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Carousel Center
Carousel Center before renovation.
LocationSyracuse, New York, USA
Opening date1990
DeveloperThe Pyramid Companies (EklecCo)
OwnerThe Pyramid Companies (EklecCo)
Total retail floor area1.5 million square feet (140,000 m²)
No. of floors7 (two major)
ParkingTwo underground garages, parking deck, parking lot
Websitehttp://www.carouselcenter.com

Carousel Center is a 1.5 million square foot (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, H&M, JC Penney, Macy's, Lord & Taylor, and Sports Authority. Other large stores include Borders, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Old Navy, and Against All Odds. In addition, there is a seventeen-screen Regal Cinemas movie complex, a Bally Total Fitness, and around 150 other retail stores. It opened on October 15, 1990.

Layout

Of the six above ground and one underground floor, the top two floors are devoted to rentable event space, Destiny USA, and scenic overlook of the Syracuse area. The top floor, referred to as the Skydeck, has held a number of events over the years and now is used exclusively as space for Destiny USA staff, although 190 of the 210 Destiny personnel were abruptly terminated in January 2006.

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 six medium-sized stores, a chapel, some kiosks, and the two underground parking garages, one of which also houses Best Buy's installation center. The food court, on the second floor, has many eateries and several sit-down restaurants. Ruby Tuesday is located on the first floor below the food court and Uno Chicago Grill is located on the second level. The mall was once home to "American Cafe" and Hooters. The former Hooters space will be replaced by a Koto Japanese Steak house in 2011 and the former American Cafe space will be replaced by a Panera Bread in 2011.[1]

The mall has ample 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. There are main entrances on nearly all sides, as well as access through the anchor stores and from the underground parking. One elevator links the underground parking garage directly to the interior of Lord & Taylor.

Stores

Current Stores

Former anchors

  • Ames: Opened 1999 in Hills space (takeover), closed when chain was liquidated in 2002. A portion is of this space is now used for Sports Authority, the rest remains vacant. 82,000 sq ft (7,600 m²).
  • 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 and is currently H&M.
  • Chappell's: Syracuse-based dept. store that opened with the mall in 1990 and was converted to Bon Ton in 1995. 80,000 sq ft (7,000 m²).
  • Circuit City: 34,000 sq ft (3,200 m²). Opened November 2004, closed 2009.
  • CompUSA: Closed 2006 when the chain announced closure of half of its stores. D&D Kitchen & Bath opened in that location in 2009. Previously The Rx Place
  • D&D Kitchen & Bath : Closed 2010. Previously Comp USA. As of July 2010, replaced by Play the Game, Read the Story.
  • Hills Department Stores: Discount retailer located on the first floor below Bon Ton, became Ames in 1999. 82,000 sq ft (7,600 m²).
  • Kahunaville: Replaced Nobody Beats the Wiz, closed 2004. Became Steve and Barry's, 2005.
  • Kaufmann's: Original anchor, converted to Macy's in 2006. Also operated a furniture store on the lower level next to Circuit City which closed in 2006. 196,000 sq ft (18,200 m²).
  • Lechmere: Original tenant, Opened August 31, 1991. Closed when the chain liquidated in 1999. Space was split between DSW and Kaufmann's Furniture Galleries soon after. DSW's space became Circuit City in 2004 when DSW relocated to the Commons Level. 82,000 sq ft (7,600 m²).
  • Jo-Ann Fabrics - Opened 1990, closed 2005. Now a smaller mall store.
  • Nobody Beats the Wiz: New York City based electronics retailer which operated briefly on the commons level and opened fall 1995, closing in 1997. 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m²).
  • Steinbach: Originally located on upper level above Lechmere. Space was split between Best Buy and Bally Total Fitness, with the majority of the space going to the former. 60,000 sq ft (6,000 m²).
  • Steve & Barry's: Opened 2005 in former Kahunaville, closed in late 2009 due to bankruptcy. Space briefly occupied by Black Mamba Skate Park[2], then vacant again.
  • Ultimate Electronics: This competitor of Best Buy opened in the former Circuit City space in August 2010 [3] and closed in April 2011[4].

Destiny USA

Main article: Destiny USA

The Carousel Center is part of the planned Destiny USA project, that, if completed in its entirety, would be one of the largest entertainment complexes in the United States. Destiny USA's lender, Citigroup, stopped funding the project on June 12, 2009 citing that Destiny USA had not secured any tenants for the expansion's potential opening in Fall 2009. By that point, Destiny had cost overruns of $15 million and Citigroup expressed concern over reimbursement after completion of the project.[5] After several court hearings, the mall expansion remains empty and it is uncertain when construction will resume.

References

  1. ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/storefront/2011/05/panera_bread_coming_to_syracus.html
  2. ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/storefront/2009/08/gelato_ditalia_gets_ready_to_o.html
  3. ^ http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/ultimate_electronics_which_has.html
  4. ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/storefront/2011/02/post_168.html
  5. ^ http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/citigroup_destiny_usa_has_no_t.html

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