Carousel Center

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Carousel Center
Carousel Center with expansion.jpg
Carousel Center with expansion.
Location Syracuse, New York, USA
Coordinates 43°04′15″N 76°10′13″W / 43.070965°N 76.170337°W / 43.070965; -76.170337
Address 9090 Carousel Center Drive, Syracuse, NY 13290
Opening date October 15, 1990 [1]
Developer The Pyramid Companies (EklecCo)
Owner The Pyramid Companies (EklecCo)
No. of stores and services 175 [2]
No. of anchor tenants 7
Total retail floor area 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2)
Parking Two underground garages, parking deck, parking lot
No. of floors 7 (3 retail)
Website http://www.carouselcenter.com

Carousel Center is a 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2), seven-story super-regional shopping and entertainment complex on the shore of Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York. It has eight anchor store slots - currently filled with Best Buy, Bon Ton, Forever 21 (under construction), JCPenney, Macy's, Lord & Taylor, and Sports Authority. A 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2) addition is in the final phases of construction and is expected to officially open in 2012 (see Destiny USA below).

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[edit] History

The site of Carousel Center was originally a landfill named Marley Scrap Yard, surrounded by several square blocks of oil tanks, collectively named "Oil City".[3] South of these oil tanks sat the Franklin Square industrial neighborhood. In 1987 The Pyramid Companies began studying redevelopment of the neighborhood and that July announced plans for a 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) shopping center at the scrap yard site.[4] The plan was not without controversy. A smaller mall (The Galleries of Syracuse) had recently finished construction in Downtown Syracuse and there was concern that the mall at Oil City would put an end to downtown retail.[5]

Two of the biggest opponents to the project were the competing mall developers in the area, Wilmorite Corp. and Eagan Real Estate Inc, which both operated several malls in Syracuse's suburbs. Wilmorite, which was constructing the Great Northern Mall in nearby Clay, was accused by the Syracuse city government of using associates in Connecticut to form the "Citizen's League for an Environmentally Acceptable Northeast," which lobbied against construction of a mall at Oil City.[6] Eagan meanwhile filed criticism of the mall, claiming that a 25 percent drop in downtown retail sales would occur if the mall was built.[7] It proposed an additional downtown mall with a "Walt Disney-like attraction."[8]

During construction, the mall faced several delays, primarily around environmental cleanup,[9] before opening on October 15, 1990.[10]

[edit] Layout

The mall has six above ground floors and one underground floor.

The top two floors, referred to as the Skydeck, were rented out to events and organizations from 1990-2001. They are now used for offices related to the construction of Destiny USA.[11]

The fourth floor is primarily mall offices, although much of its physical space is taken up by movie theaters, which are accessed from the third floor. The first and second floors span the length of the mall and house the various shops, vendors, restaurants and entertainment venues, with the major food court and namesake carousel being located on the second floor. The underground "Commons" floor houses medium-sized stores, a chapel, some kiosks, and the two underground parking garages, one of which also houses Best Buy's installation center.[12]

The mall has outside parking surrounding the mall on nearly all sides, as well as one above ground and two underground parking garages. The mall is served by CENTRO buses.[13] There are main entrances on nearly all sides, as well as access through the anchor stores and from the underground parking.

[edit] Tenants

[edit] Anchors

[edit] Major stores

[edit] Dining and entertainment

[edit] Former anchors

  • Ames: Opened 1999 after purchasing the Hills chain,[16] closed when chain was liquidated in 2002.[17] A portion is of this space is now used for Sports Authority, the rest remains vacant.[18]
  • Bonwit Teller: The last location of this New York-based department store which was operated at the time by Pyramid. This store closed in 2000,[19] became an H&M, and is presently being converted into a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) Forever 21.[20]
  • Chappell's: Syracuse-based dept. store that opened with the mall in 1990 and was converted to The Bon-Ton in 1995.[21]
  • Circuit City: 34,000 sq ft (3,200 m²). Opened November 2004, closed 2009 after the chain's bankruptcy.[22]
  • CompUSA: Closed 2006 when the chain announced the closure of many of its stores.[23]
  • Hills Department Stores: Discount retailer located on the first floor below Bon Ton, became Ames in 1999.[24]
  • Kaufmann's: Original anchor, converted to Macy's in 2006.[25]
  • Lechmere: Original tenant, Opened August 31, 1991, closed October 1997.[26]
  • Nobody Beats the Wiz: New York City based electronics retailer which operated briefly on the commons level, opening in the summer of 1996 and closing by the end of 1997 due to the chain's financial troubles.[27]
  • Steinbach: Originally located on upper level above Lechmere. Closed in 1996.[28]
  • Steve & Barry's: Opened 2005 in former Kahunaville, closed after the 2008 holiday season due to bankruptcy.[29]
  • Ultimate Electronics: This competitor of Best Buy opened in the former Circuit City space in August 2010 [30] and closed in April 2011[31].

[edit] Destiny USA

Main article: Destiny USA

The Carousel Center is part of the planned Destiny USA project, which upon completion of its first phase is expected to house 2,400,000 sq ft (220,000 m2) of retail space (rank six among largest shopping malls in the United States). After years of legal disputes, the first sections and stores of a 1.3 million square-foot expansion opened to the public in November 2011, with an official opening scheduled for spring 2012.[32] Pyramid estimates the expansion will house 100 businesses.[33] 21 retailers and restaurants have committed to the project.[34]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Carousel Center Opens to Raves". The Post-Standard. 1990-10-16. Article ID = 8810110383. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Destiny USA. "Destiny USA - Carousel Center". http://www.destinyusa.com/index.php?page=carousel-center. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Mall Planned for Oil City". The Post-Standard. 1987-07-11. Article ID = 8707140226. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Galleries Already Feels Pyramid Mall's Heat". The Post-Standard. 1987-12-15. Article ID = 8712150114. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "Anti-Oil City Organization Called Sham". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1987-10-25. Article ID = 8810250346. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "Eagan Officially Files Criticism of Pyramid's Proposed Mall". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1987-10-14. Article ID = 8712140408. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "Eagan Floats Alternatives to Oil City". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1987-10-14. Article ID = 8801300012. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Carousel Center Mall to Open a Year Later than First Planned". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1988-10-11. Article ID = 8810110383. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Carousel Center Opens to Raves". The Post-Standard. 1990-10-16. Article ID = 8810110383. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  12. ^ Carousel Center. "PDF Directory Download". http://www.carouselcenter.com/uploads/pdf/Carousel%20Directory.pdf. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  13. ^ "CENTRO Carousel Center Schedule". http://www.centro.org/Schedules/September%202010/50.pdf. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  14. ^ Rob Scheoneck (2011-11-09). Carousel Center - Forever 21's New Space. Destiny USA. Event occurs at 0m33s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybbhVPMBfI. Retrieved 2011-11-19. 
  15. ^ "Carousel Center 20th Anniversary (1990-2010)". http://www.destinyusa.com/uploads/docs/Carousel%20Anniversary%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "Ames Takes Over the Hills Store Sites". Syracuse Herald American. 1999-01-24. Article ID = 9901240051. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "Ailing Ames Calls it Quits". The Post-Standard. 2002-08-15. Article ID = 0208150063. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "Sports Authority Opens its Doors at Carousel". The Post-Standard. 2005-10-18. Article ID = 0510180085. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  19. ^ "Bonwit Teller to make last sale", Chicago Sun-Times: 41, 2011-03-07, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB42468E0FB089F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM, retrieved 2011-11-19 
  20. ^ Rob Scheoneck (2011-11-09). Carousel Center - Forever 21's New Space. Destiny USA. Event occurs at 0m33s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybbhVPMBfI. Retrieved 2011-11-19. 
  21. ^ "Signs, They Are a Changing". The Post-Standard. 1995-05-04. Article ID = 9505040025. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  22. ^ "Syracuse Signs Ultimate Store". The Post-Standard. 2009-12-20. Article ID = 1000204373. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  23. ^ "CompUSA to Close at Carousel". The Post-Standard. 2006-08-05. Article ID = 0608050044. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  24. ^ "Ames Takes Over the Hills Store Sites". Syracuse Herald American. 1999-01-24. Article ID = 9901240051. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  25. ^ "Macy's Plans to Make It's Big Splash Sept. 9". The Post-Standard. 2006-08-16. Article ID = 0608160080. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  26. ^ "Carousel Mall Still Looking for Lechmere Replacement". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1997-09-24. Article ID = 9709240947. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  27. ^ "Bankruptcy Beats the Wiz". The Post-Standard. 2006-12-17. Article ID = 9712180225. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  28. ^ "Carousel Mall Still Looking for Lechmere Replacement". Syracuse Herald-Journal. 1996-01-11. Article ID = 9601110630. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  29. ^ "Steve & Barry's Lowe Prices to Fall More". The Post-Standard. 2008-11-26. Article ID = 1000090506. http://www.newslibrary.com/sites/sy/. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  30. ^ http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/ultimate_electronics_which_has.html
  31. ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/storefront/2011/02/post_168.html
  32. ^ Niedt, Bob. "Swath of Syracuse's Destiny USA -- the expansion of Carousel Center -- opening today". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/swath_of_syracuses_destiny_usa.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  33. ^ David Aitken (2011-11-17). Destiny USA Opens Second Portal. Destiny USA. Event occurs at 0m24s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKzRO-c0TnA&t=24s. Retrieved 2011-11-19. 
  34. ^ Niedt, Bob. "Destiny USA signs on two more clothing retailers for the expansion". The Post-Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/destiny_usa_signs_on_two_more.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 

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Coordinates: 43°04′15″N 76°10′13″W / 43.070965°N 76.170337°W / 43.070965; -76.170337

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