Great Lakes Mall

Great Lakes Mall is a shopping mall in Mentor, Ohio on Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), approximately 20 miles (32 km) 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.[3] 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 1,249,574 sq ft (116,089 m2). 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] JCPenney Sephora is closing in 2023. An OfficeMax was on the former site of Hobby Lobby.

For the mall in Auburn Hills, Michigan, see Great Lakes Crossing Outlets.
Great Lakes Mall
LocationMentor, Ohio
Opening date1961[1]
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
ManagementWashington Prime Group
OwnerWashington Prime Group
No. of stores and services126
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 3 vacant by April 2021)
Total retail floor area1,249,574 sq ft (116,089 m2)[2]
No. of floors1 in actual mall, 1 in Firestone, (2 in Dillard's, JCPenney, and former Sears and Macy’s, closed 2nd floor in Round One Entertainment)

Anchors

Former Anchors
  • Higbee's (1969-1992) (became Dillard's South in 1992)
  • Horne's (1974-1992) (became Dillard's North in 1992)
  • May Company (1964-1993) (became Kaufmann's in 1993)
  • Kaufmann's (1993-2006) (became Macy's in 2006)
  • Dillard's (North) (1992-2017) (118,276 sq ft (10,988 m2)) (Consolidated to Dillard's South in May 2017)
  • Sears (1970-2017) (234,195 sq ft (21,757 m2))
  • Macy's (2006-2021) (189,000 sq ft (17,600 m2))
  • Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (1973-2016)
  • JCPenney Auto Center (1960-1973)(Became Firestone in 1973)
  • JCPenney Sephora is closing in 2022

Places Around the Mall

Two plazas and Sears Auto Center are around the plaza, the road passing it is named Plaza Blvd.

Erie Commons

Former Stores

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.

Current Stores

Former Stores

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.

Current Stores
  • Krazy Bins (2019–present)

Stores that replaced Toys R Us are:

  • Christmas Tree Shops (December 2021)
  • Spirit Halloween (October 2021)
  • Summer Shops (June 2021)
  • 4th of July Store (July 2021)
  • New Year's Department (January 2021)
  • Valentine's Giveaway (February 2021)
  • St. Patricks Pot (March 2021)

Former Stores

References
  1. "Great Lakes Mall marks 50 years". News-Herald. 2011-03-21.
  2. "Washington Prime Group Inc. - Properties - Portfolio - Great Lakes Mall". washingtonprime.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. "East side malls". The Plain Dealer. 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  4. Bullard, Stan (2014-05-28). "Two Northeast Ohio malls are transferred to Simon Property Group spinoff". Crainscleveland.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  5. "At Great Lakes Mall | Seritage". seritage.com.
  6. Thomas, Lauren; Rattner, Nate (2021-01-06). "Macy's is closing dozens of stores this year. Here's the full list". CNBC.


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