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Chautauqua Mall
Interior of Chautauqua Mall, September 2013
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LocationLakewood, New York
Address318 East Fairmount Avenue
Opening date1971; 53 years ago (1971)
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo, Sr.
OwnerKohan Retail Investment Group
No. of stores and services31
No. of anchor tenants5
Total retail floor area435,415 square feet (40,451 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Websitehttps://www.chautauquamall.com/

Chautauqua Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Lakewood, New York. Opened in 1971, the mall's anchor stores are Planet Fitness, Jo-Ann Fabrics,and JCPenney. The mall is owned and managed by Kohan Retail Investment Group.

History

The mall opened in 1971 under the development of Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. (whose company is now part of Simon Property Group), with Sears, Woolworth, JCPenney, and Quality Markets as its anchor stores.[2] JCPenney vacated its store in 1986, which was later mostly converted to Jamesway that same year.[3] (The remaining space was converted to Present Company). This new Jamesway store, the 100th in the chain, was a replacement for the first store in the Jamesway chain, located in nearby Jamestown.[4]

Jamesway and Woolworth closed in 1993,[5] and Quality Markets moved outside the mall.[6] In 1997, JCPenney returned to the mall in the portion of the former Jamesway space, while the former Woolworth store was expanded to become a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) Bon-Ton.[7] The remainder of the former Jamesway space later became OfficeMax. Several new stores were also added, including Old Navy, Gap/GapKids, Spencer Gifts, new locations for Electronics Boutique and Hallmark Cards,[8] and a food court.[9] The food court closed in 1999 due to the original owner of its vendors withdrawing from the mall, but it reopened that same year with Orange Julius, Hot Stuff Pizza, and Mean Gene's Burgers.[10] All of the restaurants closed by 2002, but the food court soon reopened again with local tenants and a Subway.[11]

In 2013, an Olive Garden restaurant opened in front of the mall.[12] The Bon-Ton closed on August 29, 2018. On February 19, 2021, it was announced that Ollie's Bargain Outlet would open.[13]

In 2022, Kohan Retail Investment Group would become the new owners of Chautauqua Mall

References

  1. ^ "Washington Prime Group Inc. - Properties - Portfolio - Chautauqua Mall". washingtonprime.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  2. ^ "Chain Store Age: Executives Edition". 45. 1964: E–68. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "In Years Past". The Post-Journal. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Jamesway to open local store Sept. 30". Gettysburg Times. 24 September 1986. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Jamesway closing store in Chautauqua Mall". The Buffalo News. 28 December 1993. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Woolworth exiting Chautauqua Mall". The Buffalo News. 16 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  7. ^ McCarthy, Sheila (26 April 1997). "Bon-Ton store to become Chautauqua Mall's 3rd anchor". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Chautauqua Mall adding eight new tenants". The Buffalo News. 25 August 1998. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Chautauqua Mall to add stores". The Buffalo News. 30 November 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Mall to re-open food court". The Buffalo News. 6 November 1999. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Chautauqua Mall food court to re-open". The Buffalo News. 21 October 2002. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Olive Garden Coming Along". The Post-Journal. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Ollie's Bargain Outlet Coming To Chautauqua Mall". post-journal.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

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Shopping malls in Upstate New York
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