for lack of payment; by November foreclosure documents were filed on the landmark skyscraper. After several years as a J.C. Penney, Pogue's former showplace Kenwood Plaza store would be converted to a branch of upscale Alabama-based Parisian Stores in 1993. Parisian was purchased by North Carolina-based Belk, Inc. in 2007. Choosing not to enter the Cincinnati market, Belk sold the location to Nordstrom, which demolished the store for a new location that, as of 2022, is still operating. The Tri-County Center store was gutted with the first level converted into a new mall entrance, a BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, and an Ethan Allen furniture store, with the second level empty. In February 2022, developers received preliminary approval from the local zoning agency to demolish much of the mall, including the former Pogue's store, to build a multi-use development with housing, office space, and educational facilities. In March, the closing date of the mall was announced as May 15. The Northgate Mall store was demolished in 2008 to make way for a cinema complex. Ironically, only the smallest Pogue's location continues as a department store as of 2021: The Florence Mall location sold to Hess' in 1988 would, in 1993, become a Home Store site for the F.& R. Lazarus division of Federated Department Stores, with all Lazarus stores being rebranded as Macy's in 2005. As of 2022, the vacant Service Building is the sole remaining downtown remnant of the original four-building Pogue complex. A proposal for its sale for redevelopment was announced in mid-August 2020 with an asking price of $5.1 million but, as of 2022, it remains vacant. A Facebook page for fans and former employees of the H. & S. Pogue Company was started in 2010 as "H&S Pogue Company of Cincinnati." As of 2022, the page numbers nearly 1100 fans including descendants of both Henry and Samuel Pogue. References American companies established in 1863 Retail companies established in 1863 Defunct department stores based in Cincinnati 1863 establishments in Ohio