The Southern Park Mall is a shopping mall in Boardman, Ohio

Boardman, Ohio

Boardman is a census-designated place in Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, just south of Youngstown. Boardman is considered to be a moderately affluent community and is one of two major retail hubs in the greater Youngstown area...

. Originally owned by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation when it opened in 1970, it is now owned by the Simon Property Group

Simon Property Group

Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American commercial real estate company, ranked #1 in the United States as the largest real estate investment trust. Simon is a fully integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real estate platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers, The...

. The mall, which is the largest shopping destination in Mahoning County, boasts 1198000 square feet (111,297.8 m²) of space.

Southern Park underwent an extensive renovation in 1997, shortly after the DeBartolo Corporation merged with Simon. Simon has spent $19 million to make improvements to the interiors, and added a food court as well as a movie theater, although the theater is not directly attached to the mall.

Anchor stores

• Dillard's
  Dillard's
  Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...
  
    187560 ft2
• JCPenney  262000 ft2
• Macy's
  Macy's
  Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
  
    186980 ft2
• Sears  175600 ft2

Movie theater

Situated on the eastern edge of the mall's property lays Tinseltown USA, an 7-screen cinema operated by the movie theater conglomerate Cinemark. The theater opened during the mall's renovation period of 1996-1997. The largest of the screens seats 470 patrons, while the two smallest seat over 200. Two of the screens (including the 470 seat house, the other seats 281) feature a wrap-around, concave design so that the screen fills more of the viewer's field of vision.