FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

July 18, 2012

Contacts:

Joe Bell                                                                         Christa Blasko

Director of Corporate Communications                             Marketing Director

CAFARO                                                                       Eastwood Mall Complex

jbell@cafarocompany.com                                                             marketingdirector@eastwoodmall.com

330-747-2661  ext. 771                                                   330-652-6980  ext. 10

724-730-4532 (Mobile)

The Place for Stylish Kids

New Children’s Retailer Coming to Eastwood Mall

            When it comes to dressing kids, the choices are about to expand at the Eastwood Mall in Niles, Ohio. The Children’s Place will open a brand new store in the Dillard’s Concourse in November, 2012.   This specialty merchant will occupy more than 3,500 square feet of space next to BAM!  The Children’s Place will offer a broad selection of shoes, pants, shirts, jeans, dresses, school uniforms and much more in sizes ranging from Newborn to “Big Boy” and “Big Girl”. 

           The Children’s Place is the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America. The Company designs, contracts to manufacture and sells fashionable, high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary “The Children’s Place” brand name. Currently the company operates more than 1,000 stores in the United States and several foreign countries. For more information about The Children’s Place, go to www.childrensplace.com.

The Children’s Place is just the latest addition to a growing lineup at the Eastwood Mall Complex, which has been serving the people of northeast Ohio since 1969.  It is located at 5555 Youngstown-Warren Road, in Niles, Ohio.  Encompassing more than 3 million square feet of space, it has been recognized as the largest

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shopping center in America by the Directory of Major Malls. The Eastwood Mall Complex is owned and managed in association with Cafaro-affiliated companies, based in Youngstown, Ohio.  One of the nation’s largest privately held shopping center developers, the Cafaro organization owns and oversees more than 30 million square feet of commercial real estate in 11 states.  Founded by the late William M. Cafaro in the 1940's, the firm is now in its seventh decade as a family owned and managed business.  For more information, visit online at www.eastwoodmall.com and www.cafarocompany.com.

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