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Competition from South Side shopping centers, such as TOWN & COUNTRY and DAYTON MALL, had put the hurt on HILLS & DALES by the late 1970s. Big-name stores pulled up stakes. What eventually remained was a run down, virtually abandoned hulk. The past-its-prime property was knocked down in late 1999.
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A freestanding Ponderosa Steakhouse, in the northwest corner of the mall site, was renovated into a bank branch in late 1997. 
Photo from Montgomery County, Ohio


One of twelve freestanding structures that make up today's Governor's Place. The office park was built on the old HILLS &  DALES CENTER site in the early 2000s.
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