Cressona Mall

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Cressona Mall
Cressona Mall
Location Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°38′25″N76°11′06″W / 40.640278°N 76.185000°W / 40.640278; -76.185000
Address1544 Route 61 [1]
Opening dateOctober 2, 1973 [2]
ManagementMetro Commercial [3] [ needs update ]
OwnerAmerica's Realty [4] [5]
No. of stores and services21 [3] [ needs update ]
No. of anchor tenants 1 [6]
Total retail floor area 283,308 sq ft (26,320.2 m2) [5]
Parking300 spaces [7]
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg STS bus: 30 [8]

Cressona Mall is a shopping mall in Pottsville, Pennsylvania off Route 61 and Route 183. [1]

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History

Cressona Mall opened on October 2, 1973, with Hills as its anchor. [2] Laneco had plans to open a store at the mall in early 1982, using the former Grant's space. [9] Due to the store being sold, Acme was rebranded Insalacos in January 1995. [10] Laneco closed at the mall in March 1995. [11] [12] Hills expanded its store and Staples opened at the mall in 1996. [12] The Surgery Center of Pottsville opened in 2006. [4] The Cressona Mall in 2007-2008 received exterior renovations. [7] [13] Alvernia University opened a satellite campus in 2009, using former office and store space. [14] [15] [16] CVS Pharmacy moved out of the mall in October 2010. [17] Goodwill opened in February 2014, using the former CVS Pharmacy space. [18] In February 2015, the primary sprinkler water pipe broke during cold weather. [19]

Due to an unpaid court judgement over the renovations, Wells Fargo foreclosed on the mall in 2015. [20] [21] Cressona Associates, the malls owners, owed $8,797,305.81 on the original $9.9 million mortgage. The malls manager and Dack Realty, who managed the mall, both left before the property's auction. [22] Cressona Mall was sold on October 15, 2015, at a United States Marshals auction for $9,281,842.21 to Wells Fargo. [23] [24] [25] [26] JPMCC 2005-CIBC13 Route 61 South Limited Partnership was listed as the owner under Wells Fargo. [3] [23] Planet Fitness opened in November 2016; negotiations to be located at the mall took over a year. [3] [27] Goodwill completed an expansion in February 2017. [28]

Cinderella's Closet opened at the mall in 2018 after being previously located at the former Schuylkill Mall. [29] [30] Cressona Mall was sold to Cressona Realty LLC (55%), Cressona CH LLC (40%), and Cressona Nassim LLC (5%) for $8,050,000 in November 2019. [31] Namdar Realty Group was later named in several articles as the primary owner. [4] [32] Cressona Mall was again sold in November 2021 for $16 million to America's Realty. [4] [5] [32] The Surgery Center of Pottsville closed in June 2022. [4] Repaving of the parking out occurred at the Cressona Mall in late 2022. [33] Alvernia University left the Cressona Mall in January 2023 and moved into a new location within Pottsville. [4] [34] [35] [36] [37]

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Former Anchors

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