St. Lawrence Centre

St. Lawrence Centre
Location Massena, New York, United States
Coordinates 44°56′56″N 74°50′28″W / 44.948824°N 74.841013°W / 44.948824; -74.841013
Address 6100 St. Lawrence Centre
Opening date 1990
Owner Carlyle Development Group
No. of stores and services 44
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 548,612 square feet[1]
No. of floors 1
Website http://www.stlawrencecentre.com

The St. Lawrence Centre is a shopping mall in Massena, New York, United States. It includes a few stores, a post office, and an ice rink.

History

The mall was built in 1990 by the Heritage Company. The cost of construction was $50 million. In 1995 it was sold to AP Massena Partners. During this, time the mall went through serious financial troubles, falling to just a 75% occupying rate. In September 2003, it was sold for $3.6 million to the Carlyle Development Group, who hired General Growth Properties to manage it beginning in February 2004.

Anchor stores include The Bon-Ton, J.C. Penney, and Sears. One anchor, originally occupied by Hills until 1998, Ames until 2002 and Steve & Barry's from 2007 to 2008, is vacant.[2] Before Steve & Barry's opened, the town of Massena had attempted to use eminent domain to replace the Hills/Ames with a Wal-Mart in 2006.[3] In 2009, the mall owners circulated a petition to replace the former Hills/Ames/Steve & Barry's building with a Target.[4]

Several tenants moved out of the mall in 2011 and 2012, including original anchor store TJ Maxx.[5] Sears closed its store at the mall in 2014.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20131123/DCO/711239919
  2. ↑ Shull, Lori (4 September 2008). "Anchor store at Massena closing". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Town abandoning eminent domain plan". Schenectady Daily Gazette. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ↑ Shull, Lori (17 April 2009). "Business as usual for mall". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20120313/DCO01/703139962
  6. ↑ http://www.mpcourier.com/article/20141016/DCO/141018867

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