founded 1949 founder william m. cafaro headquarters niles ohio united states area served united states services shopping center management website www.cafarocompany.com cafaro company is an american company which owns several retail shopping centers throughout the united states . based in niles ohio it is the largest privately owned shopping center development and management company in the united states . 1 cafaro company began in the 1940s . william m. cafaro and his brother john began developing grocery stores for kroger and later moved on to developing shopping centers . the two brothers managed the non grocery tenants in the centers they developed . in 1965 they opened their first regional mall property . 1 in the 1980s target corporation asked cafaro to develop centers for them in the pacific northwest . 1 the company manages more than 30 000 000 square feet 2 800 000 m2 of commercial real estate throughout the united states . 2 anthony cafaro sr. retired as president and ceo of the cafaro company in december 2009 . his sons anthony jr. and william a. now share the title of co president . since 2006 the company has been engaged in an aggressive program of renovation of its existing properties . millions of dollars have been invested in refurbishing the cafaro malls adding features such as contemporary decor food courts children s play areas and other popular customer amenities . in addition to physical reconstitution the company is in the process of re merchandising several properties . contents 1 enclosed mall properties 1.1 iowa 1.2 kentucky 1.3 michigan 1.4 ohio 1.5 pennsylvania 1.6 tennessee 1.7 virginia 1.8 washington 1.9 west virginia 2 former properties 3 canceled 4 references 5 external links enclosed mall properties edit iowa edit dubuque kennedy mall kentucky edit paducah kentucky oaks mall michigan edit monroe the mall of monroe ohio edit niles eastwood mall sandusky sandusky mall st. clairsville ohio valley mall pennsylvania edit erie millcreek mall tennessee edit clarksville governor s square mall virginia edit fredericksburg spotsylvania towne centre washington edit puyallup south hill mall west virginia edit barboursville huntington mall bridgeport meadowbrook mall former properties edit tallahassee florida tallahassee mall saginaw michigan fort saginaw mall ashtabula ohio ashtabula mall now ashtabula towne square lima ohio american mall marion ohio southland mall now marion centre youngstown ohio mcguffey mall monaca pennsylvania beaver valley mall canceled edit spokane washington liberty lake mall references edit a b c shearin randall may 2006 . cafaro s next generation . shopping center business . retrieved 2008 06 04 . cafaro external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cafaro company & oldid 729579024 categories cafaro companyreal estate investment trustsprivately held companies based in ohiocompanies based in youngstown ohioshopping property management firmsfinancial services companies of the united statesretail companies established in 1949 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 july 2016 at 05 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view