MELLETT MALL was less than 3 years old before an expansion started. Performed between 1967 and 1969, the renovation added an Akron-based O'Neil's, fully-enclosed East Wing and full-line Montgomery Ward. A roof was also installed over the original shopping concourse. The complex now encompassed around 750,000 leasable square feet and contained sixty-two tenant spaces.

MELLETT MALL TENANTS 1970:

MONTGOMERY WARD (with Buffeteria Snack Bar, Garden Center, Optical & Hearing Center and freestanding Auto Center) / J.C. PENNEY (with Coffee Shop, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) /  O'NEILS (with beauty salon and basement level parking garage) / A & P supermarket / KROGER supermarket / Americana Shops / Andre Duval Beauty Salon / Beneficial Finance / Betty's Beauty Salon / Bond Clothes / Bretean's Restaurant / Camelot Music / C & J Shoe Service / Carousel Snack Bar / Charazzo's / Cleveland Fabrics / Docktor Pet Center / Faflik Shoes / Fanny Farmer Candies / Father & Son Shoes / First National Bank / Goodyear Service Store / Gray Drug (with luncheonette) / Griffin Home Decorating / Harvard Clothing / Holiday Shoes / Hot Sam Pretzels / Juniors Limited / Lamplighter Men's Shop / Little East in the West / London's Candies / Mall Trip & Travel Center / Malvern Book Store / Martin's Pastries / Mellett Homes / Mellett Mall Barber Shop / Mellett Mall Cinema (single-screen) / Thrift Wash Coin Laundry / Mother-to-be-Shops / National Shirt Shops / Norman's Shoes / Ohio Tux Shop / Orange Julius / Paris Boutique ladies' wear / Parklane Hosiery / Petries' ladies' wear / Radio Shack / Rapport's ladies' wear / Religious Goods Center / Schorsten-Nationwide Insurance Agency / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Singer Sewing Center / Spencer Gifts / Stone-Wagoner Shoes / Toys by Rizzi / John Todd Optical / New Troy Laundry / Village Store / Winkelman's ladies' wear / Zales Jewelers / Zwick's Department Store


A vintage ad from 1972 promotes East-Central Ohio's Great Regional Center. At this time, the complex featured seventy stores and services.
Advert from Mellett Homes, Incorporated