The north anchor at SOUTHWYCK CENTER was T-Town's The Lion. A division of the Mercantile Stores conglomerate, it operated at the mall between August 1972 and June 1999.
Drawing from Mercantile Stores Company, Incorporated Annual Report 1971

Here we see The Lion Store mall entrance as it appeared in the early 1970s.

Photo from Mercantile Stores Company, Incorporated Annual Report 1971 

An inside job. In this image, we see the interior of the new store's China, Gifts & Silverware section. 

Photo from Mercantile Stores Company, Incorporated Annual Report 1971 

The center's center anchor -Lamson's of Toledo- was in business at SOUTHWYCK between August 1972 and November 1976. The building was converted to a Lion Store For The Home in 1978. 

On the south end of SOUTHWYCK was a 137,400 square foot Montgomery Ward. The store was in operation between August 1972 and March 2001.