New Towne Mall is a shopping mall in

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, United States. It was built in 1988 by Glimcher Realty Trust. The mall's

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s are Marshalls, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Kohl's, and

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, with two vacant anchor stores previously occupied by JCPenney and Elder-Beerman. It is owned and managed by Washington Prime Group.

History

Glimcher Realty Trust first announced plans for New Towne Mall in 1987. Their plans called for a mall to feature Phar-Mor, Hills, JCPenney, Sears, and Elder-Beerman as the

s, along with 80 stores, a

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, and a movie theater. JCPenney relocated to the mall from an existing store at Miracle Lane Plaza in nearby Dover, Ohio. The development coincided with another one of Glimcher Realty Trust's developments in the state of Ohio,

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in Heath. Both malls featured similar floor plans and architecture by Keeva Kekst Associates of

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. Ames purchased Hills in 1999 and went out of business in 2002. Three years later, their space at the mall became Kohl's. Elder-Beerman expanded its store in 2005. Phar-Mor, which also went out of business in 2002, was replaced by Goody's in 2004. This store closed in January 2007. It was replaced by

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in 2007, but the store closed in 2008 when that chain filed for bankruptcy. In 2013, the mall held 25th-anniversary sales and a cake cutting ceremony. Coinciding with this, Marshalls opened a store at New Towne Mall. Also joining the mall in 2013 were Jo-Ann Fabrics (in the former Steve & Barry's space) and rue21. Sears closed in 2016 and underwent conversion to a

the same year. JCPenney and Elder-Beerman closed in 2017 and 2018 respectively, making them the last two original anchor stores to leave. The closure of Elder-Beerman was due to its parent company The Bon-Ton filing for bankruptcy.

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