Summit Mall

Development & Early Years

DeBartolo Corporation developed Summit Mall. First announced in 1963, the mall opened to the public in 1965. The original anchor stores were Cleveland, Ohio-based Halle Brothers Co. and two other department stores both based in Akron: O'Neil's and Polsky's. Other major tenants included Woolworth, Kroger, and Acme Markets. In November of 1978 it was announced that Polsky's would be closing by December 30, 1978.

Late 20th Century

After Halle's 1982 shutdown, their location was transferred to Higbee's, which operated the store until it was taken over by Dillard's in late 1992. It was a full-line location (without housewares) until 1998 when the men's department relocated to the top floor of the former Polsky's / Jewel Mart space. After Polsky's closed, Jewel Mart occupied the main floor level.^{[citation needed]} In July 1986, a Dallas businessman proposed opening a laser tag facility in the basement of the former Polsky's. In July 1989, National Theatre Corporation (now Regal Entertainment Group) closed the two-screen theater at the mall when General Cinemas opened up a new theater at West Market Plaza. National Theater Corp. later opened a new theater in Montrose. By July 1990, Rizzi's Ristorante and Pizzeria and Charlotte's West occupied the space on the half-vacant lower level. Jewel Mart was gone by 1991 and the top floor remained vacant until Dillard's moved their men's store and started a housewares department on the upper level in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

2000's - Present

Rizzi's and Charlotte's West were both gone by 2004, giving Dillard's the opportunity to renovate both floors as a Dillard's Women's store.^{[citation needed]} O'Neil's became May Company Ohio in 1989, Kaufmann's in 1993, and Macy's in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2013, Williams-Sonoma announced it would close its location in the mall. In January 2017, Ann Taylor announced that it would close at the mall.