Great Northern Mall (New York)
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| Location | Clay, New York, United States |
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| Opening date | October 5, 1988 |
| Developer | Wilmorite Properties |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 9 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 0 |
| Total retail floor area | 895,000 square feet (83,100 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | greatnorthernmall |
The Great Northern Mall is a regional shopping mall located in the Syracuse suburb of Clay, New York.
The mall serves Syracuse's northern suburbs and Onondaga County. In recent years,[when?] many retailers have closed their stores at the mall. The mall has four vacant anchors last occupied by Sears, The Bon-Ton (formerly Dey Brothers then Chappell's), Macy's (formerly Sibley's then Kaufmann's), and Dick's Sporting Goods (formerly Hess's) in 2018, 2006, 2017, and 2021 respectively. As of 2022, over half of the mall sits vacant.
In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Great Northern Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties.[2]
On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 68 stores nationwide. The store closed in April.[3]
On June 28, 2018, Sears announced that its Great Northern store would be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in late September.[4]
Regal Cinemas closed on October 9, 2020.[5]
On December 10, 2020, Dick's Sporting Goods announced that it would be relocating to a former Value City Furniture space, which was in a portion of the former Chase-Pitkin, at a Wegmans-anchored shopping center less than a mile away from the mall on July 10, 2021, leaving the mall with no anchors left.[6]
An IHOP opened in front of the mall on March 16, 2021.[7] Ted Filer purchased the former Bon-Ton anchor space in October 2021, and turned it into an Extra Space Storage facility.[8]
On January 17, 2022, a cold spell hit the area causing water pipes in the mall and its sprinkler system to freeze and fail. Management promised repairs would be finished within a couple days; however, the mall remained closed for nearly a month. The mall finally reopened on February 16.
On April 22, 2022, a Dunk & Bright furniture store opened in the former Macy's anchor space.[9]
On August 17, 2022, the mall announced a pending sale to Hart Lyman Company, which planned to transform the mall into a lifestyle center.[10]
On October 27, 2022, a letter was sent to the remaining tenants informing them the mall will close permanently on November 20, 2022.[11] Days later on October 30, 2022, Guy Hart, who is acquiring the mall, asked the current owners to not enforce the deadline date giving the remaining tenants at least until the sale of the mall in December to vacate.[12] However, current owner Mike Kohan has insisted that November 20 is the actual closing date of the mall.[13]
References
- ^ Moriarty, Rick (17 February 2017). "Long Island company buys troubled Great Northern Mall in Clay". syracuse.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "At Great Northern Mall | Seritage". seritage.com.
- ^ syracuse.com. "Macy's cutting 5,000 jobs; plans more store closings". syracuse.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ syracuse.com. "Sears at Great Northern Mall in Clay to close; CNY soon will have no Sears". syracuse.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Regal Cinemas Appear to Have Closed at Great Northern, ShoppingTown Malls". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ "Great Northern Mall is losing its last anchor store; where is Dick's going?". syracuse.com. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "New IHOP opens near Great Northern Mall in Clay for breakfast Tuesday morning". WSTM. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Why a Rochester man is buying up empty space in dying malls, including Great Northern". syracuse.com. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Big new furniture store gives troubled Great Northern Mall a bright new look". syracuse.com. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Syracuse-based developer to purchase Great Northern Mall, redevelop into lifestyle center". WSTM. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Great Northern tenants informed leases will be terminated, mall to close permanently". WSTM. 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Pending owner helps to slow down imminent closure of Great Northern Mall after tenants ordered to vacate". WSYR. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Great Northern Mall owner maintaining November 20th closure, tells tenants to clear out". WSTM. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-10.