Ashtabula Towne Square

Ashtabula Towne Square
Location 3315 N. Ridge East, Unit #700
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Opening date 1992
Developer Cafaro Company
Owner McKinley, Inc.
No. of stores and services 70
No. of anchor tenants 2 (space for up to 5)
Total retail floor area 1,074,470 square feet (99,822 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1
Website http://www.ashtabulatownesquare.com/

Ashtabula Towne Square, formerly Ashtabula Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall serving the city of Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. It has the capacity for 70 stores, as well as a food court, and a six-screen movie theater. Anchor stores include JCPenney and Super Kmart, with four vacant anchors last occupied by Sears, Steve & Barry's, and two locations of Dillard's. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,074,470 square feet(99,800 m²) and is managed by McKinley, Inc.

History

Ashtabula Towne Square opened in 1992 as Ashtabula Mall. The mall featured Dillard's, JCPenney, Kmart, Phar-Mor, Carlisle's, and Sears as anchor stores. The Kmart and Phar-Mor stores were both protoytpes, with the latter also being that chain's 300th store.[2] While Sears and Phar-Mor opened in August of that year, the mall itself did not open until the fall.[3] Carlisle's closed in 1994 with the chain's demise[4] and was later converted to a Dillard's Home Store. It originally had a carousel which was later removed.

Kmart expanded to a Supercenter in the mid-late 1990s, around the same time that Phar-Mor closed. Steve & Barry's replaced Phar-Mor in 2005. Also, Dillard's closed the Home Store to focus on fashion apparel but ended up also closing its main location in 2007.

The mall was purchased by Cabot Investment Properties in 2008 and renamed Ashtabula Towne Square.[5][6] Since the mall's renaming, several more stores have closed, including Old Navy, Spencer's Gifts, Claire's, Sears, and Yum Yum Tree (a card, gift and candy shop).[6] Ruby Tuesday also closed its Ashtabula Mall location in March 2008,[7] followed by Steve & Barry's in October. Finish Line, Inc., King's Jewelers and Zales have also closed since early 2009,[8] and Waldenbooks closed in early 2010.[9] The mall was foreclosed on in 2011.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Ashtabula Mall, International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed August 9, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Phar-Mor cuts ribbon #300" http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_n15_v14/ai_12511786
  3. ↑ "Phar-Mor opens no. 300; denies plans for IPO" http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n15_v31/ai_12540133
  4. ↑ Carlisle Retailers puts itself on sales block; still hopes to file own Chap. 11 plan. (Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan) (Brief Article)
  5. ↑ Terry, Shelley (2008-10-30). "Mall goes to Towne". Star Beacon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Old Ashtabula mall sign leaves ‘Towne’ to make room for new". Star Beacon. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  7. ↑ Cook, Doris (2008-03-31). "Good-bye, Ruby Tuesday, graffiti, litter mark end". Star Beacon. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  8. ↑ "Two more stores leaving Ashtabula Towne Square". Trading Markets.com. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  9. ↑ http://www.starbeacon.com/archivesearch/local_story_311003926.html
  10. ↑ http://starbeacon.com/local/x627656851/Malls-future-in-question

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Coordinates: 41°52′55″N 80°45′22″W / 41.882015°N 80.756142°W