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As of 2022, Century 21 gave up control of its original location.<ref>https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/13/gindis-finish-assemblage-to-redevelop-ex-century-21-site/ {{Bare URL inline|date=April 2022}}</ref>
As of 2022, Century 21 gave up control of its original location.<ref>https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/13/gindis-finish-assemblage-to-redevelop-ex-century-21-site/ {{Bare URL inline|date=April 2022}}</ref>

It was announced on May 17, 2022, Century 21 will reopen the lower Manhattan location in the spring of 2023. <ref>https://https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ny-century-21-department-store-reopen-world-trade-center-manhattan-covid-20220517-gez2phj4qramzazaensa4gf4ne-story.html/ {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref>

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For other uses, see Century 21.
Century 21 Department Stores LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1961 (63 years ago) (1961)
Founder
DefunctDecember 6, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-06)
FateChapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Number of locations
0, formerly 13
Key people
Raymond Gindi, CEO
ProductsClothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares.
Revenue≈$747 million[1] (2019)
OwnerGindi family
Websitec21stores.com

Century 21 Department Stores LLC was an American chain of department stores, headquartered in New York City, which had 13 locations in the northeastern United States at the time of its closing in 2020.

History

Inside Century 21 in 2012

The company was founded in 1961, by Sonny Gindi, Ralph Gindi, and Al Gindi.[2] The original store is located at 472 86th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Founder Al Gindi's son, Raymond Gindi, served as Century 21's chief operating officer.[3]

The Century 21 flagship location is at 22 Cortlandt Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, a site of the former East River Savings Bank (eventually merged into Marine Midland Bank and today into KeyBank). It occupies the base of a 34-story office tower, and it has recently added a Financier Patisserie coffee shop to its third floor.[4] The store became an emotional flashpoint during and after the September 11 attacks. The store was evacuated after the first plane hit the World Trade Center, and the interior was significantly damaged from the collapse of the Twin Towers. Initially, it was not certain that the store would be rebuilt, but the owners opted to remain at the same site and the store was renovated and reopened on February 28, 2002, five months after the attacks. Thousands of people waited hours on the morning of the reopening so they could have a sales receipt from that day.[5][6]

The firm opened its first location outside of the greater New York metropolitan area in October 2014, housed on two floors of the former Strawbridge's flagship on Market Street in Center City, Philadelphia.[7][8]

The company expanded in 2016, opening at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, Florida and a Pittsburgh-based two-level flagship store in Downtown area of Pittsburgh.[9]

In March 2016, Century 21 announced that it would open a flagship location at American Dream.[10] Due to Century 21 filling for chapter 11 bankruptcy, this location never opened and is now abandoned.[11] In addition Century 21 was also supposed to open a new location at the Staten Island Mall in New Springville, New York in the lower level of the former Sears Store and at the Roosevelt Field (shopping mall) in Garden City, New York which was supposed to be a relocation of their Westbury, New York in the mall's former Bloomingdale's Home Furniture location. Both of these locations are also now closed.

On Thursday September 10, 2020, Century 21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a result of Insurance companies failing to financially support the chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Century 21 closed all of its locations by Sunday, December 6, 2020, with a few exceptions; three locations closed on October 5, 2020, including The Mills at Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, New Jersey, The Lincoln Square, Manhattan location near Lincoln Center location in New York City, New York and Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, Florida. The other exception being the Bergen Town Center Store in Paramus, New Jersey closed on Saturday, December 5, 2020, due the Bergen County Blue Laws that prevents all non-essential retailers from operating on Sundays.[13]

On February 25, 2021, Century 21 announced it would resume operations sometime in 2021.[14]

As of 2022, Century 21 gave up control of its original location.[15]

It was announced on May 17, 2022, Century 21 will reopen the lower Manhattan location in the spring of 2023. [16]

References

  1. ^ Fickenscher, Lisa (2020-09-10). "Fashion retailer Century 21 files for bankruptcy, to shut all stores by Monday, November 30th, 2020". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. ^ Jewish Voice New York: "Sonny Gindi, Founder of Century 21 Department Store, Dies at 88" By Fern Sidman Archived June 20, 2012
  3. ^ Will buyers flock to Philadelphia's Century 21? Archived Elizabeth Wellington. Philadelphia Inquirer. April 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Tribeca Citizen | Century 21 adds a Financier coffee shop". Tribeca Citizen. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  5. ^ The New York Times "A Beloved Store Was a Casualty Too" October 14, 2001
  6. ^ The New York Times "Century 21, A Downtown Fixture, Reopens to Cheers" March 1, 2002
  7. ^ Shoppers check out Century 21, new Center City department store Archived. Erin Arvedlund. Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 2014.
  8. ^ "Around 450 stores, restaurants and places to play will (eventually) fill this massive N.J. mall: What are they?". pennlive. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  9. ^ "Century 21 Department Store Brings Designer Brands At Amazing Prices To The Sunshine State". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Century 21 Department Store.
  10. ^ Hargrove, Channing (2016-03-02). "Century 21 Is the Newest American Dream Mall Confirmed Tenant". Racked NY. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  11. ^ "Century 21 at American Dream Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ WILL NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC". YouTube.
  12. ^ Thomas, Lauren (2020-09-10). "Discount retailer Century 21 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is closing all of its 13 stores". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  13. ^ Lo-Down, The (2020-12-13). "Making the Most of the Final Farewell to Century 21". The Lo-Down: News from the Lower East Side. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  14. ^ Gartland, Michael. "Century 21 will return after closing 13 stores over COVID financial hit". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  15. ^ https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/13/gindis-finish-assemblage-to-redevelop-ex-century-21-site/ [bare URL]
  16. ^ https://https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ny-century-21-department-store-reopen-world-trade-center-manhattan-covid-20220517-gez2phj4qramzazaensa4gf4ne-story.html/ [bare URL]
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