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Dillard's Closing store at Towne Mall
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 5:16:42 PM - Middletown Ohio

by John Beagle

Dillard's Middletown, Ohio department store at Towne Mall is closing is doors. Dillard's, based in Littler Rock, AK, is publically traded under the stock symbol DDS.

Dillard store representatives alerted Middletown city officials today. No other comment about the closing was available at publication.

Dillard's was originally McAlpin's, is one of the original anchor stores when the mall opened in the 1970s.

"The Dillards building (originally McAlpins) was a stand alone built before the mall and was one of the first developments by I75 in the early to middle 70's. Nothing else was there but Town Blvd. Church of God and McAlpins. It was called "the hog farm," said Mark Chaney.

Dillard's describes itself as a retail department store offering fashion apparel and home furnishings from coast to coast. Dillard's caters to a broad spectrum of the population.

Today, Dillard's (DDS) shares surged 15% after the department store operator agreed to nominate four new directors to its board to avoid a proxy battle with a shareholder group and said it plans to close under performing stores.
 

Archived Comments

4/3/2008 4:10:38 AM Greg
That's interesting that they would just up and close without a sale or anything. Does Anyone know if they plan on returning in the future or will their store be up for sale in the mall?
4/3/2008 8:57:31 AM John Beagle
Dillard's inst the only place that is closed. Notice in the photo, the LensCrafters building is empty too.
4/3/2008 9:09:58 AM Houndog
Took my daughter to get her pics taken at Sears. Afterward we took a stroll though the mall. One lap around and realized the dozers are probably laying in wait somewhere to put it out of its misery. Not surprised Dillards is pulling out.
The good news is Middletown Wal Mart is expanding.
4/3/2008 9:47:05 AM Andy Wendt
I find it interesting that the South side of SR122 is thriving and the North side is dying. Gives me hope that once the mall is dead and dozed that things can get better.
4/3/2008 10:02:12 AM JFoster
Whatever happened to the plans to make changes to the Towne Mall like what is happening to the Dayton Mall? I think it would work here too.
4/4/2008 4:41:23 PM Megan
I too have worked at the mall. It is sad to see it go to the dumps, but when stores leave that creates problems for the mall. I once heard that major stores like Old Navy and American Eagle will not even look at a mall until it is 75% full. Instead of trying to keep there business, they go out and get Traders’ World type stores that no one wants to shop at. Poor mall and business owners!
7/12/2008 12:12:44 AM Hailee
Ahhh..this is the final straw of the Towne Mall's demise. With crappy stores like Elder Bearmen and Dollar Tree, not to mention all those junk-peddling here for 3 months type of thing, I predict this to be a deadmall. Sad, I nce broke a candle with my friend in that Dillards. I was also creeped out by the bathroom,(shiny stalls, loud automatic flush toilets.)I suppose I dont miss it all that much after all...


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