# City View Center

Garfield Heights, OH · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-e3299b6b0f` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/garfield-heights-city-view-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e3299b6b0f.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-e3299b6b0f.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-e3299b6b0f

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | other | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | As of 2026, Giant Eagle is the only original remaining store in the Transportation Boulevard complex. Applebee's also remains open. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 2006 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2021 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Industrial Commercial Properties, LLC | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Owner of record | Highland Park Transportation LLC | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The shopping center opened in 2006, after two years of construction.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center
- **after_notes**: “As of 2026, Giant Eagle is the only original remaining store in the Transportation Boulevard complex. Applebee's also remains open.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center
- **status**: “As of 2026, Giant Eagle is the only original remaining store in the Transportation Boulevard complex. Applebee's also remains open.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center
- **strategy**: “The shopping center underwent redevelopment, completing the process by 2021.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center

## Anchors

Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart, Giant Eagle

## Parties

- City View LLC — owner (from text) (–2019)
- Industrial Commercial Properties, LLC — owner (from text) (2020–)

## Timeline

- 2006: Opened
- 2008: Walmart closed
- 2008: PetSmart closed
- 2008: Circuit City closed
- 2010: Dick's Sporting Goods closed
- 2015: OfficeMax announced closing
- 2017: FirstMerit closed
- 2020: Industrial Commercial Properties acquired mortgage
- 2021: Redevelopment completed
- 2026: Applebee's closed, Giant Eagle sole original tenant

## Deals and debt

- 2020 sale:  Industrial Commercial Properties, LLC   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center
- 2019 loan:     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center

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

City View Center was a power center in Garfield Heights, Ohio, east of Cleveland. Positioned to be a regional shopping destination with stores such as Walmart, Giant Eagle, Dick's Sporting Goods and Bed Bath & Beyond, the development intended to increase Garfield Heights' commercial base soon developed into a modern dead mall, being built on landfill which soon liquified and caused damage to its buildings, along with fears of methane gas remaining unvented beneath the site which then caused multiple stores to close and abandon the center. A second phase that would have included The Home Depot, Panera, Chick-fil-A and Buffalo Wild Wings was never built, with those retailers fearing a redux of Phase I of the development. The shopping center underwent redevelopment, completing the process by 2021.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_View_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "City View Center, Garfield Heights, OH." Record m-e3299b6b0f, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/garfield-heights-city-view-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_garfieldheightscityviewcenter,
  title = {City View Center, Garfield Heights, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/garfield-heights-city-view-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-e3299b6b0f, 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.