Rolling Acres Mall is coming down.

The Beacon Journal reports that demolition of the interior part of the long-closed mall has gotten underway, with the area between the former Sears and Dillard's stores the first target of the demolition crews.

The city of Akron took over the mall property after a long foreclosure process ended earlier this year.

Most of Rolling Acres' former department stores are not coming down - they're owned by private businesses now.

But the former JC Penney store was donated to the city of Akron, and will be torn down separately.

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