Ohio Valley Mall

Ohio Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in St. Clairsville, Ohio. It was opened in 1978 and was developed by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Cafaro Company, who continue to own and manage it. The mall is anchored by Boscov's, Dunham's Sports, Marshalls, and Michaels, and contains over 120 stores.

Ohio Valley Mall
Exterior view of Ohio Valley Mall, July 2013
LocationSt. Clairsville, Ohio, United States
Coordinates40°04′07″N 80°52′05″W
Opening date1978
DeveloperCafaro Company
OwnerCafaro Company
No. of stores and services120+
No. of anchor tenants6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors1 (2 in Boscov's)
Websiteohiovalleymall.net

History

The Ohio Valley Mall opened in October 1978, its original anchors were Montgomery Ward, Kaufmann's, J. C. Penney, Sears, and L.S. Good. Montgomery Ward closed in April 1983 and became Kmart in November 1983.[2] The L.S.Good space closed in March 1982 later became Stone & Thomas in the summer of 1982, then Burlington Coat Factory, then Steve & Barry's,[3] which closed in 2009 due to bankruptcy.[4] Stone & Thomas moved to a larger location within the mall, and later the company was sold to Elder-Beerman in the 1996. Kaufmann's became Macy's in 2006. J.C. Penney moved to Triadelphia, West Virginia in 2007.[5] It was replaced by Levin Furniture, while Crafts 2000, then Pat Catans replaced Steve & Barry's in 2010.[2] Old Navy and Waldenbooks were among the stores that left the mall in 2009 and 2010.[2] In 2012, Cafaro announced plans to renovate the mall's interior and add a new anchor store.[2] The Ohio valley Mall is home to one of two last remaining Sam Goody stores in the country.[6]

Levin Furniture closed in 2012.[2] In early 2013, it was confirmed that the space would be converted to Boscov's.[3] It is the first and currently only Boscov's in Ohio.[2] MC Sports also opened in the mall during 2013.[7] Kmart and Elder Beerman closed in March 2017. MC Sports closed in April 2017 due to bankruptcy. Marshalls opened in September 2017 and took over half of the former Elder-Beerman. The other half was converted in April 2018 into Tilt Studio, a 25,000 square foot arcade with 100+ arcade and video games, bumper cars, 2-level laser tag, mini bowling, Himalaya ride, black light golf, J.P. Pepperoni restaurant, and party rooms. On June 30, 2018, Toys "R" Us closed its store in the mall permanently due to bankruptcy. hhgregg closed its store in the mall a year prior due to bankruptcy and was replaced by Levin's Furniture and Mattress.

In early 2019, it was announced that a Chick-fil-A was opening by late 2019 while the former Montgomery Ward (then Kmart) anchor store was demolished and a new Dunham's Sports store was built on that site along with the construction of a 4-story Hampton by Hilton next to Dunham's Sports. Dunham's Sports opened on November 1, 2019 and Hampton by Hilton will open in 2020. With Michael's purchasing Pat Catans in 2016 and subsequent announcement of Michael's closing or converting the remaining Catan stores into Michael's it is expected that this store would be converted instead of closed. Michaels opened on August 25, 2019. The former MC sports space is going to be a Veterans Belmont County Outpatient Clinic. Payless Shoesource closed its store in 2019 due to bankruptcy.

On April 24, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing on July 7, 2019.[8]

On June 10, 2019, Oil and Gas Safety Supplies opened in place of the former Toys "R" Us space.

On January 6, 2020, it was announced that Macy's would also be closing as part of a plan to close 29 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2020.[9]

Levins Furniture closed in early March 2020 due to bankruptcy while Chick-fil- A opened in March 2020. A Five Below is scheduled to open in the remaining former K-Mart space in June 2020.

References
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  3. "A good year for levies". timesleaderonline.com.
  4. "Steve & Barry's starts liquidation sales - Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | HighBeam Research". web.archive.org. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05.
  5. "Existing Wheeling Businesses Choose to Relocate to Highlands - The State Journal | HighBeam Research". web.archive.org. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05.
  6. "Ohio Valley Mall ::: St. Clairsville ::: OH". www.ohiovalleymall.net. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Sears at Ohio Valley Mall in St. Clairsville Is Closing". theintelligencer.net. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  9. https://wtov9.com/news/local/breaking-macys-closing-at-ohio-valley-mall
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