Chautauqua Mall

Chautauqua Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Lakewood, New York. Opened in 1971, the mall's anchor stores are Planet Fitness, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Dipson Theatres, and JCPenney. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears, OfficeMax and The Bon-Ton. The mall is managed by Washington Prime Group.

Chautauqua Mall
Interior of Chautauqua Mall, September 2013
LocationLakewood, New York
Address318 East Fairmount Avenue
Opening date1971
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
OwnerWashington Prime Group
No. of stores and services50
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area425,000 square feet (39,484 m2)[1]
No. of floors1

History

The mall opened in 1971 under the development of Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (whose company is now part of Simon Property Group), with Sears, Woolworth, JCPenney, and Quality Markets as its anchor stores.[2] JCPenney vacated its store in 1986, which was later converted to Jamesway that same year.[3] This store, the 100th in the chain, was a replacement for the first store in the Jamesway chain, located in nearby Jamestown.[4]

Jamesway and Woolworth closed in 1993,[5] and Quality Markets moved outside the mall.[6] In 1997, JCPenney returned to the mall in the portion of the former Jamesway space, while the former Woolworth store was expanded to become a 60,000-square-foot (5,574 m2) Bon-Ton.[7] The remainder of the former Jamesway space later became OfficeMax. Several new stores were also added, including Old Navy, Gap/GapKids, Spencer Gifts, new locations for Electronics Boutique and Hallmark Cards,[8] and a food court.[9] The food court closed in 1999 due to the original owner of its vendors withdrawing from the mall, but it reopened that same year with Orange Julius, Hot Stuff Pizza, and Mean Gene's Burgers.[10] All of the restaurants closed by 2002, but the food court soon reopened again with local tenants and a Subway.[11]

In 2013, an Olive Garden restaurant opened in front of the mall.[12] The Bon-Ton closed on August 29, 2018.

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide.[13]

On November 3, 2018, it was announced that Famous Footwear would shut down. [14]

OfficeMax closed on May 16, 2020.[15]

References
  1. "Leasing information". Simon Property Group. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. "Chain Store Age: Executives Edition". 45. 1964: E–68. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "In Years Past". The Post-Journal. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. "Jamesway to open local store Sept. 30". Gettysburg Times. 24 September 1986. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. "Jamesway closing store in Chautauqua Mall". The Buffalo News. 28 December 1993. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  6. "Woolworth exiting Chautauqua Mall". The Buffalo News. 16 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  7. McCarthy, Sheila (26 April 1997). "Bon-Ton store to become Chautauqua Mall's 3rd anchor". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. "Chautauqua Mall adding eight new tenants". The Buffalo News. 25 August 1998. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  9. "Chautauqua Mall to add stores". The Buffalo News. 30 November 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  10. "Mall to re-open food court". The Buffalo News. 6 November 1999. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. "Chautauqua Mall food court to re-open". The Buffalo News. 21 October 2002. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  12. "Olive Garden Coming Along". The Post-Journal. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  13. Bomey, Nathan; Tyko, Kelly. "Sears store closing list: 142 more Sears, Kmart locations closing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy". USA TODAY.
  14. Gould, Justin (2018-11-03). "Famous Footwear In Chautauqua Mall To Close". WNY News Now. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  15. "OfficeMax To Close Lakewood Store In May". post-journal.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
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