Susquehanna Valley Mall

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Susquehanna Valley Mall
Susquehanna Valley Mall
Location Selinsgrove, PA, USA
Coordinates 40°49′32″N76°50′55″W / 40.82556°N 76.84861°W / 40.82556; -76.84861
AddressOne Susquehanna Valley Mall Drive, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 [1]
Opening date1978 [2] [3]
DeveloperKravitz Properties [4]
Management Spinoso Real Estate Group [5]
Owner U.S. Bank National Association [6]
No. of stores and services66 [5] [ needs update ]
No. of anchor tenants 4 [7]
Total retail floor area 744,900 sq. ft. [1] [8]
Website susquehannavalleymall.com

Susquehanna Valley Mall is a shopping mall outside of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania on US 11/US 15. [1] [9] It is anchored by Boscov's, Family Practice Center, and Renn's. [10] Several outparcels include an AMC Theatres and Hobby Lobby. [10]

Contents

History 1977 - 2014

Boscov's opened in 1977, prior to the mall. [2] [11] Susquehanna Valley Mall opened on September 26, 1978 with 400,000 sq. ft. of space and three anchors including Bon-Ton and Boscov's. [3] [4] [12] J. C. Penney became an anchor 10 months after the mall opened. [2] Susquehanna Valley Mall expanded in 1998 and added a fourth anchor, Sears, along with additional stores. [2] The mall was the largest retail project to occur in the Susquehanna Valley for 30 years until PREIT opened the Monroe Marketplace in 2008. [13]

Hollister opened in December 2008, while BMoss announced its closing. [14] KB Toys closed in early 2009, while Golden Wok and Sprint opened. [15] Two women were carjacked from the mall parking lot in May 2009, with the carjacker later turning himself in. [16] Arby's suffered a grease fire in October 2009. [17] Susquehanna Valley Mall and many of its tenants filed county tax appeals in 2009. [18] Waldenbooks closed in 2011, with Books-A-Million replacing it in October. [19] [20] Max Media opened a radio studio in 2011. [21] The Courtyard Theater opened in 2013 and presented live theater in the mall. [22] In June 2014, a fatal car accident occurred in the mall's parking lot. [23]

Downturn 2015 - 2018

Gap closed in January 2015 and Christopher & Banks moved to the Monroe Marketplace. [3] [7] J. C. Penney closed in April 2015. [3] RadioShack and Deb Shops also closed in 2015. [24] The Hallmark shop began closing sales in late June 2016. [25] Aeropostale began closing sales in September 2016. [26] In December 2016, the Courtyard Theatre and Limitless Mobile both closed. [27] Additional stores that closed in late 2016 include Sprint and Things Remembered. [28] Boscov's Furniture Outlet opened in March 2017, occupying the former Gap. [29] Sears closed in March 2017. [30] [31] [32] Justice closed in April, while Cricket Wireless opened in June 2017. [33] [34] All In Adventures and Stadium Studio opened in 2017, while Crazy 8, Subway, and TCBY closed. [35]

The Bon-Ton closed in late April 2018, leaving Boscov's as the mall's only remaining anchor. [36] [37] Higher Hope Church used the former J. C. Penney for their meetings. [38] Family Practice Center took over the former Sears space, and remodeled it into a clinic with a 50-year lease. [39] The former Sears building was sold to D&C Realty, with the mall retaining ownership of the land underneath, for $1.5 million. Re-purposing of the former Sears to Family Practice Center took several years and began in Fall 2018, with no planned exterior changes to the building. [40] [41]

Sheriff's Sale and New Owner 2019 - present

Susquehanna Valley Mall went to sheriff's sale on August 9, 2019. Its owners, Susquehanna Valley Mall Associates, owed $33.4 million to the U.S. Bank National Association. [42] The mall was purchased by the U.S. Bank National Association for $5.25 million. [6] Parts of the Family Practice Center opened in February 2020. [43] Geisinger Health System leased space from Family Practice Center for an urgent care clinic in May 2020. [43] [44] Geisinger's Convenient Care Plus Clinic opened in March 2021. [45] Flea Flickers in 2023 leased the former Bon-Ton space for storage. [46] Evangelical Community Hospital opened a practice in August 2023. [47]

Notoriety

The Murder of Troy LaFerrara in 2013 and Lori Auker in 1989 both began in the parking lot of the Mall. [48] [49] [50] [51] The 94KX Cares for Kids Radiothon while being held at the Susquehanna Valley Mall has raised $45,000 in 2012, $40,721 in 2013, and $41,678 in 2014. It benefits the Janet Weis Children's Hospital at Geisinger Medical Center through Children's Miracle Network. [52] [53] [54] [55]

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