Woodville Mall
| Location | Northwood, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°36′12.9″N 83°27′39.6″W / 41.603583°N 83.461000°W |
| Address | 3725 Williston Rd. |
| Opening date | 1969 |
| Closing date | December 2011 |
| Developer | The DeBartolo Corporation |
| Owner | Mike Kohan |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 when open |
| Total retail floor area | 778,000 square feet (72,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in the now defunct Elder-Beerman) |
Woodville Mall was an enclosed shopping mall off of Woodville Road (State Route 51) in Northwood, Ohio, outside the city of Toledo, Ohio. The mall opened in 1969 and, after losing most of its stores in the 2000s, became a dead mall. The mall (interior) was closed in December 2011 and demolished in March 2014.
The DeBartolo Corporation built Woodville Mall in 1969. A portion opened in April of that year, and the rest of the mall opened by year's end. At the time of opening, it had three anchor stores: J.C. Penney, Sears and Lasalle's.
Within two years, a new shopping mall on the northwest side of Toledo, the Franklin Park Mall (1971) began competing with Woodville Mall, taking away its status as Toledo's sole enclosed shopping mall. A Woolco store (later Hills and Ames) also opened across from Woodville Mall in 1971.
R.H. Macy & Co., which had owned Lasalle's since 1923, converted their local stores to the Macy's name in 1982, and sold the locations to Elder-Beerman two years later. The Woodville Mall underwent a renovation in 1986, removing the center fountain area, adding a new center court area adding skylights, new carpeting, a food court and making the mall more "kid friendly". J.C. Penney closed its store in June 1987 due to declining sales. The store was replaced with a general-merchandise store called The Andersons, which opened on September 1, 1988. After The Andersons opened, many mall merchants reported higher sales, including Spencer Gifts, Kay-Bee Toys and Orange Julius.
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