Lycoming Mall facts for kids
| Location | Pennsdale, Pennsylvania, United States |
|---|---|
| Address | 300 Lycoming Mall Circle |
| Opening date | 1978 |
| Developer | Crown American |
| Owner | Lycoming Mall Realty Holding (Kohan Retail Investment Group) |
| No. of stores and services | 59 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 834,600 sq ft (77,540 m2) |
| Parking | 4,654 spaces |
| Public transit access |  RVT bus: 90, 102, 316, 318 BeST Transit bus: Lycoming/Arnot (Tioga), Lycoming Mall (Bradford County) |
Lycoming Mall is a shopping mall located twelve miles east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania off Route 220 and I-180. It is anchored by Burlington Coat Factory. Other stores include Books-A-Million, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Old Navy.
History
1978–2015
Plans for Lycoming Mall were announced in 1975, with 674,000 sq. ft. of space and Gee Bee, Hess's, and Sears as anchors. Hess's would open on March 1, 1978, with the rest of the mall opening July 15, 1978, and Sears a few weeks later. Plans included a $4.7 million expansion in 1985 that added 115,800 sq. ft. and a Bon-Ton to the mall. J. C. Penney moved from downtown Williamsport to the mall in the late 1980s. During this time, an independent attempt to build a second area mall in downtown failed. Value City would close in March 2008, with Burlington Coat Factory announced as its replacement in May. Books-A-Million opened in November 2011, replacing a closed Borders. The Gap and RadioShack closed in February 2015, with a Gap Factory store opening in the Lycoming Crossing Shopping Center, near Lycoming Mall. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust put Lycoming Mall up for sale in January 2015.
Sale and downturn: 2016 – present
The mall was sold to Kohan Retail Investment Group for $26.35 million on March 22, 2016, who owns it under the name Lycoming Mall Realty Holding. Macy's closed in March 2017, and owned its anchor store. J. C. Penney closed at the mall on July 31, 2017. Sears was announced to close in January 2018. Lycoming Mall's owners are appealing its tax assessment of $44.89 million. The former Macy's was sold for over $500,000 to MC Storage Lycoming LLC, and it will be changed into storage. Bon-Ton closed due to the chains liquidation. The mall lost power in late August 2018 due to owner not paying its PPL electric bill, but reopened the next day. Lycoming Mall faced sheriff's sale in February 2019 due to unpaid bills from the Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority. The auction did not occur due to a partial payment by Kohan.
Notoriety
The mall is noted for the 90-foot-high, 55-foot-wide, 140 ton steel sculpture known as the Hadany Arch. It is named after Israel Hadany, who designed it in 1977. The arch was purchased by board members from Hess's and Crown American, with its dedication being in November 1978.
