| Location | Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Opening date | 1960[1] |
| Management | PREIT |
| No. of stores and services | 120+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 778,385 square feet (72,000 m2)[1] |
| Website | http://www.shoploganvalleymall.com |
Logan Valley Mall is a regional shopping mall in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by J. C. Penney, Macy's, Old Navy, Sears as well as Carmike Cinemas and features over 120 stores on two levels. It is owned by PREIT.
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Logan Valley Mall opened in 1960 as an open-air shopping center with Sears and a few small shops. In 1965, J.C. Penney (Penney's at the time) was constructed and the mall was enclosed. In 1978, another expansion was completed by Crown American. That is when another anchor was constructed (Hess's Department Store) and a two story addition was added between Penney's and Hess's. However, on December 16, 1994 a fire broke out and destroyed over half of the mall. [2] A three phase plan was immediately laid out. The plans were as followed. The first phase, beginning in 1995 started with a new store, Kaufmann's to be added, which would replace Hess's. The already built, undamaged two story portion of the mall was renovated. Renovations included changeovers, such as Wall To Wall Sound & Video to The Wall and temporary restaurants such as Wong's Wok. Another phase one project was to make a new two story portion of the mall where it was damaged by the fire. Phase Two consisted of opening a new three story parking garage and a new eight screen Carmike Cinema. Finally, phase three had the openings of a new JCPenney location near Sears. Also, a new food court was opened leaving room for more stores in the old two story section. The last major store to open was a new Applebee's, taking out a wall and installing a new window that allowed shoppers to see people eating inside.
The mall has become the most visited shopping center in central Pennsylvania. It employs over 1500 people.
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