Midland Mall is an enclosed

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serving

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, United States. Opened in 1991, the mall's anchor stores are

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, Fantastic Finds,

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, and

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. A fourth anchor store spot, once occupied by

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, lies empty. The mall is managed by the

Kohan Retail Investment Group Kohan Retail Investment Group is a shopping mall investment company based in Great Neck, New York. They primarily purchase endangered/troubled shopping malls. History Kohan bought Northland Mall from Developers Diversified Realty for $1.8 milli ...

History

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group built the Midland Mall, which was originally anchored by

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, and

opened in the JCPenney wing in 2003. A

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store was added in the same wing and closed in 2008. The space became

in 2011. Although Midland Mall is the smallest of the three malls in the Tri-Cities (which also comprises Bay City and

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), it also had the lowest vacancy rate of the three. The mall filled several vacancies in 2007 by adding Journeys, a

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clothing store and two eateries. All of these tenants have since closed. The

store was renamed

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in 2012.

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opened a Shoe Dept. Encore store next to Younkers in mid-2015. Sears closed in July 2016. On March 17, 2017, it was announced that JCPenney would also be closing as part of a plan to close 138 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 31, 2017. On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Younkers' parent company

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would be going out of business. The store closed on August 31, 2018, leaving Target as the only anchor left. Despite the fact that chain stores continue to leave the mall, businesses are still opening at Midland Mall. In 2020, Fantastic Finds, a resale store, opened in the former Younkers space. In addition,

moved their existing Midland location to the former JCPenney in 2020.

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