SouthPark Mall (Strongsville, Ohio)

SouthPark Mall
Location Strongsville, Ohio, United States
Coordinates 41°18′30″N 81°49′13″W / 41.308333°N 81.820278°W / 41.308333; -81.820278Coordinates: 41°18′30″N 81°49′13″W / 41.308333°N 81.820278°W / 41.308333; -81.820278
Address 500 Southpark Center, Strongsville, OH 44136
Opening date October 16, 1996
Developer The Richard E. Jacobs Group (original)
Management Starwood Retail Partners
Owner Starwood Capital Group
No. of stores and services 180
No. of anchor tenants 7 (6 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area 1,654,292 square feet (153,688.8 m2)
No. of floors 2
Parking 7,253 parking spaces
Website http://www.ShoppingSouthParkMall.com

SouthPark Mall is an upscale bi-level shopping mall located in Strongsville, Ohio, a Greater Cleveland suburb. Its anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, Dillard's, JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's, and a former Sears that is now vacant. It also includes a 14-screen Cinemark Theater. Being one of the largest shopping centers in Ohio at 1,654,292 square feet (about 154,000 m2), SouthPark Mall is also ranked 45th in the top 50 largest shopping malls in the United States.[1] The mall features more than 180 specialty shops and restaurants,[2] and is the largest retail destination in Greater Cleveland.[3]

History

As early as the 1960s, the intersection of Royalton Road (SR 82) and Howe Road in the rapidly expanding suburb was coveted for commercial use. A secret plan by former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell to build a new stadium at the site was exposed by the media in the 1980s and subsequently scrapped. The land was eventually sold to the Richard E. Jacobs Group, which later unveiled its first plans for a major mall. The Higbee Company and May Company Ohio, Cleveland's two major department store companies, announced that they would join as anchors.

Ground was broken in 1995, with the $200 million SouthPark Center opening in October 1996. The completed center included not only Dillard's (the renamed Higbee's) and Kaufmann's (the renamed May Company, now Macy's) department stores, but also JCPenney, Sears, over 100 retailers, an elegant food court, and a grand porte cochere — a massive extended greeting canopy above its main entrance. Kohl's was also an anchor, though on the outlying perimeter road surrounding the mall. The project also made allowances for an eventual fifth mall anchor store location, later to become Dick's Sporting Goods, plus substantial peripheral development.

Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in early 2002 from the Richard E. Jacobs Group,[4] and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown SouthPark", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. In 2006 it commenced a 60 million expansion and reconfiguration of the center, thus adding 25 upscale shops and restaurants, a rear porte cochere entrance, and a 14-screen Cinemark Theater. Dick's Sporting Goods was also added at this time to become the mall's fifth anchor store.[5]

On April 2012, the mall was sold to Starwood Capital Group, along with seven other Westfield properties.[6] As a result, Starwood changed the name to SouthPark Mall.[7]

On May 2016, Starwood Retail Partners announced the opening of The Commons At SouthPark Shopping Center, a 14 million redevelopment located on Rt. 82.[8] New shops/restaurants include DSW, Michaels, Brown Aveda Institute, Orangetheory Fitness, The Vitamin Shoppe, The RAIL, and first to market CoreLife Eatery.[9]

On May 31, 2018, Sears Holdings announced that the Sears location at SouthPark would be closing in September 2018 as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide.[10] The Sears store closed in early September 2018.

Retailers

Situated about SouthPark's site perimeter is The Commons at SouthPark, OfficeMax, Kohl's, The Cleveland Clinic, KeyBank, Planet Fitness, & several restaurants. The shopping center is noteworthy for its coordinated upscale architectural treatment and lush landscaping. Its interior is roofed by grand barrel-vaulted truss-work and plentiful skylights over lush plantings. The center has proven a very strong draw and popular destination for local and regional residents alike.

Other notable retailers include: Williams-Sonoma, ALDO, Chico's, J.Jill, Papyrus, Abercrombie & Fitch, Forever 21, Sephora, MAC Cosmetics, H&M, Aveda, Godiva, PANDORA, Clarks, Swarovski, The Buckle, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Pink, Hollister Co., Soma, Victoria's Secret, Lucky Shoes, Apricot Lane, Francesca's, Learning Express Toys, Books-A-Million, House of Hoops, & Trollbeads Flagship.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/malls Retrieved 2013-11-17
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-11-17. Mall Directory Retrieved 2013-11-17
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/SouthPark_Mall Retrieved 2014-02-27
  4. ↑ http://corporate.westfield.com/news_announcements/westfield-finalises-a-1-45-billion-transaction-acquires-nine-shopping-centre-from-the/ Retrieved 2014-02-27
  5. ↑ http://www.indexc.com/Projects/SouthPark-Mall-Expansion Retrieved 2014-02-27
  6. ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/southpark_mall_in_strongsville.html Retrieved 2014-02-27
  7. ↑ http://strongsville.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/a-new-name-for-the-mall Retrieved 2013-11-19
  8. ↑ https://www.shoppingsouthparkmall.com/media/commons-southpark-welcomes-designer-shoe-warehouse-dsw Retrieved 2017-05-26
  9. ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/08/corelife_eatery_opening_in_strongsville.html Retrieved 2017-05-26
  10. ↑ http://fox8.com/2018/05/31/strongsville-sears-among-the-additional-72-stores-to-close/
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