Great Northern Mall (New York)

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Great Northern Mall
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Great Northern Mall
Great Northern Mall (New York)
Location Clay, New York, United States
Opening dateOctober 5, 1988
Closing dateNovember 20, 2022
Developer Wilmorite Properties
Owner Kohan Retail Investment Group [1]
Total retail floor area 895,000 square feet (83,100 m2)
No. of floors1

The Great Northern Mall was an enclosed regional shopping mall located in the Syracuse suburb of Clay, New York. It closed in 2022 for redevelopment by Hart Lyman Company, which will transform the mall into a lifestyle center with luxury apartments and townhomes, a movie theater and hotel, high-end shops and restaurants. The mall served Syracuse's northern suburbs and Onondaga County.

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History

Great Northern Mall opened in 1988, anchors included Sears, The Bon-Ton, Dey Brothers, Chappell's, Macy's, Sibley's, Kaufmann's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Hess's.

Macy's closed in 2017. [2] [3]

Sears closed in September 2018. [4] [5]

Dick's Sporting Goods closed on July 10, 2021 and moved to another shopping center less than a mile away. [6]

An IHOP opened in front of the mall on March 16, 2021. [7] [8] [9]

On August 17, 2022, the Hart Lyman Company announced they would transform the mall into a lifestyle center, with luxury apartments and townhomes, a movie theater and hotel, high-end shops and restaurants. [10] The mall closed on November 20, 2022. [11]

As of 2025, the development remains in the planning stages, and is anticipated to break ground in Fall of 2025. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Moriarty, Rick (February 17, 2017). "Long Island company buys troubled Great Northern Mall in Clay". syracuse.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  2. ↑ "At Great Northern Mall | Seritage". seritage.com.
  3. ↑ syracuse.com (January 4, 2018). "Macy's cutting 5,000 jobs; plans more store closings". syracuse.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ syracuse.com (June 28, 2018). "Sears at Great Northern Mall in Clay to close; CNY soon will have no Sears". syracuse.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Regal Cinemas Appear to Have Closed at Great Northern, ShoppingTown Malls". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Great Northern Mall is losing its last anchor store; where is Dick's going?". syracuse.com. December 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ "New IHOP opens near Great Northern Mall in Clay for breakfast Tuesday morning". WSTM. March 16, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Why a Rochester man is buying up empty space in dying malls, including Great Northern". syracuse.com. October 4, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Big new furniture store gives troubled Great Northern Mall a bright new look". syracuse.com. April 22, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Lockman, JeanneTyler Moodee (August 17, 2022). "Syracuse-based developer to purchase Great Northern Mall, redevelop into lifestyle center". WSTM. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Great Northern Mall closes its doors after more than three decades in Clay". spectrumlocalnews.com. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  12. ↑ Dean, Ryan (March 26, 2025). "Your Stories Q&A: What's the latest on plans to redevelop the old Great Northern Mall?". InformNNY. Retrieved April 1, 2025.

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