# Eastland Mall

Columbus, OH · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-d752c4a2d8` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-eastland-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-d752c4a2d8.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-d752c4a2d8.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-d752c4a2d8

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Demolition of Eastland Mall began in February 2025. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1968 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2022 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Richard E. Jacobs Group | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | MKSK | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Public subsidy | Yes | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2023 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “Eastland Mall was slated to close on December 31, 2022, but after a water line break flooded parts of the mall on December 26, the mall closed four days early.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)
- **original_developer**: “The mall was built in 1968 by Richard E. Jacobs Group.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)
- **after_notes**: “Demolition of Eastland Mall began in February 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)
- **status**: “demolition began in February 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)
- **strategy**: “Out of 13 applicants, the city on June 19 chose the company MKSK to redevelop Eastland and granted them $850,000.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)
- **public_subsidy**: “Out of 13 applicants, the city on June 19 chose the company MKSK to redevelop Eastland and granted them $850,000.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)

## Anchors

JCPenney, Sears, J. C. Penney, Lazarus, Kaufmann's

## Parties

- Richard E. Jacobs Group — owner (from text) (1968–2003)
- Glimcher Realty Trust — owner (from text) (2003–2014)
- CMBS trust serviced by LNR Property — owner (from text) (2014–2015)
- Eastland Mall Holdings LLC — owner (from text) (2015–)
- IGWT — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1968: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1968: Mall opened
- 2003: Glimcher Realty Trust purchased mall
- 2012: Glimcher defaulted on mortgage loan
- 2014: Property transferred to lender via deed in lieu of foreclosure
- 2015: Mall sold for $9.25 million
- 2015: JCPenney announced closure; store closed May 2015
- 2017: Macy's announced closure; store closed March 2017
- 2017: Sears announced closure; store closed early September
- 2022: Mall closed early due to water line break
- 2025: Demolition began

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Eastland Mall was a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. The mall opened February 14, 1968, closed on December 27, 2022, and demolition began in February 2025. There were 4 vacant anchor stores that were once Lazarus, JCPenney, Sears, and Macy's. The mall was owned and managed by Eastland Mall Holdings, LLC. Despite having no anchor stores, the mall's interior was until recently thriving with many smaller businesses and its food court, unusual for a mall lacking anchors and thus having enough tenants to keep it from being a dead mall. It would, however, later succumb to that fate.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastland_Mall_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Eastland Mall, Columbus, OH." Record m-d752c4a2d8, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-eastland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_columbuseastlandmall,
  title = {Eastland Mall, Columbus, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-eastland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-d752c4a2d8, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.