Our first WOODVILLE plan depicts the mall as it stood in late 1969. The single-level center spanned approximately 871,000 leasable square feet, with a 5,000-car capacity parking lot. Its developer, Youngstown's Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, was quite prolific. In the 1969-1970 time frame, the Corporation had five malls in various stages of completion.
WOODVILLE MALL TENANTS 1969:
J.C. PENNEY (with Coffee Shop, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / LASALLE'S (with Beauty Salon) / SEARS (with Coffee House and freestanding Auto Center) / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with Harvest House Coffee Shop) / FOOD TOWN supermarket / Bernard Wig Salon / Bresler's 33 Flavors Ice Cream / Butler's Shoes / Can-Do Shop / Card Mart / Snack Bar / Chess King men's wear / Clair Hats / Clothes Pin ladies' wear / Cunningham's Drug (with Highland Grill restaurant) / Disc Records / Docktor Pet Center / Father & Son Shoes / Fisher Shoes / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fireside Shops / First Lady Beauty Salon / First National Bank of Toledo / Fox Woodville Mall Theatre (single-screen) / Foxwood Casuals ladies' wear / French Cafe / Goodyear Tire & Auto / Grinnell's TV & Electronics / Gross Photo / Haig / Hanover Shoes / Hardy Shoes / Hobby Center / Hadley's / Home Furniture Company / Homemaker Shops / Hot Sam Pretzels / House of Nine ladies' wear / Hughes & Hatcher men's wear / Jo-Ann Fabrics / Keidan's Jewelers / Kinney Shoes / Marilyn Shop ladies' wear / Mary Jane Shoes / Maternity Modes / Max Davis Jewelers / Memory Lane Card & Gift Shop / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / National Shirt Shops / National Uniform Shops / Nobil Shoes / Parklane Hosiery / Princess Beauty Salon / Seven Seas Gifts / Strater Dry Cleaners / Tie Rak / Vassiliov Barber Shop / Woodville Coin Shop / Woodville Shoe Repair / Winkelman's ladies' wear / Zales Jewelers
By late 1969, the mall's thirty-six original stores had grown to eighty-seven.
Advert from the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
The Fox Woodville Mall Theatre made its debut on July 10, 1969. On the bill that evening was "The Lost Man," starring Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus and James Mason.
Advert from Fox Eastern Theatres
