Piqua Center

The Piqua Center (formerly the Miami Valley Centre Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall in Piqua, Ohio, United States, opened in 1988. The mall's anchor store is Dunham's Sports. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, Elder-Beerman and JCPenney. The mall also has a Comfort Inn.

Piqua Center
LocationPiqua, Ohio, United States
Coordinates40°08′54″N 84°13′21″W
Address987 East Ash Street
Opening date1988
DeveloperThe Mall Company[1]
Total retail floor area504,691 square feet (46,887.3 m2)[2]
No. of floors1

History

One of the original anchors was J. C. Penney, which moved from a store downtown that had been operational since 1922.[3] The other anchors were Elder-Beerman and Hills[1] (later Ames).

In 1999, Sears moved to the mall from an existing store at nearby (now defunct) Piqua East Mall (formerly Piqua Mall). In reaction to this move, Elder-Beerman attempted to sue to keep Sears from opening there.[4] The Sears store opened in October of that year. Later, a Little Professor bookstore opened in the mall. Previously, the mall did not have a bookstore.[5]

Ames closed its store at the mall in 2000. Four years later, the space became Steve & Barry's. Other stores that opened in 2004 included Quiznos and CJ Banks.[6] In 2008, the theater complex in the mall was replaced by a 504,691-square-foot (46,887.3 m2) Cinemark complex on an outparcel.[7] At the end of the same year, Steve & Barry's closed.[8] In June 2014, it was reported that Dunham's Sports would be moving into the vacated Steve & Barry's by year's end.[9]

Elder-Beerman closed on August 26, 2018, due to the bankruptcy of parent company The Bon-Ton.[10]

After a November 8, 2018 announcement that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 40 locations,[11] the store closed in February 2019.[12][13]

On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would close by October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide.[14] After JCPenney closed, Dunham's Sports became the only remaining anchor store.

In March 2023, Kohan Retail Investment Group sold the Miami Valley Center Mall to a partnership between Ohio-based Bruns Construction Enterprises and Minnesota-based Caspian Group and renamed the Piqua Center.[15]

References
  1. Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. pp. 491–492.
  2. "Leasing". Miami Valley Centre Mall. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. Sutherly, Ben (12 July 2000). "Piqua: Building has new owners". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. Bohman, Jim (20 January 1999). "E-B suit seeking $1M". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  5. Sutherly, Ben (24 January 2000). "Miami Valley Centre Mall lands bookstore". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  6. Stephens, Caleb (15 November 2004). "Piqua mall uses celebrities, community events to attract shoppers". Dayton Business Journal. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  7. Demeropolis, Tom (22 September 2008). "Piqua mall inks deal for new multiplex". Dayton Business Journal. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  8. "Steve & Barry's shutters Piqua store". Dayton Business Journal. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  9. Barrow, Olivia (18 June 2014). "New sports retailer to open in Piqua". Dayton Business Journal. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  10. Warwick, Gabi (August 27, 2018). "Two Elder-Beerman stores close for good; three more set to close this week". WKEF/WRGT-TV. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  11. "Sears to shut 40 more stores early next year". CNBC. 8 November 2018.
  12. Shively, Holly; Perry, Parker (March 6, 2019). "Last area Sears to close Sunday". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  13. Bethel, BJ (March 7, 2019). "Store closings continue in the Miami Valley - Here's a list". WDTN. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  14. "JCPenney Store Closings – Penney IP LLC".
  15. "Piqua's Miami Valley Center Mall has been sold". Miami Valley Today. Troy, Ohio. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
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