![]() 5 After signing a contract with Cigna and Plaza, Menards put plans for the new store on hold in December 2008 due to the economic recession. A new shopping center, anchored by home improvement chain Menards, Sears and Staples, was announced. Redevelopment plans for Westland began shortly after. The store closed in 2007, leaving Sears as the remaining anchor. ![]() Lazarus, a founding partner in Federated Department Stores, was rebranded Lazarus-Macy’s in 2003 and Macy’s on March 6, 2005. Penny left Westland for Tuttle Crossing in 2005. 5 Kashani, a shopping mall developer from Toledo, Ohio, acquired the mall in 2003 and attempted to reposition Westland Mall as a lower-tier shopping center, with used bookstores, arts and crafts dealers and a karate school, among others. 4 Plaza Properties co-owned some of the out-parcels, including a Bob Evans restaurant. Jacobs defaulted on loans relating to Westland in 2001 leading Cigna Investments to take over ownership. Westland Mall began bleeding inline tenants when the Mall at Tuttle Crossing opened nearby in 1997. It was renovated into a Staple’s with no concourse access and Footaction USA that faced the interior. Woolworth’s closed in January 1994 during the chain’s restructuring process that resulted in the elimination of its 400 stores. In 1993, the Lazarus store was extensively remodeled. ![]() 3 The upper floor of Sears was closed to customers and converted into office space for their in-house credit card, Discover, in the late 1980’s. ![]() Van Duze and fountains that reacted to the weather. The new mall was adorned with several outdoor sculptures by Cleveland artist Clarence E. ![]()
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