Halloween stores popping up in former Elder-Beerman, Sears stores

Marion Hamsik, Springboro, and her twin five-year-old grandsons, were startled by a jumping animatronic zombie at the Spirit Halloween store in Miamisburg in 2015.

Marion Hamsik, Springboro, and her twin five-year-old grandsons, were startled by a jumping animatronic zombie at the Spirit Halloween store in Miamisburg in 2015.
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By Holly Shively
Aug 21, 2019
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Pop-up Halloween stores are making use of major vacant retail spaces, this time in area malls.

Temporary Halloween stores that fill tens of thousands of square feet like Spirit Halloween and Halloween City traditionally transform vacant stores into a Halloween hotspot for a couple months each year. With more than a dozen area Elder Beerman and Sears stores closing last year, many are setting up shop inside the mall anchors.

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Here’s a list of area pop-up Halloween stores:

  • Former Elder-Beerman at the Mall at Fairfield Commons: Halloween City opening Sept. 1
  • Former Sears at Springfield's Upper Valley Mall opening Sept. 4
  • Former Beavercreek Toys "R" Us: Spirit Halloween opening Thursday
  • Former Elder-Beerman in Middletown: Spirit Halloween opening Saturday
  • Former Mattress Firm across from The Greene Town Center: Spirit Halloween opening Thursday
  • Former Office Max at 2090 Miamisburg Centerville Road: Halloween City
  • Former Piqua Elder-Beerman: Spirit Halloween already open

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