ST. CLAIRSVILLE — While the names have not yet been announced, the former Sears location at the Ohio Valley Mall will soon have new tenants.

Cafaro Co. director of communications Joe Bell said it was too early to confirm what businesses will be opening up shop at the former Sears, but the mall does have an agreement with a couple different businesses to fill the space.

The legalities of the contracts have so far kept the mall from revealing the businesses’ names.

“There are some contingencies attached to the contracts that we have with our new tenants. And so we’re consequently not able to use the name of those tenants just yet,” Bell said. “We hope to be able to formally announce that sometime in the coming months.”

He believes that residents will be very excited to hear what’s going

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