After many months of wondering what would happen with the empty Sears and Macy’s spaces at Ohio Valley Mall, residents of St. Clairsville, Ohio, have learned that Burlington and Academy Sports + Outdoors will make good use of that real estate.
Academy Sports and Burlington will soon occupy much of what used to be the Sears store. Academy Sports – which has pledged to open as many as 25 new stores this year in states including Georgia, Indiana and Florida – will occupy a 56,000sq ft portion of the Sears space.
Its neighbour Burlington – which operated 1,138 stores at the end of the second quarter of 2025 – will move into a 22,000sq ft portion of the Sears space.
Boot Barn will open at Ohio Valley mall in a 13,000sq ft space that used to be part of Macy’s.
A Cafaro property, Ohio Valley Mall is located off Interstate 70, halfway between Pittsburgh and Columbus.
