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Rolling Acres Mall was developed by Forest City Enterprises and Akron, Ohio-based developer Richard B. Buchholzer (February 19, 1916 - February 6, 2006). [1] The developers chose the 260-acre (110 ha) site, along Romig Road on Akron's southwestern side, between 1964 and 1966 after conducting studies which revealed that several major department stores had expressed interest in that area. [2]
Amazon currently operates a warehouse and distribution center on Romig Road in Akron at the site of the former Rolling Acres Mall. The four-story facility has 2.5 million square feet of space.
Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises , a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area.
Summit Mall is a one-story, 850,000-square-foot (79,000 m 2) [3] enclosed shopping mall located at 3265 W. Market Street in the Akron suburb of Fairlawn., [4] and with the closing of both Chapel Hill Mall and Rolling Acres Mall, is the only remaining mall in Summit County.
The now-defunct Rolling Acres Mall was once the neighborhood's anchor. Rolling Acres had more undeveloped land than is typical of Akron neighborhoods. The Rolling Acres Mall and big box retail once dominated Romig Road. Romig Road is now largely barren, owing to the closure of Rolling Acres Mall. East Avenue has mixed retail and residential use.
[16] [17] On December 28, 2007, it was announced that Macy’s would close three stores in Ohio, with the Randall Park location being one of the three. The store's final day of business was February 16, 2008. [18] On May 21, 2008, North Randall mayor David Smith announced that Whichard Real Estate had decided to close the mall by June 12, 2008.
The blaze known as the Lake fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. on July 5 near Zaca Lake just northeast of Los Olivos, a rural swath known for grape farming and picturesque wineries.
Glover later viewed video footage from both a nearby church and from a neighbor's Ring doorbell that showed what happened to her son. She said police had the videos, too.