herald. 2011-03-21.
  2. "Washington Prime Group Inc. - Properties - Portfolio - Great Lakes Mall". washingtonprime.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. "East side malls". The Plain Dealer. 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  4. Bullard, Stan (2014-05-28). "Two Northeast Ohio malls are transferred to Simon Property Group spinoff". Crainscleveland.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  5. "At Great Lakes Mall | Seritage". seritage.com.
  6. Thomas, Lauren; Rattner, Nate (2021-01-06). "Macy's is closing dozens of stores this year. Here's the full list". CNBC.


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