Great Lakes Mall

Great Lakes Mall is a shopping mall in Mentor, Ohio on Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Cleveland. The mall has stores such as Macy's, J.C. Penney, Sears, Dillard's, and most recently a new Dick's Sporting Goods store added with new construction in 2014. The mall has around 150 stores and was opened in 1961 as a shopping strip - later expanded to become one of the oldest major enclosed shopping malls in Ohio.^[1] Olive Garden, Office Max, Max & Erma's, Barnes & Noble and Atlas Cinemas Stadium 16 are in the mall parking lot. The mall is owned by WP Glimcher and contains about 1 million square feet (90,000 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.^[2] Washington Prime Group later became WP Glimcher. Dillard's North closed in May 2017 and Sears will close in September 2017.

Anchors

• Dillard's (167,438 sq ft)
• JCPenney (162,321 sq ft)
• Macy's (189,198 sq ft)
• Sears (234,195 sq ft) (closing in September 2017)
• Dick's Sporting Goods (56,000 sq ft added in 2014)

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) (Consolidated to Dillard's South in May 2017)

References

External links

• Great Lakes Mall Website

Coordinates: 41°39′28″N 81°21′40″W / 41.65778°N 81.36111°W / 41.65778; -81.36111