The original MERIDEN SQUARE was a definitive "dumbell plan" mall. The 15 million dollar complex incorporated nearly 600,000 leasable square feet, with a tenant list of fifty stores and services. Parking was provided for nearly 3,000 autos.

MERIDEN SQUARE TENANTS 1972:

G. FOX (with restaurant) / J.C. PENNEY (with Coffee Shop, Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / CHILD WORLD / Allen Carpet Shops / Baker's Shoes / Barricini Candy / Card Gallery / Card 'N Party Shop / Chess King / Coney Island Snax / CVS Drug / East & West Gift Shop / Expresso International / Fabric Tree / Foxmoor Casuals / Florsheim Shoes / Friendly's Ice Cream / Galleria International Restaurant / Gordon's Jewelers / Helen Gallagher Gifts / Joel's Bootery / Joyce Leslie ladies' wear / Kay Jewelers / Kinney Shoes / Hickory Farms of Ohio / Lerner Shops / Mall Liquor Store / Mary Jane Shoes / Miles Shoes / Music City / Michaels Jewelers / Mom To Be Maternity / National Shirt Shops / Nature Food Center / Ormond's Package Store / Parklane Hosiery / Perkins Tobacco Shop / Pet Towne / Regal Shoes / So-Fro Fabrics / Sun Lighting / Susies Casuals / The Plum Tree ladies' wear / Thom McAn Shoes / Treasure Trove / The Tweed Shop ladies' wear / Waldenbooks / Welcome Aboard Vacation Center / Worth's ladies' wear