- Source: Fort Steuben Mall
Fort Steuben Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located on Mall Drive in Steubenville, Ohio. Opened in 1974, it features Walmart and JCPenney as its anchor stores. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Macy's.
History
The mall opened in 1974 with anchor stores Sears and Kaufmann's. The Kaufmann's store was the first in the chain to be located in a shopping mall. Goodman Company, a real estate company owned by Murray H. Goodman, built the mall. A 1975 expansion added 25 more stores and a third anchor department store, Ashtabula, Ohio-based Carlisle's. An original tenant, Zales Jewelers, won a design competition in that chain upon opening. JCPenney opened an anchor store in 1983 in the former Carlisle's location.
Beginning in 2000, the mall was significantly rebuilt. Sears moved to a new anchor building on the north side, while JCPenney moved into the old Sears location, and the old JCPenney (originally Carlisle's) was demolished for construction of a huge Walmart, which opened in 2002. In 2006, Kaufmann's was renamed Macy's. Sears closed in 2016. Macy's closed in 2017.
The Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased Fort Steuben Mall for $10.75 million in December 2018. They would sell it in 2022 to Brookwood Capital Partners.
In early 2022, Brookwood Capital Partners acquired the shopping mall from the previous owners. Despite attracting new businesses to the mall, Brookwood Capital auctioned it off after only one month.
References
External links
Mall website