History
Viewmont Mall cost $10 million to construct and the original anchors included Grant's, JCPenney and Sears. [2] [3] [7] Sears opened first at the mall in February 1968, with JCPenney later opening in October. [2] [8] Grant's closed at the Viewmont Mall in 1976 and was replaced by Hess's the same year. [3] [9] [10] Hess's built a larger store starting in 1987. [11] Sears received major changes in 1993 that roughly doubled the store's size. [12] Hess's closed in late summer 1994, and was replaced by Kaufmann's in Fall 1995. [9] [10] Viewmont, along with Wyoming Valley Mall was sold by Crown American to PREIT in 2003. [13] Kaufmann's was renamed Macy's in September 2006. [10] Viewmont Mall received a major renovation in 2007. [14]
The malls food court in 2014 received significant changes including the addition of Buffalo Wild Wings. [15] Sears closed in mid-2016 and was demolished later in the year. [16] [17] PREIT knew Sears would not remain at the mall several years before its lease expired. [5] Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream were announced as Sears replacement in April 2016 with the dual store opening in September 2017. [18] [19] [20] HomeGoods opened in August 2017 next to Field & Stream, on former Sears space. [21] [22] Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream temporarily shut down at end of January 2023. The store was converted into a Dick's House of Sport which opened in August. [23] [24]
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