Posted June 16, 200618 yr From the 6/15/06 Toledo Blade: NORTHWOOD Some say city's due for image makeover By BENJAMIN ALEXANDER-BLOCH BLADE STAFF WRITER Northwood is searching for an identity. City officials hope to develop a center - something to unite its residents, welcome its visitors, and entice new business development. "When you think of Holland and Springfield [Township], you think of the Strawberry Festival, but when you think of Northwood, there's nothing that really stands out. There's no real identity, no real theme," said Heather Sayler, Northwood's planning, zoning, and economic development coordinator. "Northwood does not even have a friendly sign, surrounded by a nice bed of flowers, that welcomes visitors when they enter our city." Read More...
September 1, 200618 yr From the 8/30/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Woodville Mall is the area's only mall on the east side of the Maumee River. ( THE BLADE ) STRUGGLING RETAIL Owners may raze parts of Woodville Mall By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Operators of the Woodville Mall are weighing demolition of portions of the complex under an option to convert the struggling retail venue into an outdoor shopping center. But representatives emphasized yesterday that it is just one possibility being considered for the mall in suburban Northwood that has lost dozens of shops in recent years and now is mostly empty. "We are still working" on the options, owner Sammy Kahen, a California businessman told The Blade. "It's not finalized." Read More...
February 21, 200718 yr From the 1/3/07 Blade: Land acquired for Woodville Mall access road By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Change appears to be coming soon to the Woodville Mall in Northwood, even though it is approaching so slowly as to be almost imperceptible. Over a year after mall representatives announced plans to redevelop the 37-year-old property, they have acquired key land for a private road stretching north to provide easier access for Oregon and East Toledo residents. "They closed on the property from the Catholic Diocese within the last 60 days," said Pat Bacon, Northwood administrator. The land allows the mall to extend an access road to Curtice Road. Read More...
July 12, 200717 yr From the 3/22/07 Blade: NORTHWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Building standards for business district in works By ERIKA RAY BLADE STAFF WRITER Developers soon may have specific building standards to adhere to if they want to build within Northwood's central business district. The city's planning commission members will be completing their discussions regarding the architectural standards they'd like to see in the city's centralized downtown area, which most likely will include a stricter sign code. "We can't continue to have buildings go up without some sort of standards because [developers] are going to build whatever they want," City Administrator Pat Bacon said. "We want to be proud of our community. We want to be able to drive down Woodville Road and know it's a downtown." Read More...
July 12, 200717 yr Link contains a photo. From the 4/4/07 Blade: Owners of 2 1/2 years list Woodville Mall for sale By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER Woodville Mall, metro Toledo's only enclosed shopping center east of the Maumee River, is for sale, and its marketing agent suggests that it could change to offices or even a complex with baseball and soccer fields. The owners of the struggling mall, Californians Jack Kashani and Sammy Kahen, bought the site in 2004 for $2.5 million with plans to turn it around. But after doing little visible work toward redevelopment, they have listed it for sale, with no asking price cited. About 40 percent of the 794,000-square-foot complex is vacant. Its anchors are The Andersons, Sears, Elder-Beerman, and Fox Theaters. Read More...
July 12, 200717 yr Link contains photos. From the 5/15/07 Blade: Big retailers bypass Woodville Mall environs By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER The Woodville Mall in Northwood is up for sale, and it is surrounded by plenty of vacant space. But retailers are bypassing Woodville Road near the mall, many of them in favor of Navarre Avenue in Oregon. Among companies making that choice are Meijer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and recently, Menards. The mall area did attract one new retailer, Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, which moved in last fall. Read More...
July 12, 200717 yr Deadmalls.com: http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/woodville_mall.html The whole site's pretty fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, especially the part about Dixie Square Mall in Illinois (where the Blues Brothers movie car chase was filmed), and to me the section about Randall Mall in North Randall.
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