Akron got proactive with zoning changes, other factors to repurpose a failing Chapel Hill Mall Akron got proactive with zoning changes, other factors to repurpose a failing Chapel Hill Mall CoStar Chapel Hill Mall's new owners, Industrial Commercial Properties, say the site’s vast parking lots could be developable land. Akron's Chapel Hill Mall is about to become an urban industrial park — and maybe something even more important. The mall and Akron's handling of its demise could become a case study for how cities can help repurpose big retail spaces. That would be a sharp turnaround for a city in which a vacant and overgrown Rolling Acres Mall not long ago was an embarrassing internet meme for Rust Belt decay.