MANSFIELD — A new Tractor Supply Company and Five Below store is expected to open off the I-71/ Ohio 13 intersection in January 2026, according to a Tractor Supply Company spokesperson.
The vacant land, currently owned by Possum Run Properties LLC (according to the Richland County Auditor’s Office), encompasses about 3.5 acres.
Tractor Supply Company operates locations in Ashland, Ontario, and Mount Vernon among its more than 100 stores in Ohio.
TSC will build a joint store with Five Below, which operates locations in Mount Vernon and Ontario among its 75 stores in Ohio.
Mansfield Planning Commission members approved the landscaping plan for construction at their April 8 meeting. The approval allows the company to extend the front parking lot to the setback frontage line on the property.
The address listed on plans is 2535 Possum Run Road. Architect Bill Schroder with Cocca Development in Youngstown said the final build is expected to be around 25,000 square-feet, with 8,000 square-feet planned for Five Below.
“There’s a flat area that apparently was prepared when they developed the Walmart, and we’re building in that area,” Schroder said. “It will be between the storm retention pond and southwest of Walmart.”
Schroder said signs for Five Below and TSC will be visible to passing cars at the interchange, but the main entrance will be off Possom Run Road.
“We also have access to the northeast side of the Walmart lot,” he said. “We’ve discussed that in a great deal of conversations and made adjustments to make everybody happy.”
City engineer Bob Bianchi told planning commission members TSC has completed a traffic impact study already for the proposed store. He said the city could consider tax increment financing (TIF) to potentially fund a turn lane if needed in the future.
“This is just a recommendation, but perhaps the developer could pursue a TIF in the event we could widen the road to add a turn lane if the Five Below were to become a Starbucks or something that brings in more traffic volume,” Bianchi said.
Mayor Jodie Perry said the TIF could be helpful if Possum Run Road would need to be widened in the future.
“I know there’s other development potentially that could come in that area, and when public right-of-ways are involved, that would help the city support the development with utilities or road widening — which Possum Run Road will probably need down the line,” she said.
A TSC spokesperson said the new store will provide about 15 new jobs to the area, with at least half of those being full-time positions.