The Daily Mall Reader: Big Retailers Bypass Woodville Mall

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"Big retailers bypass Woodville Mall environs"

toledoblade.com - Tuesday, May 15, 2007

(Excerpt) The Woodville Mall in Northwood is up for sale, and it is surrounded by plenty of vacant space.

But retailers are bypassing Woodville Road near the mall, many of them in favor of Navarre Avenue in Oregon. Among companies making that choice are Meijer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and recently, Menards.

The mall area did attract one new retailer, Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, which moved in last fall.

"I don't know why it is. … I wish I had a magical answer and I would suggest a solution" for why Woodville Road east of I-280 isn't growing, said Northwood Mayor Mark Stoner.

Read the full article here.

Retro Mall Video: Randall Park Mall Corvette Auto Show

North Randall, Ohio - Sep. 16, 1984

Portions from an episode of The NightLife Show, an early '80s Florida cable access TV show (ran 1980-1986). This clip I recently came across on YouTube (which aired January 25, 1985), features a cool segment that was taped inside the now-defunct Randall Park Mall, at a 1984 Corvette Auto Show. The focus of the video is mainly the cars, yes, but, luckily for our purposes, the shopping mall does manage to sneak into the shot a little here and there.

Mall history: 1976 - early '00s (dead)
Current website: n/a
Developer: Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
Current aerial view
Info from Wikipedia
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