# Northland Mall

Columbus, OH · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-c72e5fb8a1` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-northland-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | office, civic, entertainment, retail, other | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | A Menards home improvement store now lies on the site of the former Sears, and the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center moved to the former location of a multiplex movie theater on the site. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1964 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2002 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “Finally, on October 31, 2002, after 38 years of service in Columbus, Northland Mall closed permanently.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall
- **after_notes**: “A Menards home improvement store now lies on the site of the former Sears, and the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center moved to the former location of a multiplex movie theater on the site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall
- **status**: “After redevelopment as what is now known as Northland Village, a multi-use complex containing government offices, retail stores and the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall
- **strategy**: “After redevelopment as what is now known as Northland Village, a multi-use complex containing government offices, retail stores and the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall

## Anchors

JCPenney, Sears, Lazarus, F. W. Woolworth Co., The Union

## Parties

- Richard E. Jacobs — owner (from text)

## Timeline

- 1964: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1964: Opened as open-air shopping center
- 1975: Enclosed mall with grand celebration
- 1980: JCPenney opened
- 1995: Food court added
- 1997: Opening of The Mall at Tuttle Crossing
- 1999: Easton Town Center opened
- 2001: Polaris Fashion Place opened, anchors relocated
- 2002: Northland Mall closed permanently
- 2004: Mall concourse and Sears anchor demolished
- 2016: Kroger grocery store completed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Northland Mall was a shopping mall located on the north side of Columbus, Ohio, at the intersection of Morse Road and Karl Road. It opened in 1964 as an open-air shopping center. Northland was the first of the four directionally-named shopping hubs in Columbus, along with Eastland, Westland, and Southland. Though popular through the 1990s, three new shopping centers were completed in the late 1990s and early 2000s that took businesses and shoppers away from Northland. It closed in 2002 and was demolished in 2004. The site has subsequently been redeveloped as Northland Village, a multi-use complex containing government offices, retail stores and the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northland Mall, Columbus, OH." Record m-c72e5fb8a1, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-northland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_columbusnorthlandmall,
  title = {Northland Mall, Columbus, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-northland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-c72e5fb8a1, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.