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| Location | Tarentum, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°34′16″N 79°47′52″W / 40.57111°N 79.79778°W |
| Address | 590 Pittsburgh Mills Circle |
| Opening date | July 14, 2005 |
| Developer | Mills Corporation Zamias Services, Inc. |
| Owner | Namdar Realty Group |
| No. of stores and services | 30 (about 6 are chain stores) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 (3 open, 3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 905,667 sq ft (84,139 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Macy's) |
| Public transit access |  WCTA bus: 14J |
| Website | www |
The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, or simply Pittsburgh Mills, is a super-regional shopping center northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in Frazer Township, along PA Route 28 near its intersection with the Pennsylvania Turnpike.[1] The mall is the second largest shopping complex in Western Pennsylvania,[2] and the main retail center for the Allegheny Valley with 905,667 sq ft (84,139 m2) of retail space on 200 acres (0.8 km2). The grand opening of the mall portion of Pittsburgh Mills was on July 14, 2005.
Pittsburgh Mills was conceived and originally developed by the Mills Corporation, now Simon Property Group. On December 30, 2006, Mills Corporation announced it sold its stake in Pittsburgh Mills to its partner in the project, Zamias Services, Inc. of Johnstown.[3][4] Because of this, Pittsburgh Mills is currently the only Mills-branded mall that is neither owned or managed by Simon in the United States. Vaughan Mills near Toronto, CrossIron Mills outside Calgary, and Tsawwassen Mills in Delta are the only other Mills-type malls that are not owned or managed by Simon. To date, it is the last Mills mall built in the United States.
It is the first Landmark Mills property to feature two full-price department stores—JCPenney and Kaufmann's (now Macy's), along with a Sears Grand store, which closed in 2015.[5]
Although the typical Landmark Mills mall is synonymous with outlet shopping, Pittsburgh Mills is the only center to offer an entire lineup of full-price retailers that otherwise could be found in a traditional enclosed mall. The reason for this goes back to 1981, when developer Zamias Services, Inc. of Johnstown, planned to develop a regional mall on the Frazer Township site. Legal setbacks and financial difficulties had postponed the project for many years, until the Mills Corporation announced in 2002 that they would partner in conjunction with Zamias to build a retail and entertainment complex on the site.[6]
As part of a foreclosure sale in January 2017, the mall was auctioned to the holder of the mortgage on the property, Wells Fargo, for $100.[7][8]
In 2018 the mall was bought for $11 million by Namdar Realty Group which has a reputation for being a "retail slumlord" that skips maintenance and paying taxes. As of 2023 Namdar was $11.5 million delinquent on taxes which if not paid by October 2 would result in a sheriff's sale of most of the property parcels.[9] The Macy's would not be included in the sale.[10] On September 29 Namdar paid the back taxes and the sheriff's sale was cancelled.[11] In September 2024 Frazer township sued a group of Namdar owned and associated companies over their failure to maintain their privately owned roads. Frazer estimates it would cost the township $4.5 million to fix the dangerous driving conditions that include large potholes.[12] Roads involved in the lawsuit are around the mall itself and also in the adjacent shopping centers that includes Lowe’s, Sam’s Club and Walmart.[13]
- ^ Lindeman, Teresa F. (April 3, 2005). "New mall mills about for unique identity". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ List of shopping malls in Pennsylvania
- ^ Green, Elwin (December 30, 2006). "Pittsburgh Mills developer turns over control to Johnstown's Zamias Services Inc". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ Stouffer, Rick (December 30, 2006). "Mills out of Galleria complex". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- ^ "Kaufmann's, JCPenney will anchor Pittsburgh Mills". Pittsburgh Business Times. July 22, 1988.
- ^ Tinsley, M. Ferguson (July 17, 1986). "Off again, on again Frazer mall plan still faces hurdle". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Foreclosed mall once valued at $190M is auctioned for $100". WTOP News. January 18, 2017. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Tom (January 21, 2017). "Entire Pittsburgh mall sells for $100—all 1.1 million square feet of it". CNBC. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ McEneany, Ciara; Hagen, Neena (September 10, 2023). "'No room for Namdar': Pittsburgh Mills owner has a record of leaving U.S. shopping centers in disarray". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ Stepler, Kellen (July 25, 2023). "Embattled Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer could go to sheriff's sale". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
- ^ Stepler, Kellen (September 29, 2023). "Sheriff's sale of Pittsburgh Mills mall canceled". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ Stepler, Kellen (September 20, 2024). "Frazer sues Pittsburgh Mills mall owner over potholes, lack of maintenance". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ McEneany, Ciara (September 24, 2024). "Frazer sues Pittsburgh Mills Mall owner over roads riddled with potholes that remain in 'disrepair'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 1, 2024.