Lima Mall

Lima Mall
Lima Mall in March 2014.
Location Lima, Ohio
Address 2400 Elida Road
Opening date 1965
Developer Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
Owner WP Glimcher
No. of stores and services 65
No. of anchor tenants 5 (3 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area 742,000 square feet[1]
No. of floors 1

Lima Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Lima, Ohio. It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears. The center is owned by WP Glimcher, who took ownership after Simon Property Group spun off the property into a separate company, Washington Prime Group (the previous name of WP Glimcher).[2]

History

Lima Mall opened in 1965. Originally 166,000 square feet in size, the mall was one of the first smaller, regional centers built by Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.. Lazarus was added as an anchor in 1971.[3] Another anchor, a local department store called The Leader, was sold to Elder-Beerman in the mid-1970s.[4] An F. W. Woolworth Company store closed at the mall in mid-1997.[5] The Lazarus store became Lazarus-Macy's in 2003, then dropped the Lazarus name in 2005.

In January 2013, Old Navy moved from its existing store to a space previously occupied by New York & Company, with The Shoe Department Encore replacing Old Navy's former store.[6] On October 21, 2015, parent company The Bon-Ton announced that it would close the Elder-Beerman in the mall in January 2016.[7]

MC Sports closed in 2017 due to bankruptcy.

On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that it's store would also be closing in as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in September 2, 2018. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Do Business at Lima Mall, a Simon Property". simon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  2. ↑ Spinoff Company Prepares to Take Ownership of Lima Mall
  3. ↑ Meyers, D.; Meyers, B.; Walker, E.M. (2011). Look to Lazarus: The Big Store. History Press. p. 110. ISBN 9781609492991. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  4. ↑ Carnes, J.R.; Hughes, B.B.; Allen County Historical Society (Ohio); Lima Public Library (1976). The 1976 history of Allen County, Ohio: a bicentennial project of the Allen County Historical Society and the Lima Public Library. Unigraphic. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  5. ↑ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  6. ↑ LimaOhio.com. "Stores coming, going at Lima Mall - LimaOhio.com - limaohio.com". limaohio.com. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Bon-Ton closing stores in W. Virginia, Ohio and New York". York Dispatch. October 21, 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  8. ↑ https://www.limaohio.com/top-stories/302726/lima-mall-sears-to-close-after-53-years

Coordinates: 40°46′0″N 84°9′0″W / 40.76667°N 84.15000°W / 40.76667; -84.15000

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