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]
Stores and services21 [3] [ needs update ]
Anchor tenants 1 [6]
Floor area 283,308 sq ft (26,320.2 m2) [5]
Parking300 spaces [7]
Public transitAiga 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 mall was refinanced in January 1998 by owners Cressona Associates L.P., with the anchors at the time being Insalacos, Hills, Staples and CVS. [13] The Surgery Center of Pottsville opened in 2006. [4] The Cressona Mall in 2007-2008 received exterior renovations. [7] [14] Alvernia University opened a satellite campus in 2009, using former office and store space. [15] [16] [17] CVS Pharmacy moved out of the mall in October 2010. [18] Goodwill opened in February 2014, using the former CVS Pharmacy space. [19] In February 2015, the primary sprinkler water pipe broke during cold weather. [20]

Due to an unpaid court judgement over the renovations, Wells Fargo foreclosed on the mall in 2015. [21] [22] 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. [23] Cressona Mall was sold on October 15, 2015, at a United States Marshals auction for $9,281,842.21 to Wells Fargo. [24] [25] [26] [27] JPMCC 2005-CIBC13 Route 61 South Limited Partnership was listed as the owner under Wells Fargo. [3] [24] Planet Fitness opened in November 2016; negotiations to be located at the mall took over a year. [3] [28] Goodwill completed an expansion in February 2017. [29]

Cinderella's Closet opened at the mall in 2018 after being previously located at the former Schuylkill Mall. [30] [31] 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. [32] Namdar Realty Group was later named in several articles as the primary owner. [4] [33] Cressona Mall was again sold in November 2021 for $16 million to America's Realty. [4] [5] [33] The Surgery Center of Pottsville closed in June 2022. [4] Repaving of the parking out occurred at the Cressona Mall in late 2022. [34] Alvernia University left the Cressona Mall in January 2023 and moved into a new location within Pottsville. [4] [35] [36] [37] [38]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cressona Mall Metro Commercial" (PDF). LoopNet. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Betz, Jake (October 24, 2009). "Dangers and change in the coal mines". Republican & Herald. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Marchiano, Amy (May 13, 2016). "Cressona Mall to bulk up with addition of Planet Fitness". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Writer, Christine Lee Staff (June 22, 2022). "Surgery Center will be third tenant to leave Cressona Mall, while new owners have plans for revival". Republican & Herald. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Eastern Union closes $73M in financing in 6 months for 7 retail centers". Real Estate Weekly. August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Fitch Affirms JPMCC 2005-CIBC13". Business Wire. Fitch Ratings. February 25, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "The Cressona Mall" (PDF). LoopNet. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pottsville-Schuylkill Haven 30 bus schedule" (PDF). Schuylkill Transportation System. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  9. ↑ Egan, Kevin (January 20, 2016). "A LOOK BACK". Times News. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Days Gone By January 19, 2020". Republican & Herald. January 19, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Days Gone By January 9, 2020". Republican & Herald. January 8, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Days Gone By February 1, 2021". Republican & Herald. January 31, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Transactions". National Real Estate Investor . January 1, 1998. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Cressona Mall manager expects tenant for anchor". Republican & Herald. January 9, 2008. p. A.1.
  15. ↑ Pytak, Stephen J. (November 13, 2009). "Alvernia University welcomes public with open house". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  16. ↑ Orenstein, Robert H. (November 13, 2009). "Alvernia opens new Schuylkill campus". The Morning Call. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Alvernia University opens graduate center in Cressona Mall". Times News. November 17, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  18. ↑ Pytak, Stephen J. (March 31, 2016). "CVS to open new Pottsville location in late April". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  19. ↑ Usalis, John E. (February 10, 2014). "Goodwill store to open at Cressona Mall this week". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  20. ↑ Marchiano, Amy (February 17, 2015). "Water pipe bursts at Cressona Mall". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  21. ↑ Bortner, Peter E. (April 1, 2015). "Cressona Mall faces foreclosure". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  22. ↑ Parker, Chris (April 3, 2015). "Cressona Mall in foreclosure". Times News. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  23. ↑ Marchiano, Amy (October 6, 2015). "Cressona Mall up for U.S. Marshals auction". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  24. 1 2 Bortner, Peter E. (October 16, 2015). "Cressona Mall sold to bank at auction". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Cressona Mall set for Marshals auction". Reading Eagle. October 7, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  26. ↑ Parker, Dwayne (October 14, 2015). "Local shopping mall to be auctioned Thursday". WFMZ. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  27. ↑ De Tore, Jackie (October 15, 2015). "Cressona Mall Sold for Almost $9.3 Million". WNEP. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  28. ↑ Marchiano, Amy (November 18, 2016). "Planet Fitness opens in Cressona Mall". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  29. ↑ Marchiano, Amy (March 4, 2017). "Goodwill opens expanded store in Cressona Mall". Republican & Herald. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  30. ↑ Smith, Zachary (May 27, 2018). "Cinderella's Closet finds a new home in Schuylkill County". PAHomepage. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  31. ↑ Usalis, John E. (May 30, 2018). "Cinderella's Closet finds a new home". Republican & Herald. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  32. ↑ Bortner, Peter E. (November 9, 2019). "Cressona Mall sold for $8.05M". Republican & Herald. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  33. 1 2 "Namdar Realty Group Sells 283,553-Square-Foot Shopping Center in Pennsylvania". Shopping Center Business. November 12, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  34. ↑ Marchiano, Amy (September 6, 2022). "Smoothing out the parking lots at the malls in Schuylkill County". Republican & Herald. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  35. ↑ Lee, Christine (June 21, 2021). "Alvernia University to acquire former Giant grocery store in Pottsville". Republican & Herald. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  36. ↑ Keely, Marshall (June 24, 2021). "Grocery store building to become college campus". WNEP. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  37. ↑ Alfree, Claire (January 17, 2023). "Alvernia's Pottsville CollegeTowne campus opens". WNEP. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  38. ↑ Parker, Chris (January 23, 2023). "Pottsville CollegeTowne opens to students". Times News. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
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