Richmond Town Square

Richmond Town Square, formerly Richmond Mall was a one-level shopping mall 13.9 miles (22.4 km) southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, between Richmond Road, Wilson Mills Road and Marrus Lane in Richmond Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. The mall had three anchors which were JCPenney, Macy's and Sears.
== Mall History ==
On September 22, 1966, Richmond Mall opened to the public. The mall's original anchors were JCPenney, Woolworth and Sears. In 1988, a branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library opened as a kiosk, however in September 1999, the branch relocated into its own mall space next to Sears by the northeast mall entrance. In 1997, Woolworth had closed down. In 1998, Kaufmann's opened in the former Woolworth space, relocating from Euclid Square Mall in Euclid. In the same year, a ten-screen Loews Theater was added to the mall, it would later expand into twenty-screens. Also in 1998, DeBartolo Realty Corp. merged with Simon Property Group, and in the same year, Simon remodeled the mall, expanded it, and renamed the mall from Richmond Mall to Richmond Town Square. In September 2006, Kaufmann's was renamed to Macy's. In 2006, Loews Theater was rebranded to Regal Cinemas. In 2010, Barnes & Noble closed inside the mall as a round of closures by the company at the time. In 2012, Planet Fitness opened in the former space. 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. In March 2015, Macy's closed down. In November 2016, the mall was sold to Kohan Retail Investment Group for $7.25 million. In March 2017, Sears closed down. In July 2017, the last anchor store, JCPenney closed down. On May 6, 2021, Richmond Town Square permanently closed as the mall began to decline worse and worse, the mall was half vacant when it was closed and the remaining tenants inside the mall were evicted. In September 2023, after being left abandoned for two years, the mall was finally completely demolished.
Category:Malls in Ohio
Category:Malls in the United States
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Category:Kohan Retail Investment Group
Category:Cleveland Area Malls
Category:Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Category:Edward J. DeBartolo
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Category:Former JCPenney-anchored Malls
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Category:Former Sears-anchored Malls
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Category:Former Woolworth's-anchored Malls
Category:Abandoned malls