Colonial Park Mall

Colonial Park Mall

Entrance to Colonial Park Mall, December 2012
Location	Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Address	U.S. Route 22 & Colonial Road Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109
Opening date	1960
Developer	Food Fair[1]
Owner	Kohan Retail[2]
No. of stores and services	80 [3]
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	743,497 sq ft (69,073.1 m2).
No. of floors	1 (2 in Boscov's and The Bon-Ton)
Public transit access	CAT bus: 12
Website	Colonial Park Mall

The Colonial Park Mall is a shopping mall located in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, about 3 miles (4.8 km) NE of Harrisburg. Located at the NE corner of U.S. Route 22 and Colonial Road in the Colonial Park CDP just east of Interstate 83 and south of Interstate 81, it serves the eastern and northern suburbs of the Harrisburg metropolitan area. Its current anchor stores are The Bon-Ton, Boscov's, and Sears.

History

The mall originally opened in 1960 as an open-air center called Colonial Park Plaza and featured Sears and Food Fair as anchor stores. It was enclosed and renamed Colonial Park Mall in 1970.^[4] Three years later, Pomeroy's was added to the mall.^[5] In 1987, Boscov's was added. That same year, The Bon-Ton company acquired the Pomeroy's chain from Allied Department Stores and rebranded the stores as The Bon-Ton in 1990.

Anchors

• The Bon-Ton - since 1990, formerly Pomeroy's(now closed)
• Boscov's - since 1987
• Sears - since 1960

Reference list

Coordinates: 40°18′07″N 76°49′08″W / 40.302°N 76.819°W / 40.302; -76.819