BOARDMAN — A 21 News Watchdog Report earlier this month found Kohan Retail Investment Group, owner of the Southern Park Mall, owed at least $8.7 million in property taxes at its malls across the country — but that isn’t the extent of its issues.

The company has faced litigation from city officials at a mall in Marshalltown, Iowa over fire code violations related to unpaid power bills. A small business owner and former employee of another mall in Temple, Texas say Kohan has refused to pay for repairs and utilities. Another mall tenant, this time in Cobb County, Georgia, is suing Kohan for misusing funds it gave the company for electricity that went unpaid.

Looking at the issues other malls have faced, and the ways they have weathered the storm, can offer a glimpse at the Southern P

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