Great Lakes Mall
Great Lakes Mall is a shopping mall in Mentor, Ohio on Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), approximately northeast of Cleveland. The mall now has 126 stores. The anchor stores are Round 1 Entertainment, Dillard's, Planet Fitness, JCPenney, and Dick's Sporting Goods. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, Firestone and Macy's. The mall was opened in 1961 as the first developed by Ohio's Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. Later, the mall was expanded to become one of the oldest major enclosed shopping malls in Ohio. Olive Garden, BJ's Brewhouse, Hobby  Lobby, Outback Steakhouse, Barnes & Noble and Atlas Cinemas Stadium 16 are located in the mall parking lot. The mall contains . On May 28, 2014, it was announced by Simon Property Group that they would transfer Great Lakes Mall to its new spin off Washington Prime Group. Washington Prime Group later became WP Glimcher and then back to Washington Prime Group. In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Great Lakes Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. Dillard's North closed in May 2017, consolidating the men and women's sections into one building. Sears closed  in September 2017 due to the store's lease ending. On January 6, 2021, it was announced that Macy's would be closing in April 2021 as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide. JCPenney Sephora is closing in 2023. An OfficeMax was on the former site of Hobby Lobby. Places Around the Mall. Two plazas and Sears Auto Center are around the plaza, the road passing it is named Plaza Blvd. Great Lakes Plaza. Built and Opened in 1969, and Replaced a Strawberry field. Has approximately 10 stores (as of 2015). Since the renovation of the mall  in 2011, a Hhgregg store opened, replacing a Circuit City store that opened in 2001, replacing a RadioShack store. A PaylessShoeSource store was there, until 2018, when the company went intact with bankruptcy. Limited Stores. Some of the stores that are in this list are temporary, or planned. Spirit Halloween (October-November 2018) was in the former hhgregg site. A Kroger store was planned to replace the hhgregg store in 2019, but it was ultimately cancelled. A Walmart store was to be placed in the former Giant Eagle store when it closed in 2019, although, there is no word for  planning it. North Plaza. North Plaza is a plaza north of the mall (in front of Macy's store) which holds two stores. Stores that replaced Toys R Us are: