Shenango Valley Mall

Shenango Valley Mall is a shopping mall located in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by JCPenney.[7][8][9]

Shenango Valley Mall
LocationHermitage, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates41.2352778°N 80.44611111111111°W / 41.2352778; -80.44611111111111
Address3303 East State Street
Opening date1969[1]
DeveloperCrown American[2]
ManagementPenn Commercial[3]
OwnerGFM 23 LLC[3][4]
No. of stores and servicesAbout 20[5]
No. of anchor tenants3 (1 open, 2 vacant)[6][7]
Total retail floor area507,837 sq ft (47,179.6 m2)[1][n 1]
No. of floors1[1]
Parking2,466 spaces[1]
WebsiteShenango Valley Mall

History

The land Shenango Valley Mall sits on is owned by the McConnell family.[10][11][12] JCPenney opened at the mall in January 1969, after being previously located in Sharon, Pennsylvania.[9][13] Shenango Valley Mall was renovated in 1997, costing $3.5 million. It was the malls first major renovation since opening in the 1960s and Kaufmann's also expanded its store.[2] Crown American Realty Trust, the mall's owner, was sold to PREIT in 2003.[14] The mall was then sold by PREIT, along with five others to The Lightstone Group in 2004.[15][16] Kaufmann's was re-branded as Macy's in August 2006.[17] Shenango Valley Mall and three other malls entered receivership in January 2009, with Jones Lang LaSalle taking over management.[10][18][19][20][21] Jones Lang LaSalle offered the mall, along with three others, for sale in May 2009.[22][23] An attempted sale with two other malls failed in 2010.[24]

Shenango Valley Mall made national news due to the closure of both its Macy's and Sears in March 2017.[8][25] Sears Auto Center was not part of the closure.[26] Firestone and Sears Auto Center were both damaged in the same month by a storm.[27] In 2017, Hermitage City and School District challenged the mall's tax reassessment that significantly reduced its value due to the loss of two anchors.[28][29][30] JSMN Shenango Valley Mall defaulted on the mall's $3.430 million loan in February 2018, with courts assigning Metro Commercial as the malls operator.[6][31][32] The malls lender, Iowa Square Realty LLC, won it at sheriff's sale for $50,000 in July 2018.[7][33][34] Sears Auto Center closed in October 2018.[35][36]

Court hearings occurred in December 2018 over Iowa Square Realty's ownership of the mall due to issues with maintenance, unpaid rent, and taxes.[4] The mall in December was $243,000 in debt due to unpaid rent and taxes.[37] Ownership of the mall was given to GFM 23 (McConnell family) by the court in January 2019 due to Iowa Square Realty not paying a court ordered $25,000 bond.[3][38] Issues in early 2019 include the parking lot and a leaky roof.[39] The mall's tax assessment issues were resolved in June 2019.[40]

Future

On August 1, 2019, LRC Realty of Akron, Ohio announced that they will acquire the mall. The company is looking to create a "first-class shopping facility" with "best in-class restaurants and retailers". The company plans on creating an open-air design with public places that will be attractive to the area.[41] The president of LRC Realty says the community should expect a project similar to The Block Northway on McKnight Road in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, which was a former mall turned into a lifestyle center by LRC. The company also designed the nearby Hermitage Plaza. Specific dates or plans have yet to be announced.[42]

Notes
  1. Information varies, but all numbers are above 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2)

References
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  29. Dye, David L. (January 31, 2018). "City, schools unite to oppose property tax appeals". The Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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