At its October 1956 inauguration, SWIFTON CENTER was hailed as a shopper's dream world. The retail hub spanned approximately 486,000 leasable square feet and was comprised of two floors; the Mall Level and Langdon Level. By the time of the circa-1957 plan, there were fifty-eight stores and services and free parking for 3,500 autos.

SWIFTON CENTER TENANTS 1957:

MALL LEVEL
ROLLMAN'S (with Beauty Salon, Children's Barber & Beauty Salon, Garden Restaurant and Malt Bar) / KROGER supermarket / LIBERAL supermarket / G.C. MURPHY 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Allstate Insurance / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Big Tree Fruit Market & Obermeyer Meats / Eastern Hills Camera Shop / Fenton-Wuerdeman-Thayer Cleaners / Fifth Third Union Trust Company / Franklin Simon family apparel / Frisco's Hardware & Appliance / Fun Spots kiddie rides / Goldsmith's, Incorporated ladies' & children's apparel / Graeter's Confections / Household Finance Corporation / Klosterman's Bake Shop / Lillian's ladies' wear / Loft's Candies / Ludwig's Shoes / Maternity Modes / Maude Muller Candies / Max's Gentry Shops men's wear / Murray's Beauty Salon / My Shop of Swifton ladies' wear / National Shirt Shops / Neumark Melody Shop records / Normandie Hats / One Hour Valet cleaners / Pennington's Cafeteria / Queen Optical Company / Richman Brothers men's wear / Rogers Toy Shop / Schiff's Shoes / Sohio service station {Langdon Farm Road} (outparcel) / Sohio service station {Seymour Avenue} (outpacel) / Squires, Incorporated men's wear / Swifton Camera Centre / Tasty Bird Farms poultry / The Colony restaurant / The Cotton Shop ladies' wear / Thom McAn Shoes / Urmetz Jewelers & Gifts / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette) / Walsh Shoe Repair / Wilbur-Rogers, Incorporated ladie's wear / Wilson Paint Company / Wizard Weavers / Young Ages children's wear

LANGDON LEVEL
Hills Barber Shop / Juvenile Furniture Company / Leo's Home & Auto Supply / Pasquale's Pizza Carry Out / Slenderama Figure Salon / Swifton Laundermatic