Chambersburg Mall

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Chambersburg Mall
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Interior view of Chambersburg Mall, February 2015
Chambersburg Mall
Location Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 39°57′18″N77°34′30″W / 39.955°N 77.575°W / 39.955; -77.575
Address3055 Black Gap Road
Opening dateOctober 1982 [1]
Closing dateJune 30, 2023
Developer Crown American
Management Namdar Realty Group
OwnerNamdar Realty Group
No. of stores and services0
No. of anchor tenants 5 ( 0 open, all vacant)
Total retail floor area 454,350 square feet (42,000 m2) [1]
No. of floors1
Website shopchambersburgmall.com

Chambersburg Mall is an abandoned enclosed shopping mall located near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in the unincorporated community of Scotland. Located at exit 20 off Interstate 81, the mall had a capacity of at least 64. [2] It is currently owned and managed by Namdar Realty Group. [3] The mall's anchor stores and last remaining store, inaccessible from the mall interior, was Black Rose Antiques & Collectibles. There are 3 other vacant anchor stores that were once JCPenney, Burlington, and The Bon-Ton.

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History

Chambersburg Mall opened in October 1982 under Crown American mall developers with Hess's and Gee Bee as anchors, plus a Carmike Cinemas. The Bon-Ton was added three years later in 1985. Sears joined the mall in 1991 when it moved from downtown Chambersburg. [4] In the early 1990s, Hess's closed all of its stores and the mall's store was replaced with JCPenney, which moved from a plaza in downtown Chambersburg. Gee Bee became Value City in 1992 but closed in 2008. The store was replaced with Burlington.

Crown American's mall portfolio was acquired by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) in 2003. In 2009, U.S. News & World Report named the mall one of the 10 most endangered in the United States, calling it a "sleepy mall a perennial underperformer". As of 2009, the mall had an occupancy rate of 62 percent and sales of $234 per square foot. [5] In May 2012, the mall was put up for sale again. An October 2013 report by the Chambersburg Public Opinion confirmed that an unknown party had put a non-refundable deposit on the mall. [6] In November 2013, the mall was officially sold to Mason Asset Management for $8.8 million. [7] PREIT expected the net proceeds from the sale to be $8.4 million. [7]

Sears closed at the mall in January 2015 and the space is now occupied by Black Rose Antiques & Collectibles, an antique mall which also operates in Hanover, Pennsylvania and Allentown, Pennsylvania. [8] JCPenney closed in mid July 2015 and in late August 2018, The Bon-Ton closed as a result of the entire chain filing for bankruptcy. Both the JCPenney and Bon-Ton spaces remain vacant. [9] On January 18, 2019, Burlington closed at the mall leaving Black Rose Antiques & Collectables as the only anchor left. [10]

Chambersburg Mall had as many as 75 stores at its peak in the 1990s and early 2000s. Throughout the 2000s, the number of stores and services dwindled down to approximately 30, including anchor store Black Rose Antiques & Collectibles, and an AMC Classic movie theater. This was due to competition from newer shopping centers in the area, as well as other factors, including online shopping. As of 2023, there was only 1 store left in operation: an art gallery which was open occasionally on weekends. This has since closed or moved elsewhere. [11]

AMC Theaters closed at the end of the day on April 16, 2023. On June 8, Black Rose, the last tenant located at the mall, announced that they would be closing on June 30, marking an end to Chambersburg Mall. [12] The mall was officially closed on June 30, 2023. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chambersburg Mall Fact Sheet" (PDF). PREIT. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Chambersburg Mall | store directory". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Namdar Realty Group - Malls" . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ Newman, Rick. 26 June 2009, U.S. News & World Report, America's Most Endangered Malls". Accessed 24 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Sale of Chambersburg Mall under contract - Chambersburg Public Opinion". www.publicopiniononline.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Chambersburg Mall sold for $8.8M - Chambersburg Public Opinion". www.publicopiniononline.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Chambersburg Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic - Chambersburg Public Opinion".[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Dismal days ahead? Bon-Ton closure makes Chambersburg Mall's future more uncertain". www.publicopiniononline.com. April 27, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  10. ↑ "A major retailer is leaving Chambersburg Mall".
  11. ↑ "Chambersburg Mall ::: Directory".
  12. ↑ "AMC in Chambersburg Mall to Close". Franklin County Free Press. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  13. ↑ https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/chambersburg-mall-closes-final-tenant-vacates-space/
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