Richmond Town Square

Richmond Town Square is a super regional shopping mall known locally as 'Richmond' or 'Richmond Mall,' located in Richmond Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, at the intersection of Richmond Road and Wilson Mills Road.[2]

Richmond Town Square
The mall's food court
LocationRichmond Heights, Ohio
Coordinates41°32′29.4″N 81°29′39.3″W
Address691 Richmond Road
Richmond Heights, OH 44143
Opening date1966
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo
OwnerKohan Retail Investment Group[1]
No. of stores and services75+
No. of anchor tenants3 (all vacant)
Total retail floor area1,017,000
No. of floors1 (2 in Anchors)
Websiteshoprichmondtownsquare.com

Opened in 1966 as Richmond Mall by developer Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.,[2] it was renovated, expanded, and renamed in 1999. This renovation took advantage of new and emerging technologies "in materials, as well as architectural and decorative innovations"[3] The total cost of the renovation was reported as US$100 million.[4]

The only remaining anchor in the mall is a 20-screen Regal Cinemas theater [5] while the three other anchors spaces, Macy's (former Kaufmann's), Sears, and JCPenney have closed within 2015-2017. The mall is 1 million square feet (90,000 m²) and is owned by Kohan Retail Investment Group.

In January 2015, Macy's announced the store at the mall would be closing as part of a plan to close 14 of its stores nationwide.[6] As of mid March 2015, the Macy's store was shuttered, with all exterior signage removed.

On May 28, 2014, it was revealed that Richmond Town Square was one of two malls along with Great Lakes Mall in northeast Ohio that would have its ownership transferred from Simon Property Group to its spin-off Washington Prime Group (which is now known as WP Glimcher).[7]

On January 4, 2017, Sears announced that its store would be closing in March 2017. [8]

On March 17, 2017, JCPenney announced they would close their location on July 31, 2017. [9]

Mall features

The Richmond Town Square Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library opened in the mall in 1988.[10] Originally housed in a freestanding boutique kiosk, the branch showed significant circulation growth. The kiosk was forced to close in August 1998 due to a major renovation of the mall but the branch library reopened in September 1999 in a 1,200-square-foot (110 m2) location by the northeast mall entrance, next to Sears.[10]

Revitalization

On July 2, 2018, DealPoint Merrill announced they would spend $69 million to bring apartments, a hotel, and a park to the north end of the mall where the vacant Sears building and parking lot are located.[11]

On May 1, 2019 DealPoint Merrill revealed early site plans for their proposed luxury apartments. The development is named Belle Oaks at Richmond.[12]

References
  1. "New York firm buys Richmond Town Square for $7.25 million". Crain's Cleveland Business. November 20, 2016.
  2. "Richmond plans don't affect Mall". The Mansfield News-Herald. 1963-11-02. DeBartolo Mall developer Leahy says the new store in Richmond Heights will be built at the northeast corner of Richmond and Wilson Mills roads. A 70-acre (280,000 m2) shopping center to be known as the Richmond Mall is planned for that corner.
  3. "Innovations slash cost of renovations". Shopping Centers Today. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  4. "Randall Park revived; Optimism returns to mall now near full occupancy". Crain's Cleveland Business. 2000-07-03.
  5. O'Connor, Clint (2008-01-24). "Regal Cinemas Mayfield Heights 10 is closing". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
  6. Strauss, Gary (January 8, 2015). "J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  7. Northeast Ohio Malls Transfer Ownership.
  8. "Sears to close Richmond Mall and Chapel Hill stores by April". WKYC.
  9. Cho, Janet H. (March 17, 2017). "JCPenney closing Richmond Town Square store, 137 more nationwide". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  10. "About Richmond Town Square Branch". Cuyahoga County Public Library. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  11. Piorkowski, Jeff (2018-07-02). "Developer proposes $69 million hotel, apartment, retail plan for Richmond Town Square". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  12. Piorkowski, Jeff (2019-05-01). "Early plans revealed for luxury apartments at Richmond Heights mall". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.

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