Malls · Ohio

Findlay Village Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedFindlay, OH

Opened 1962. Closed 2025. Redeveloped in 2025.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed

documented

The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size525,000 sq ft GLAextracted, unreviewed reported

Last sale$4.0M · 2020public reporting

Retrofit year2025extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability11.5 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Findlay Village Mall — Interior view of an empty shopping mall with patterned carpet and storefronts. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Nicholas Eckhart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline

Sold since 2020

This site: 2020 Kohan Retail Investment Group research-deals · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …shopfindlayvillagemall.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 5 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High tornado risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $44,844 census-acs · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -1.1% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Target store extraction · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

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Now

Status	Demolishedextracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	Target storeextracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store. en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2025extracted, unreviewed reported
Developer	Targetextracted, unreviewed

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Official records (8)

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EDGAR filer · Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corpfrom sec.gov
Filing 0000950136-05-004503 (8-K)from sec.gov
EDGAR full-text search: “Findlay Village Mall”from city search
Census tract 39063000600 profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
Census tract 39063000600 on Census Reporterfrom censusreporter.org
Hancock County (39063) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov

Reference (5)

encyclopedic and research references

Wikipedia articlefrom en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata item Q16993322from wikidata.org
Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Findlay, Ohio on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

Place (8)

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Street Viewfrom google.com
Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
Transitland mapfrom transit.land
USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov

Market (1)

listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow

LoopNet: for sale in Findlay, OH (search)from city search

News (2)

news searches and archived pages

Google News: “Findlay Village Mall” (search)from name search
Bing News: “Findlay Village Mall” (search)from name search

History and original facts

Opened	1962Wikidata reported
Closed	2025extracted, unreviewed documented The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store. en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	525,000 sq ftextracted, unreviewed documented The mall expanded from 334,000 square feet to over 525,000 square feet in 1990, adding a new Kmart and JCPenney store along with Elder-Beerman. en.wikipedia.org
Original developer	Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.extracted, unreviewed documented Developed by mall builder Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., the mall opened in 1962 as Fort Findlay Village Shopping Center, featuring Britt's and JCPenney, followed by Sears. en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	Best Buy, Dunham's Sports, Runnings
County	Hancock County
Census division	3 · East North Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Planning

No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site.

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2020	Sold	$4.0M closed	Kohan Retail Investment Group ← Rocky Companies	Wikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Findlay Village Mall” and “Findlay” (17 hits, first 17 sampled, 7 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2005-08-02 (a sample date, not the issuance date); Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP	1	2005-08-02 to 2005-08-02	8-K 1

Before and after

Before: the mall

GLA	334,000 sq ftquote

After: the retrofit

Demolished	2,025quote

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Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	6: FINDLAY MALL TARGET STORE; LARICHE TOYOTA SUBARU; PLAZA MARATHON; SPARKS TIRE AND AUTO INC; TAYLOR PHOTO INCEPA FRS
Census tract 39063000600	5,900 people, 1,446 per sq mi; median household income $44,844; median gross rent $882; 45% renters; 3.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 11.5 of 20; 137 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.9; 14,846 jobs within 45 min by car; 7% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 5 grocers, 3 schools, 10 parks or playgrounds, 6 health, 3 civic, 22 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 76 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Hancock County (OH), 2024	150 units in 5+ unit buildings, 31 in 2–4, 80 single-family; 2023: 16 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.65; socioeconomic 0.54; housing and transport 0.75; 25% below 150% of poverty; 13% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Findlay Village Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.85, from BrightQuery, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 11,368 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	(alive)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	36,308 since 2015; 2,726 in the last 12 months (-49% vs the prior 12); peak 2025-03 with 757Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -12% (6,686 → 5,900); median income +21% ($37,099 → $44,844); renters 41% → 45%; median home value +32% ($107,900 → $142,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 74.1); expected annual loss $2.3M; high: tornado, hail, strong wind, winter weather, ice storm; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 191 units: Senior Tower Apts (146 units); Kiwanis Village (45 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	3,855 jobs in 232 establishments; average annual pay $36,246; employment location quotient 0.89; employment -3.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	7,297 jobs; 1,335 in retail trade, 446 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39063000600)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 37th income percentile as adults; 1.7% incarcerated at the 2010 count (528 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 40% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 14.0%; median family income $54,199; 454 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Findlay City School District (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: Wilson Vance Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	806 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	88 county-logged events: 56 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 9 flood, 3 flash flood; $15,059,200 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 45840, 2026-09	median list price $304,900 (+10.1% on the year); 95 active listings; median 42 days on market; 27% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	241 establishments (-8%); 3,974 jobs (-7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $239,297 (+4% 1 yr, +27% 5 yr); typical rent $1,348/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	349 (2000 = 100); +7.6% 1 yr, +48% 5 yr, +84% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	20,782 vehicles a day on N MAIN ST (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 16 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1962 as Fort Findlay Village Shopping Center, the mall was enclosed in 1974 and expanded to 525,000 sq ft by 1990. Anchor stores such as Kmart, the movie theater, Sears and JCPenney closed between 2003 and 2017, leading to declining occupancy. The property was sold to Kohan Retail Investment Group in 2020, demolished in mid‑2025, and a Target store is being built on the site.

Why. The decline is evident from successive anchor closures (Kmart, theater, Sears, JCPenney) and the eventual shift to a single‑tenant big‑box redevelopment.

Where it stands. The mall has been demolished and a Target store is under construction, with Target listed as the developer.

For a planner

Strategy listed as "redevelop" to retail use.
Property changed ownership via a $4 million sale to Kohan Retail Investment Group in 2020.
Open questions about any public incentives, zoning changes, or environmental review used for the Target redevelopment (not stated in the record).

For a developer

Site size: 525,000 sq ft GLA.
Control: Target is the developer after demolition.
Entitlement stage: demolition completed, Target store construction underway.
Context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and tract‑level market signals are not provided in the record.

What we do not know yet

No information on floodplain, transit access, or environmental conditions.
Tract‑level data (demographics, income, competition) missing.
Details of any public incentives, tax abatements, or zoning approvals are not stated.
Verification status is "draft", indicating the record has not been fully reviewed.
Exact timeline for Target store opening and any remediation work is unspecified.

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Findlay Village Mall Sign | The Findlay V… flickr.com
Findlay Village Mall (32 stores) - shopping in Find… mallscenters.com
The final days for Findlay Village Mall Findlay OH. - YouTube youtube.com
When Did Findlay Village Mall Open? – JFHTV rla.makeyourwayup.co.uk
Sold: Findlay Village Mall | The Courier Findlay Village Mall was ... thecourier.com

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retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
525,000 sq ft GLA (large site)

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Background

Findlay Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Findlay, Ohio. Opened in 1962, it features Dunham's Sports, Runnings, and Best Buy as its anchor stores. It is owned by Rocky Companies. The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1962 Opened (Wikidata)
1962 Opened as Fort Findlay Village Shopping Center with Britt's and JCPenney
1974 Enclosed
1990 Expanded to 525,000 sq ft
2003 Kmart closed
2014 Sears closure announced
2016 Stock + Field to replace Sears
2017 JCPenney and Sears closures
2020 Sold to Kohan Retail
2021 Stock + Field purchase

Sources

Wikipedia: Findlay Village Mall · supports: after notes, gla sqft, original developer, status, strategy, year closed
16 quoted sentences
The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store.
The mall expanded from 334,000 square feet to over 525,000 square feet in 1990, adding a new Kmart and JCPenney store along with Elder-Beerman.
Developed by mall builder Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., the mall opened in 1962 as Fort Findlay Village Shopping Center, featuring Britt's and JCPenney, followed by Sears.
The mall closed on January 31, 2025 and demolition began in mid-2025 to prepare for the construction of a Target store.

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Findlay Village Mall, Findlay, OH." Record m-967ff89646, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/findlay-findlay-village-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_findlayfindlayvillagemall,
  title = {Findlay Village Mall, Findlay, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/findlay-findlay-village-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-967ff89646, 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}
}

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