Fingerlakes Mall

Fingerlakes Mall is an enclosed shopping mall outside the city of Auburn, New York, United States, in the town of Aurelius. The mall's anchor store is Bass Pro Shops.

Fingerlakes Mall
LocationAurelius, New York, United States
(near Auburn)
Opening date1980
DeveloperThe Pyramid Company
OwnerSiba Management[1]
No. of stores and services37
No. of anchor tenants4 (1 open, 3 vacant)
Total retail floor area410,000 square feet (38,000 m2)[2]
No. of floors1 plus partial upper level
Parking2,149 spaces
Websitefingerlakesmall.com

History

Fingerlakes Mall was developed by The Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, New York in 1980. Originally the mall featured Chappell's, JCPenney, Kmart, and Sears as its anchor stores; at the time, the mall also featured a movie theater and roller skating arena. Chappell's moved to Camillus in 1994, and Kmart closed a year later. As these anchor stores closed, the mall began to lose many inline tenants, and by the late 1990s it was forty-five percent occupied.[3] Peebles soon replaced Chappell's[4] but then closed not long afterward. Also operated in the former Chappell's space was later Manhattan 101 and then Steve & Barry's.

In June 1992, the mall was sold to Jager Management, who in turn sold it to Gregory Greenfield & Associates (GG&A) five months later.[5] Under GG&A's management, and with Jones Lang LaSalle as a leasing agent, the mall was renovated inside and outside.[5] By 2003, it was at eighty percent occupancy.[3][5]

Sears was later re-located from its existing space to the space vacated by Kmart. The former Sears spaces and adjoining mall space were converted to Bass Pro Shops, which opened in 2004.[6]

In the end of September 2012, The Finger Lakes Theatre closed it doors after 7 years being opened by the management company who also controls Auburn's Movieplex 10 in Auburn, New York.[7] Sears announced the closure of its Fingerlakes store in late 2014.[8]

On June 4, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing on October 18, 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide which left Bass Pro Shops as the only anchor left.[9]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Fingerlakes Mall Leasing Guide 2020" (PDF).
  3. "Shopping Centers Today". ICSC.org. Archived from the original (html) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Allen, Paul (2000-04-07). "Fingerlakes Mall Gains New Owners". CNY Business Journal. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  6. Adam, Rombel (2004-05-21). "Bass Pro Shops helps Fingerlakes Mall fill space". CNY Business Journal. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  7. "Fingerlakes Mall's movie theater shuts its doors". Auburn Citizen. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. "More tough news from Sears: Fingerlakes Mall store to close in January". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. The Citizen staff. "JCPenney store at Fingerlakes Mall to close; one of seven upstate, including DestinyUSA". Auburn Citizen.

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