NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – Ohio’s last Sears store that has sat vacant since closing in 2020 has been readied for use by a car dealership.
The city of North Olmsted issued an occupancy permit March 6 for the Rafih Auto Group/R6 Motors to use the former Sears auto store area attached to the Great Northern Mall as a “showroom, office, workshop,” city records show.
The exact nature of what is planned at the site is unclear; cleveland.com has reached out to the company for comment. The permit did not involve the larger portion of the former store…