The Point at Carlisle Plaza
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LocationCarlisle, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40°11′53″N 77°10′20″W / 40.198056°N 77.172222°W / 40.198056; -77.172222
Address800 East High Street
Opening date1964[1][2]
DeveloperCrown American
OwnerPoint Plaza LLC (Giant)[1][3]
No. of stores and servicesLess than 15[2]
Total retail floor area182,859 square feet (17,000 m2)[2][4]
No. of floors1

The Point at Carlisle Plaza (formerly Carlisle Plaza and Carlisle Plaza Mall) is a shopping mall located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by Dunham's Sports and Lowe's.[1][5]

History

Carlisle Plaza was built as an open-air shopping plaza in 1964, with backing from David Javitch, founder of Giant Food Stores, and his son, Lee, who would soon become president and CEO of Giant.[6][1] Under the ownership of Crown American Realty Trust (then called Crown Construction Company), plans were announced in 1968 for an expansion of the plaza into an enclosed mall.[7] The enlarged and enclosed mall opened in 1976.[8] Crown American sold the mall to Michael Joseph Development Corporation under the name Carlisle Realty Partners for $5.8 million in November 2002.[1][9][10] In August 2003 the mall was renamed from Carlisle Plaza Mall to The Point at Carlisle Plaza.[1] It was reconfigured in the early 2000s with 200,000 sq ft. being removed including two anchor buildings formerly occupied by Albion Point Antiques & Collectibles/Kmart and J. C. Penney.[1][2] A mural about the history of Carlisle located in the mall had to be relocated before the construction.[11][12] Lowe's would open on the former space in February 2004, and also owns its store.[1][3][13] The malls renovations would cost $4 million.[14]

Cedar (Cedar Carlisle LLC) purchased the mall in August 2005 for $11 million.[1] Dunham's Sports opened at the mall in late September 2005.[15] Giant (Point Plaza LLC) purchased the mall for $7.35 million in October 2012.[1][3][16] The Bon-Ton announced in late January 2018 its store would be closing.[17][18][19] The former Bon-Ton was used in January 2019 for storage of new Giant shopping carts.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Key Point events since 2002". The Sentinel. March 1, 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Miles, Tyler (March 1, 2015). "Getting to The Point: After 50 years, mall looking for rebound". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Gitt, Tammie (March 28, 2013). "Giant Food Stores buys The Point at Carlisle Plaza". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Fameco Real Estate" (PDF). FAMECO. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ "The Point at Carlisle Plaza". CBRE. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Title Transferred to Shopping Center Site". Chambersburg Public Opinion. 27 December 1963. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Carlisle Plaza Plans for Enclosed Mall, 8 More Stores in Near Future". The Sentinel. 16 January 1969. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Happy Birthday, America". The Sentinel. 28 February 1976. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Crown sells Carlisle mall". Pittsburgh Business Times. American City Business Journals. November 1, 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  10. ^ Owens, Crystal (December 8, 2002). "Some Plaza Mall tenants finding new homes". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. ^ Blymire, David (December 13, 2002). "History mural dismantled at mall". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  12. ^ Bird, S. Elizabeth (2 February 2018). Dressing In Feathers: The Construction Of The Indian In American Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-429-96945-4. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ^ Cress, Joseph (March 1, 2010). "'Big box' stores find their niche". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Dead and dying malls of Pennsylvania, updated: More shopping centers are bleeding retailers". PennLive. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  15. ^ Farr, Leah Farr (September 29, 2005). "Dunham's opening Friday". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  16. ^ Veronikis, Eric (27 March 2013). "Giant Food Stores buys Point at Carlisle Plaza for $7.4M". PennLive. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  17. ^ Snyder, Myles (31 January 2018). "Bon-Ton to close Carlisle store". ABC27. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  18. ^ Hoopes, Zack (January 31, 2018). "Carlisle Bon-Ton to close". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Bon-Ton announces it's closing Carlisle location". WGAL. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  20. ^ Gitt, Tammie (January 16, 2019). "Former Bon-Ton in Carlisle being used to store Giant shopping carts". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

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