Northgate Mall (Ohio)

Construction on the mall began in 1970,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0VPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22northgate+mall%22+%22cincinnati%22+%22pogue%27s%22 |title=CSA super markets - Google Books |year=1970 |accessdate=2012-09-10}} on the site of a former airport.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160415231205/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67849184.html SHOPPERS SOLD ON NORTHGATE 25 YEARS OF GROWTH AT COLERAIN LANDMARK. (BUSINESS)] It opened on September 10, 1972, anchored by Sears, McAlpin's and Pogue's.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cBaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Northgate+Mall,+which+opened+in+1972.+It+is+anchored+by+Sears,%22 |title=Clothes - Google Books |year=1978 |accessdate=2012-09-10}} The mall also included a Kroger supermarket.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMUeAQAAIAAJ&q=%22northgate+mall%22+%22cincinnati%22+%22kroger%22|title=No title|year=1972|work=Asphalt Magazine|accessdate=26 September 2012}} Pogue's became L. S. Ayres in 1984, and then J. C. Penney in 1988.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160112070617/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6467640.html Penney's to buy 3 Ayres stores. (J.C. Penney Co., L.S. Ayres department stores)] Lazarus was added as a fourth anchor in 1993[https://web.archive.org/web/20181119122316/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12797429.html Bloomingdale's plans to build $49M unit on Long Island in 1995. (Huntington, New York) (Brief Article)] and became Lazarus-Macy's in 2003 and then Macy's in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/09/14/biz_biz1fed.html |title=Lazarus will become Macy's |publisher=Enquirer.com |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2012-09-10}} Dillard's acquired McAlpin's in 1999, and that anchor store closed in 2009.{{cite web|author=Business Courier |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/11/02/daily63.html |title=Dillard's to close Northgate store Dec. 31 - Business Courier |publisher=Bizjournals.com |date=2009-11-06 |accessdate=2012-09-10}}

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,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160409073408/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169770326.html MOVIES TO RETURN TO NORTHGATE. (Business)] but construction on the theater never began, after the mall's then-owners defaulted on a $74 million loan.{{cite web|author=in: Development, Investment Sales, Retail |url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/developingnow/2012/03/26/new-owner-for-northgate-mall/ |title=New owner for Northgate Mall | Developing Now |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date=2012-03-26 |accessdate=2012-09-10}}

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,{{cite web|author=Business Courier |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/07/26/marshalls-coming-to-northgate-mall.html |title=Marshalls coming to Northgate Mall - Business Courier |publisher=Bizjournals.com |date=2012-07-26 |accessdate=2012-09-10}} Michaels, and Ulta.{{cite web |url=http://www.mynorthgatemall.com/michaels-opening-at-northgate-mall/ |title=Michaels Opening at Northgate Mall {{!}} Northgate Mall |website=www.mynorthgatemall.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331101818/http://www.mynorthgatemall.com/michaels-opening-at-northgate-mall/ |archive-date=2013-03-31}} A space briefly occupied by Famous Labels in 2010 became Burlington Coat Factory in 2013.{{cite news |last=Steigerwald |first=Shauna |date=November 28, 2012 |url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/newintown/2012/11/28/burlington-coat-factory-planned-for-northgate/ |title=Burlington Coat Factory planned for Northgate |website=cincinnati.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203045127/http://cincinnati.com/blogs/newintown/2012/11/28/burlington-coat-factory-planned-for-northgate/ |archive-date=February 3, 2014}} 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.{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/06/25/high-end-theater-coming-to-northgate-mall.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150111070635/http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/06/25/high-end-theater-coming-to-northgate-mall.html| archive-date = 2015-01-11| title = High-end theater coming to Northgate Mall - Cincinnati Business Courier}}

The Sears anchor store closed in November 2018, as part of a plan to close 46 stores nationwide,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/national/sears-is-closing-another-46-stores-heres-where|title=Two local Sears stores closing|date=23 August 2018}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcpo.com/money/business-news/macys-to-close-northgate-mall-location-this-spring|title = Macy's to close Northgate Mall location this spring|date = 6 January 2020}}

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. {{cite web |url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/sears-northgate-mall-demolished-colerain-avenue/65022234 |title=Demolition begins at former Sears space at Northgate Mall }}

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