Richmond Town Square is a super regional shopping mall known locally as 'Richmond' or 'Richmond Mall,' located in Richmond Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, at the intersection of Richmond Road and Wilson Mills Road. Opened in 1966 as Richmond Mall by developer Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr., it was renovated, expanded, and renamed in 1999. This renovation took advantage of new and emerging technologies "in materials, as well as architectural and decorative innovations" The total cost of the renovation was reported as US$100 million. The only remaining anchor in the mall is a 20-screen Regal Cinemas theater while the three other anchors spaces, Macy's, Sears, and JCPenney have closed within 2015-2017. The mall is 1 million square feet and is owned by Kohan Retail Investment Group. In January 2015, Macy's announced the store at the mall would be closing as part of a plan to close 14 of its stores nationwide. As of mid March 2015, the Macy's store was shuttered, with all exterior signage removed. On May 28, 2014, it was revealed that Richmond Town Square was one of two malls along with Great Lakes Mall in northeast Ohio that would have its ownership transferred from Simon Property Group to its spin-off Washington Prime Group. On January 4, 2017, Sears announced that its store would be closing in March 2017. On March 17, 2017, JCPenney announced they would close their location on July 31, 2017.
Mall features
The Richmond Town Square Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library opened in the mall in 1988. Originally housed in a freestanding boutique kiosk, the branch showed significant circulation growth. The kiosk was forced to close in August 1998 due to a major renovation of the mall but the branch library reopened in September 1999 in a location by the northeast mall entrance, next to Sears.
Revitalization
On July 2, 2018, DealPoint Merrill announced they would spend $69 million to bring apartments, a hotel, and a park to the north end of the mall where the vacant Sears building and parking lot are located. On May 1, 2019 DealPoint Merrill revealed early site plans for their proposed luxury apartments. The development is named . Richmond Town Square is planned to be demolished in Fall 2020.
