Arnot Mall
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LocationBig Flats, New York
Address3300 Chambers Road, Horseheads, New York
Opening date1967
DeveloperArnot Realty
ManagementSpinoso Real Estate Group[1]
OwnerArnot Realty
No. of stores and services71
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area1,050,000 sq ft (98,000 m2).
No. of floors1 plus 2nd floor food court (staff mezzanine in JCPenney)
Websitearnotmall.com

Arnot Mall is a shopping mall located in Big Flats, New York, in Chemung County. The mall features JCPenney and Burlington, in addition to a 10-screen Regal Cinemas and a Planet Fitness. Arnot Mall is a super regional mall,[2] serving mainly New York's Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region.

The mall is located at 3300 Chambers Road (Chemung County Route 35) and operated by Spinoso Real Estate Group.[3] Arnot Mall is located along the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86/NY Route 17) at exit 51A between Corning and Elmira. It is open seven days a week and has over 100 stores in all.[4]

History

Arnot Mall opened in 1967 as "The Mall" Shopping Center, at which time it had only 40 stores and JCPenney as the original anchor.[5] The mall took its name from its original developer, Arnot Realty. It underwent an expansion in 1980 adding Bradlees, Hess's, and Sears and now has an area of just over 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) and over 100 stores. Several anchors have changed names in the mall's history, the most recent being Burlington Coat Factory, which opened in 2006 in a former Bradlees.[6] Other former anchor stores include Hess's (which became Kaufmann's in 1995[7] and Macy's in 2006), and Iszard's (later McCurdy's, then The Bon-Ton).

For the 2011 school year, all Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust owned malls, including Arnot Mall, gave away free school supplies with a purchase[8] of at least $75.[9] Racecar driver Jeff Gordon was spotted in the Arnot Mall arcade on Saturday, August 13 after a race on August 8 at Watkins Glen International.[10] Later that day, Robby Gordon gave out signatures outside of GNC.[11] Employees of the mall said they felt the 2011 Virginia earthquake that affected much of the northeastern United States.[12]

In 2016, it was announced that after a strategy had been elected by Macy's to solely focus on their highest achieving locations that they would be leaving this shopping center as well. It was later announced to become an entirely new outpost for The Bon-Ton which would open in 2017.[13]

On April 17, 2018, it was announced department store retailer The Bon-Ton would shutter after it wasn't able to establish any new conditions to satisfy its established long-term debt.[14]

In 2020, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Arnot Mall - Horseheads, NY". Spinoso Real Estate Group. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ^ "Directions". arnotmall.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Home Page". arnotmall.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Directory". arnotmall.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Mall plans Nov. 16 opening". Star-Gazette. August 30, 1967. p. 21. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mall to get two new stores". Elmira Star-Gazette. 8 March 2006. p. A1. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Bon-Ton Buys 20 Stores from Hess Chain". The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY). March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Arnot Mall Offers Free School Supplies, Style Secrets This Back to School Season". WBNG-TV. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Give, get school supplies". Elmira Star-Gazette. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Kingsley, Jennifer (15 August 2011). "Neighbors: Hey, you look like Jeff Gordon!". Elmira Star-Gazette. Retrieved 24 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Glen notebook: Canadian Tire sponsors Grand Am Series race". Elmira Star-Gazette. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ Solomon, Rebecca (24 August 2011). "Arnot Mall Employees Experience Shock During Quake". WETM-TV. Retrieved 24 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Bon-Ton Officially Opens New Location In Arnot Mall". www.weny.com.
  14. ^ "All Bon-Ton Stores to Close by August 31st". www.weny.com.
  15. ^ "Sears at the Arnot Mall to close in April". www.weny.com.

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