Philadelphia Mills

Philadelphia Mills
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LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40°05′13″N 74°57′42″W / 40.087°N 74.9616°W / 40.087; -74.9616
Opening dateMay 11, 1989; 35 years ago (May 11, 1989)
DeveloperMills Corporation
No. of stores and services200
No. of anchor tenants13 (11 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,603,000 square feet (148,900 m2)[1][2]
No. of floors1 (2 in Burlington)
ParkingParking lot
Public transit accessBus transport SEPTA bus: 20, 50, 67, 84, 129, 130

Philadelphia Mills (formerly and still referred to as Franklin Mills) is an enclosed shopping mall in Northeast Philadelphia, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and 15 miles (24 km) from Center City.[3] Formerly named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall is home to 125 stores, a movie theatre, a food court, and seven theme restaurants[4] and was visited by an estimated 18 million people in 2006.[5] The anchor stores are Dave & Buster's, Forever 21, Urban Planet, Saks Fifth Avenue, Marshalls, HomeGoods, American Freight, Walmart, AMC Theatres, Burlington, and Turn 7 Liquidators. Two currently vacant anchor stores once housed Phar-Mor and Modell's Sporting Goods.

Opened in 1989, Franklin Mills was the second built and formerly owned by the Mills Corporation and was managed by the Simon Property Group until September 2024.[6] Along with the King of Prussia mall, Simon had control of Pennsylvania's two largest malls.

On September 16, 2014, Simon Property Group renamed the mall from Franklin Mills to Philadelphia Mills.[7]

With 200 stores, Philadelphia Mills is currently the second largest shopping mall in Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Leasing & Advertising at Philadelphia Mills®, a SIMON Center". business.simon.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Philadelphia Mills Fact Sheet" (PDF). Simon Property Group. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ ""Simon: Franklin Mills." Accessed July 20, 2007". Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ ""Franklin Mills Mall." Accessed July 20, 2007". Philadelphia - Official Visitor Site - visitphilly.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Van Allen, Peter. "Franklin Mills Mall lines up as major tourist destination." Accessed July 20, 2007". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Find A Nearby Center -OR- Change Your Current Center - Search By Center Name, City, State or ZIP Code | Simon". www.simon.com.
  7. ^ Bayliss, Kelly (16 September 2014). "Franklin Mills Changing Name to Philadelphia Mills". Philadelphia: WCAU-TV. Retrieved 16 September 2014.