Liberty Center (mall)
 The east end of Liberty Center in 2022. | |
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| Location | Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Address | 7100 Foundry Row |
| Opening date | October 2015[1] |
| Developer | Steiner & Associates |
| Owner | JLL |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | https://www.liberty-center.com/ |
Liberty Center is a mixed-use retail shopping mall, residential, and office complex in Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Opened in 2015, it features over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of retail, entertainment, and offices. The center was built by Steiner Realty. Major tenants include Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Cobb Theatres, and AC Hotels.
History
[edit]Upon opening in October 2015, Liberty Center had over 94 retailers and restaurants, including a Cobb Theatres CineBistro dine-in theater. The center was built on 65 acres (26 ha) of land, with over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of retail space. Also included in the original development were an AC Hotels and 249 apartments. Steiner & Associates chose the mall's site, on Liberty Way southwest of the junction of Interstate 75 and Ohio State Route 129, due to a lack of retail options between Cincinnati and Dayton.[3] The retail portion of the complex consists of two portions: an outdoor lifestyle center with shops facing a street, and a two-story, enclosed mall known as the Foundry.[3] The main anchor stores to The Foundry are Dick's Sporting Goods and Dillard's,[3] the latter of which replaced a store at Tri-County Mall in Springdale.[4]
In September 2018, developers Steiner + Associates transferred leasing and management duties of the mall to JLL. At the time of transfer, representatives noted that the mall had seen over 7 million visitors and a more than 10 percent increase in retail tenancy in the past year.[5]
Gap Inc. closed its store at the mall in late 2018, while Claire's, a library, a local home decor store called Burlap & Birch, and an indoor skydiving center all opened.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Liberty Center fact sheet". Steiner + Associates. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Liberty Center leasing sheet" (PDF). Liberty Center. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Liberty Center: What restaurants, stores are new to Cincinnati?". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 18, 2015. pp. 9G. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ Bowdeya Tweh (August 19, 2015). "Dillard's closing Tri-County clearance center". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ Eric Schwartzberg (August 23, 2018). "Liberty Center change: New company in charge of bringing in stores, restaurants". The Journal-News. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ Eric Schwartzberg (December 28, 2018). "11 big things that happened at Liberty Center this year, from openings to closings to coming-soons". The Journal-News. Retrieved June 17, 2019.