Eastwood Mall is an indoor shopping center in Niles, Ohio, United States, serving the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. It is owned by the Cafaro Company. Its

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, and

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. The mall contains over 100 stores and restaurants across of space. The mall is part of the greater Eastwood Mall Complex, which includes a variety of outdoor strip plazas totaling in over of shopping space.

History

Eastwood Mall opened in 1969 with

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, and Woolworth as anchors. It was the first mall to feature both Montgomery Ward and Sears. The

wing was added in 1979.

closed in 1984, and its building was split among

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, and Carlisle's. After Carlisle's closed in 1994 and Toys "R" Us moved to a new store, those spaces both became

was added onto the mall in 2000. Strouss became

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in 1986, and

in 2006. A

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was added near Macy's in 2006, in conjunction with interior and brand renovations. In late 2007, a three-tank aquarium was added to center court. In 2012, construction began on a

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in the Dillard's wing. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill opened next to the store later that year on December 10. On August 24, 2016, Dillard's was initially closed, but later reopened as a Dillard’s Clearance Outlet. In late 2016, the Cafaro Company added a new wing for their corporate offices and an event center, along with a new Hampton Inn & Suites. Coinciding with these, in 2017, additional renovation of the mall's entrance features and interior occurred. On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. In 2019, Nickels and Dimes announced that it will close the Tilt Studio location at the mall by December 2019. In 2020,

announced plans to open a store in the former Sears and Tilt Studio. It opened on October 7, 2021. It makes Eastwood Mall the first and only mall to contain a Boscov's and a Dillard's. The Cafaro Company has been seeking investors to embark on the deforestation of an adjacent natural wetland totaling 105 acres, which would be named Enterprise Park at Eastwood. This new tract that will be connected to the existing mall property is envisioned as a mixed-use development that will include residential buildings along with office space for medical, educational, research, health care and other commercial activities.

Leasable space

The Eastwood Mall reported of gross leasable space to the ICSC which included it in the

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. However, the ''Directory of Major Malls'' reports that less than 1.6 million of gross leasable space are enclosed within the mall property itself, disqualifying themselves due to this falsely reported information the Cafaro's property is now currently ineligible for inclusion on the

based on total square feet of retail space. The greater square footage was reported because mall management included a separate strip mall,

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s and restaurants adjacent in the parking lot or on neighboring streets as part of the complex. Therefore, those areas were excluded as part of the criteria of a single distinct shopping mall.Pocock, Emil (2009-0925)
"Largest Shopping Malls in the United States - The Largest Malls"
. Shopping Center Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University. Retrieved on 2011-02-13.

References

External links

The Eastwood Mall
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