Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills Mall!! .... Will it survive?

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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. The mall is the second largest shopping complex in Western Pennsylvania, 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. 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.

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.

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.

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. The Macy's would not be included in the sale. On September 29 Namdar paid the back taxes and the sheriff's sale was cancelled. 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. 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.

0:00 Intro
1:45 Entering the mall
2:40 Goodrich Quailty Theaters
3:48 Food Court
4:17 Sky Trail Picture
4:37 Lets take a picture
5:37 My old job
6:56 Rue21
7:56 Glow in the dark mini golf
9:07 Dick's Mall Entrance Closed
12:05 Mac Bid
12:43 Leaking Roof
13:38 New Dimension COMICS
14:45 Abandoned JCPenney
16:38 AT Jewelers
18:33 Pictures with Santa
19:52 Main Entrance
20:41 Mills Mall Mini Casino?
21:50 Auntie Anne's
22:50 Mall Walkers
23:32 Mall Map & Stores
26:50 Hiring
27:13 Kids Play Ground
28:58 Mills Mall hidden Tags
31:21 Information Desk
32:58 Pittsburgh Reptile Show & Sale
33:35 Abandoned Food Court
36:13 Leaving the Mall

Filmed December 2024
Filmed & Edited by Shaun

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