Uniontown Mall

Uniontown Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall in South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (just outside the city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania). The anchor stores are JCPenney, TeleTech, and AMC Theatres. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once The Bon-Ton, Sears, and Burlington.

Uniontown Mall
LocationSouth Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Opening date1972[1]
DeveloperCrown American
ManagementNamdar Realty Group
OwnerNamdar Realty Group
No. of stores and services35+
No. of anchor tenants6 (3 open, 3 vacant)
Total retail floor area698,012 square feet (65,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Public transit access FACT bus: Uniontown A, Shuttle
Websitewww.shopuniontownmall.com

History

The one-story mall was developed by Crown American and opened in 1972. Sears and Gee Bee were the mall's original anchor stores.[2] A Bon-Ton store opened at the mall in 1975, and JCPenney and Hess's followed later. In 1992, the Gee Bee store became Value City.

In 1999, the Hess's store closed and was eventually divided between a Timeless Traditions Furniture Store and a branch of TeleTech (which specializes in providing customer service and telemarketing for various businesses). In 2003, the property was acquired by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) as part of the merger with Crown American. In 2007, Value City closed but later became Burlington.

By 2008, it had four anchors (Burlington, JCPenney, Sears, and The Bon-Ton), but in a few years the mall would see closures.

In January 2015, PREIT announced plans to sell the Uniontown Mall, along with four other malls. The mall's sale to Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group was completed in August 2015.[3]

In March 2017, Sears closed followed by The Bon-Ton closing in August 2018. In January 2019, Burlington announced to not renew their lease. 2 other major tenants (Dunham's Sports, and Timeless Traditions Furniture) closed in January 2019. Timeless Traditions Furniture moved to the former Super Kmart in Uniontown.

References
  1. "Uniontown Mall Fact Sheet" (PDF). PREIT. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19730201&id=GstdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fl4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1307,513226
  3. Kraus, Scott (January 5, 2015). "For sale: Palmer Park Mall". The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

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