Rolling Acres Mall

05/09/2017

09/05/2016

http://www.ohio.com/business/jcpenney-donates-rolling-acres-building-to-akron-city-officials-still-plan-to-demolish-former-mall-1.709143

JCPenney has donated its former retail building at the long-vacant Rolling Acres Mall to the city, which plans to demolish it along with the remainder of the interior of the mall.

09/05/2016

"Tear it all down" may become the new city motto http://www.ohio.com/news/local/rubber-bowl-owners-face-new-obstacle-to-reopening-the-stadium-1.709162

The owners of the Rubber Bowl are facing a new obstacle in their plans to reuse the former University of Akron football stadium.

07/26/2016

"City officials shouldn’t be so quick to demolish the former mall without a proper structural engineering study, said Brewster, a Wadsworth designer of retail and small urban projects.

Brewster said he’s aware that the heating and air conditioning systems and much of the mall’s infrastructure is gone, but he argues that 'if it is structurally sound and useful, then I think it would be a shame to rip down 277,000 square feet of climatized space and start from scratch.'”

http://www.ohio.com/business/lin-fisher/what-should-be-done-with-former-rolling-acres-mall-here-are-12-ideas-1.699538

It’s a question on a lot of people’s minds: Now that the city of Akron owns the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall complex, what should be done with it?

07/05/2016

06/28/2016

http://www.ohio.com/business/long-vacant-rolling-acres-mall-now-owned-by-the-city-of-akron-1.693280

The long-vacant Rolling Acres Mall is now owned by the City of Akron — much quicker than anticipated.

06/16/2015

http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/06/rolling_acres_mall_heads_back.html

Rolling Acres Mall is scheduled to go up for auction Tuesday morning, but the owners could still make a court filing to try to keep the county from selling it or redeveloping property.

03/11/2015

The auction has been pulled yet again, over more court wranglings regarding Premier Ventures LLC

In the continuing saga of Rolling Acres Mall, the vacant structure has been pulled from a Summit County sheriff’s sale scheduled for Tuesday.

02/10/2015

The Beacon Journal is reporting Premier Ventures LLC's time is up, and the tax auction will go through in March http://www.ohio.com/news/local/photographer-captures-images-of-snow-in-rolling-acres-mall-city-officials-say-mall-is-secure-1.565827

02/10/2015

Facebook: The roof didn't collapse. It's just a some broken panes in a skylight.

11/29/2014

The national news program PBS NewsHour came to Akron for a story on Friday's program, that prominently featured the mall: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/temples-american-commerce-indoor-malls-lose-shoppers-e-stores/

From retail to e-tail, is Cyber Monday the new Black Friday? Indoor malls have been in decline ever since consumers discovered online shopping, and many retail spaces are either closing or being repurposed as shopping habits evolve. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the fate of America’…

10/07/2014

Premier Ventures LLC has filed a bankruptcy petition, which prevents the auction from going forward

http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2014/10/akrons_vacant_rolling_acres_ma.html

The holdings company that owns Rolling Acres Mall in Akron filed for bankruptcy at the last minute, pulling the mall from the sheriff's sale.