The Johnstown Galleria

The Johnstown Galleria is a two-level shopping mall in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[1][8] It is anchored by Boscov's and J. C. Penney.[9]

The Johnstown Galleria
LocationJohnstown, Pennsylvania, United States[1]
Address500 Galleria Drive
Opening date1992[2]
DeveloperZamias Services, Inc.[3]
ManagementSpinoso Real Estate Group[4]
OwnerDeutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation[4]
No. of stores and services62[5]
No. of anchor tenants4[6]
Total retail floor area894,646 square feet (83,120 m2)[7]
No. of floors2[8]
WebsiteThe Galleria

History

Boscov's opened before the mall on September 19, 1992, and was the chains first store constructed in Central/Western Pennsylvania.[10] The Johnstown Galleria was built by Zamias Services, Inc. and opened on October 22, 1992 with space for a fifth anchor that was never filled.[2][3][11] It opened with anchors Bon-Ton, Boscov's, J. C. Penney, and Sears.[11] The Boscov's, former Bon-Ton, and former Sears buildings are independently owned.[2][4] Zamias sold the mall to Gemini Real Estate Advisors for $57 million in 2008, but remained as management.[2][12]

Steve & Barry's had a small format store open for a short time at the mall in the late 2000s.[13][14] Adar Johnstown Limited Liability Corporation purchased the property the mall is located on in 2014.[15] Pax Mall Realty settled a tax dispute with Cambria County over the value of the Boscov's anchor in 2017.[16] Bon-Ton closed at the mall in late April 2018 and was the first anchor to close in the Galleria.[17][18] Sears closed in summer 2018.[19][20] Parking lot and road conditions were reported as poor in March 2019.[21]

Spinoso Real Estate Group took over management from Zamias Services, Inc. on February 1, 2020 due to the mall entering receivership.[4] ADAR Johnstown Limited Liability Co., the owner of the malls property, owed $14.6 million and stopped mortgage payments in October 2019.[4][9] The Galleria was scheduled to be sold at a tax sale on September 14, 2020 due to owing $1.1 million in taxes.[22] It was later removed from the sale due to the malls owner, Adar Johnstown, LLC, setting up a payment plan. The Galleria was to go for sheriff’s sale on December 11, 2020, but that was later delayed.[23][24]

See also

References
  1. "Johnstown Galleria" (PDF). Zamias. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Piatek, Shawn (July 9, 2008). "Galleria sold to New York firm for $57 million". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. Piatek, Shawn (July 9, 2008). "Mall sale spurs 'wait and see' reaction". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. O'Reilly, Russ (February 1, 2020). "Change coming to The Galleria as Zamias Services Inc. turns over operations". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. Brumbaugh, Jocelyn (March 3, 2019). "Galleria owner: Mall not closing, hasn't been sold". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. "Mid-level malls losing their luster". The Tribune-Democrat. August 6, 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. "Johnstown Galleria Outparcel" (PDF). The Shopping Center Group. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. "Johnstown Galleria" (PDF). Smartlite. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. O'Reilly, Russ (February 24, 2020). "Options abound for Galleria development". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  10. Pesto, Mark (September 21, 2017). "'Something there for everybody': Boscov's to mark 25 years in Johnstown". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  11. Pesto, Mark (October 14, 2017). "'The next 25 years are going to be bright': Galleria to mark 25 years". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  12. "Gemini Real Estate Advs. purchases the 354,625 s/f Johnstown Galleria". New York Real Estate Journal. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  13. Piatek, Shawn (September 26, 2007). "Steve and Barry's coming to The Galleria". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  14. Lindeman, Teresa F. (September 2, 2008). "6 Steve & Barry's stores in region to close". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  15. Griffith, Randy (February 10, 2018). "Now on sale at the mall: Land under The Galleria". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  16. Brumbaugh, Jocelyn (February 10, 2017). "Cambria County settles Boscov's tax appeal". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  17. Hurst, David (February 1, 2018). "Bon-Ton closing Johnstown Galleria location". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  18. Kennett, Lindsey (21 April 2018). "Johnstown Bon-Ton store closing next week". WTAJ. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  19. Pesto, Mark (April 27, 2018). "Sears to close its Johnstown Galleria location". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  20. Kennett, Lindsey (April 27, 2018). "Shoppers, employees react to Johnstown Sears closing". WTAJ. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  21. "Editorial Sprucing up Galleria would help dispel rumors". The Tribune-Democrat. March 13, 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  22. O'Reilly, Russ (July 15, 2020). "Galleria among Cambria tax-sale properties". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  23. O'Reilly, Russ (September 17, 2020). "Galleria scheduled for sheriff's sale". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  24. "Sale of Johnstown Galleria postponed". The Tribune-Democrat. December 11, 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.


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