Northgate Mall (Ohio)

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Northgate Mall
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Exterior view of Northgate Mall, September 2015
Northgate Mall (Ohio)
Location Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Coordinates 39°14′41″N84°35′57″W / 39.244652°N 84.599172°W / 39.244652; -84.599172
Address9501 Colerain Ave
Opening date1972
DeveloperNorthgate Mall Associates
OwnerTabani
Stores and services36
Anchor tenants All vacant (2 at peak)
Floor area 915,956 sq ft (85,095.1 m2) [1]
Floors1 (2 in former Macy's and former Sears)
Public transit Bus-logo.svg Metro
Website mynorthgatemall.com

Northgate Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Northgate, Ohio.

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History

Construction on the mall began in 1970, [2] on the site of a former airport. [3] It opened on September 10, 1972, anchored by Sears, McAlpin's and Pogue's. [4] The mall also included a Kroger supermarket. [5] Pogue's became L. S. Ayres in 1984, and then J. C. Penney in 1988. [6] Lazarus was added as a fourth anchor in 1993 [7] and became Lazarus-Macy's in 2003 and then Macy's in 2005. [8] Dillard's acquired McAlpin's in 1999, and that anchor store closed in 2009. [9]

JCPenney closed their anchor store in 2006 and moved to a new location at Stone Creek Towne Center, just north of the mall property. The Pogue's/JCPenney anchor store was demolished in 2007 for construction of a 14-screen Rave multiplex movie theater, [10] but construction on the theater never began, after the mall's then-owners defaulted on a $74 million loan. [11]

In 2012, the mall was sold to Tabani Group. The vacant Dillard's anchor store was subdivided into four big-box stores in 2013 - DSW, Marshalls, [12] Michaels, and Ulta. [13] A space briefly occupied by Famous Labels in 2010 became Burlington Coat Factory in 2013. [14] In 2014, an H. H. Gregg store was added in a new structure on the north side of the old Dillard's structure. That store closed in 2017. Ashley Furniture also opened in 2014, and closed in 2024 when a new Ashley opened nearby. In 2015, the site of the demolished JCPenney anchor was filled when an Xscape theater was built. [15]

The Sears anchor store closed in November 2018, as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide, [16] leaving Macy's as the sole remaining anchor.

In January 2020, Macy's announced that they would close in March 2020 as part of a plan to close 125 stores nationwide. This left the mall with no traditional anchor stores. [17]

In October 2023, Marshalls moved to Stone Creek Towne Center, and in December of the same year the Xscape theater closed.

In June 2025, demolition began on the former Sears building. [18]

References

  1. ↑ Business Wire (March 26, 2012). "Rockwood Real Estate Advisors Arranges Sale of Northgate Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio". Business Wire. Retrieved September 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ CSA super markets - Google Books. 1970. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ SHOPPERS SOLD ON NORTHGATE 25 YEARS OF GROWTH AT COLERAIN LANDMARK. (BUSINESS)
  4. ↑ Clothes - Google Books. 1978. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "No title". Asphalt Magazine. 1972. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Penney's to buy 3 Ayres stores. (J.C. Penney Co., L.S. Ayres department stores)
  7. ↑ Bloomingdale's plans to build $49M unit on Long Island in 1995. (Huntington, New York) (Brief Article)
  8. ↑ "Lazarus will become Macy's". Enquirer.com. September 14, 2004. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ Business Courier (November 6, 2009). "Dillard's to close Northgate store Dec. 31 - Business Courier". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. ↑ MOVIES TO RETURN TO NORTHGATE. (Business)
  11. ↑ in: Development, Investment Sales, Retail (March 26, 2012). "New owner for Northgate Mall | Developing Now". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Business Courier (July 26, 2012). "Marshalls coming to Northgate Mall - Business Courier". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  13. ↑ "Michaels Opening at Northgate Mall | Northgate Mall". www.mynorthgatemall.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013.
  14. ↑ Steigerwald, Shauna (November 28, 2012). "Burlington Coat Factory planned for Northgate". cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014.
  15. ↑ "High-end theater coming to Northgate Mall - Cincinnati Business Courier". Archived from the original on January 11, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Two local Sears stores closing". August 23, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Macy's to close Northgate Mall location this spring". January 6, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Demolition begins at former Sears space at Northgate Mall".