City View Center

Highland Park Business Park, formerly City View Center is a business park 9.6 miles (15.5 km) northwest of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, between East 98th Street, Transportation Boulevard, Antenucci Boulevard and Interstate 480 in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. It currently has six open anchors which is EMX Industries, Giant Eagle, Innoplast, Moxillo Transport, Mpac Switchback and Goodwill.
== History ==
Highland Park Business Park opened as City View Center in August 2006 by John McGill after two years of construction, it was built on the site of a former municipal landfill. City View opened with nine anchor tenants which were Petsmart, Giant Eagle, Dick's Sporting Goods, AJ Wright, Joann Fabrics, Bed Bath & Beyond, OfficeMax, Circuit City and Walmart. After the openings of the main anchors, construction for the two plazas began and opened in 2007 with tenants such as MC Sports, RadioShack, Nails & Co, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Gionino's Pizzeria, Payless ShoeSource, Fashion Bug, First Merit Bank, Steak 'n Shake, Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Starbucks and much more. The shopping center was gonna expand and add three anchors, to have a total of twelve anchors, but it never happened. Those stores were gonna be JCPenney, The Home Depot, Dollar Tree, Panera Bread, Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, and a denial clinic.
== Decline ==
After two years from opening, City View Center began to see massive decline with a lot of closures. In April 2008, Joann Fabrics was the first store to close at City View. In September 2008, Walmart closed down due to safety concerns of explosive methane gas due to the landfill the shopping center was built on. In October 2008, PetSmart closed after complaining that its lease terms were violated because Home Depot, never opened. In December 2008, Circuit City had closed down. In December 2009, Bottom Dollar opened in the former Circuit City space. In December 2009, Bed Bath & Beyond closed. In January 2010, Dick's Sporting Goods closed down. In March 2010, there were plans to expand and turn the former Walmart space into a convention center, however plans for this were cancelled. In November 2010, Bottom Dollar closed down. In March 2011, AJ Wright was renamed into Marshalls, however it would close down just two years later in 2013. In November 2015, OfficeMax closed down, leaving Giant Eagle as the only remaining anchor tenant store. In February 2018, there were plans for the empty buildings to be turned into the Garfield Heights Police Department, Court and Jail, which would had meant the Giant Eagle would had to closed or still stay open, however plans for this were cancelled due to how toxic the land is. In May 2019, the owner City View LLC, failed to pay back an $81 million loan, the site was then placed into receivership. In April 2020, the property was purchased by Industrial Commercial Properties, LLC.
== Redevelopment ==
After the purchase by Industrial Commercial Properties, work began on changing the vacant abandoned shopping center into a business park. In 2021, the former Walmart building was completely remodeled and turned into Mpac Switchback, the parking lot was completely repaved and the methane pumps were turned back on as an attempt to clean up the land. After the opening of Mpac, City View Center was then renamed to Highland Park Business Park. In 2022, Innoplast opened in the former Marshalls building, remodeling the inside and building as well. In July 2022, Goodwill opened a location in the former PetSmart space. 
== Tenants ==
=== Anchors: ===
* Giant Eagle
* Mpac Switchback
=== Stores: ===
* GameStop
* Goodwill 
* Innoplast 
* Moxillo Transport 
=== Restaurants: ===
* Applebee's 
* Chipotle Mexican Grill 
* Penn Station
* Starbucks
== Former tenants ==
=== Anchors: ===
* Walmart (Opened 2006, closed, 2008, Plans to convert it into a convention center, cancelled in 2010, currently Mpac Switchback) 
=== Stores: ===
* A.J. Wright (Opened 2006, Closed 2010)
* Bed Bath & Beyond (Opened 2006, Closed 2009)
* Bottom Dollar Food (took over Circuit City spot in 2009 and closed a year later in 2010) 
* Circuit City (Opened 2006, Closed 2009) 
* Dick's Sporting Goods (Opened 2006, Closed 2010)
* Fashion Bug 
* Joann Fabrics (Opened 2006, Closed 2008) 
* Marshalls (Took over AJ Wright in 2010, Closed 2013) 
* MC Sports
* OfficeMax (Opened 2006, Closed 2015)
* Payless Shoe Source 
* Petsmart (Opened 2006, Closed 2008, Currently Goodwill) 
* RadioShack 
=== Restaurants: ===
* Fatburger
* Qdoba Mexican Grill
* Ruby Tuesday 
* Steak 'n Shake
== Unfinished tenants ==
=== Anchors: ===
* The Home Depot
=== Stores: ===
* Dollar Tree
* JCPenney 
* Old Navy
=== Restaurants: ===
* Buffalo Wild Wings 
* Chick-fil-A 
* Chuck E. Cheese
* Panera Bread
Category:Malls in Ohio
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Dead Malls
Category:Cleveland Area Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 2006
Category:Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Category:Former Walmart-anchored Properties
Category:Former Marshalls-anchored Properties
Category:Former Circuit City-anchored Properties
Category:Former Bed Bath & Beyond-anchored Properties
Category:Former Petsmart-anchored Properties
Category:Former Joann Fabrics-anchored Properties
Category:Former Bottom Dollar-anchored Properties
Category:Giant Eagle-anchored Properties
Category:Former OfficeMax-anchored Properties
Category:Former AJ Wright-anchored Properties
Category:Former Dick's-anchored Properties