The Southern Park Mall is a shopping mall in Boardman, Ohio. It was owned by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation when it opened in 1970, and is now owned by WP Glimcher. The mall, which is the largest shopping destination in Mahoning County, has 1198000sqft of space.The location occupied by Macy's was occupied by Strouss, then Kaufmann's. Horne's was the central anchor until 1992 when the building was sold to Higbee's. Higbee's was then sold to Dillard's the same year.Southern Park underwent an extensive renovation in 1997, shortly after the DeBartolo Corporation merged with Simon Property Group. Simon has spent $19 million to make improvements to the interiors, and added a food court and a movie theater, although the theater is not directly attached to the mall. Jillian's, which replaced a Woolworth, was a tenant from 1999 to 2011.On April 3, 2014 news was released of the sell of Southern Park Mall by Simon Property Group to its spinoff Washington Prime Group (now known as WP Glimcher).Anchor storesDillard's 187560ft2JCPenney 262000ft2Macy's 186980ft2Sears 175600ft2
