Nittany Mall
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Nittany Mall
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Address | 2901 East College Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16801 |
| Opening date | 1968[1] |
| Management | PREIT |
| Owner | PREIT |
| No. of stores and services | 80+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 532,160 square feet (49,439 m2)[1] |
| Website | http://www.shopnittanymall.com |
Nittany Mall is an enclosed regional shopping mall in State College, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersections of Route 150 and Route 26, one mile off the I-99 corridor. The mall is noteworthy because it is the only enclosed shopping mall in the State College region. It is uniquely situated within four miles of the Pennsylvania State University, allowing the mall to attract both the area resident as well as young, affluent college students.
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History
The Nittany Mall first opened in January 1968 and has been home to a variety of retail, banking, and eating establishments since. The mall originally had just two anchors (Grants and Penn Traffic) and approximately 30 smaller stores. Its first expansion in the early 1970s included the addition of a Sears store, which remains one of the anchors today, and over a dozen other smaller stores.
Through additional expansions and renovations in the 1980s and 1990s, the mall has grown to over 532,000 square feet of retail space with more than 80 stores and services including four anchors. Its last major renovation was completed in 1999 and included the opening of a new Kaufmann's (now Macy's) department store.
Despite various proposals over the years for other enclosed shopping malls to be built in the area, the Nittany Mall remains the only one in the region. It is currently owned and managed by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust which merged with Crown American Realty Trust, the mall's previous owner, in 2003.
Anchors
The mall's four current anchor stores account for nearly 60% of the total retail space.
Current
- The Bon-Ton - 60,200 square feet (5,593 m2)
- Macy's - 95,000 square feet (8,826 m2)
- JCPenney - 62,905 square feet (5,844 m2)
- Sears - 98,357 square feet (9,138 m2)
Former
- Kaufmann's (1999-2006) - replaced by Macy's
- Value City (1992-1997) - razed to make room for the new Kaufmann's
- Hess's (1982-1994) - replaced by The Bon-Ton
- Gee Bee (1976-1992) - replaced by Value City
- Penn Traffic (1968-1982) - replaced by Hess's
- Grants (1968-1976) - replaced by Gee Bee
See also
References
- ^ a b "Nittany Mall Fact Sheet". PREIT. http://preit.com/download/leasing/detail/factsheet/4.pdf. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
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