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FINDLAY, OHIO — Watseka, Ill.-based Big R has signed a 98,000-square-foot retail lease at a former Sears store in Findlay, 40 miles south of Toledo. The outdoor sporting goods store will occupy the space at the Findlay Village Mall located at 1800 N. Tiffin Ave. The building, vacant since 2014, is now under construction with a planned opening in the second quarter of 2017. This will be the second Ohio location for Big R, joining the recently opened location in Lima. Duke Wheeler of Reichle Klein Group represented the tenant in the lease transaction. JJ Gumberg Co. is the landlord for the mall.