Viewmont Mall

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Viewmont Mall
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Looking towards JCPenney, the mall entrance, and Yankee Candle on May 16, 2017
Viewmont Mall
Location Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 41°27′37″N75°39′23″W / 41.46033°N 75.65631°W / 41.46033; -75.65631 Coordinates: 41°27′37″N75°39′23″W / 41.46033°N 75.65631°W / 41.46033; -75.65631
Address100 Viewmont Mall
Opening date1968 [1]
Developer Crown Construction [2] [3]
Owner PREIT [4]
No. of stores and services90 [5] [ needs update ]
No. of anchor tenants 4 [1]
Total retail floor area 768,000 square feet (71,000 m2) [1]
Website shopviewmontmall.com

Viewmont Mall is a shopping mall located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods / Field & Stream, and HomeGoods. [1]

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History

Viewmont Mall cost $10 million to construct and the original anchors included Grant's, JCPenney and Sears. [2] [3] [6] Sears opened first at the mall in February 1968, with JCPenney later opening in October. [2] [7] Grant's closed at the Viewmont Mall in 1976 and was replaced by Hess's the same year. [3] [8] [9] Hess's built a larger store starting in 1987. [10] Sears received major changes in 1993 that roughly doubled the store's size. [11] Hess's closed in late summer 1994, and was replaced by Kaufmann's in Fall 1995. [8] [9] Viewmont, along with Wyoming Valley Mall was sold by Crown American to PREIT in 2003. [12] Kaufmann's was renamed Macy's in September 2006. [9] Viewmont Mall received a major renovation in 2007. [13]

The malls food court in 2014 received significant changes including the addition of Buffalo Wild Wings. [14] Sears closed in mid-2016 and was demolished later in the year. [15] [16] 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. [17] [18] [19] HomeGoods opened in August 2017 next to Field & Stream, on former Sears space. [20] [21] 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 with an opening date scheduled for August. [22]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Fulton, Brian (January 21, 2018). "50 Years Ago - Sears to open at Viewmont Mall". Times Tribune. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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