Schuylkill Mall FYE to Close June 27
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SENTINEL FILE PHOTO - FYE at the Schuylkill Mall on April 3, 2017.
FRACKVILLE – Another store has announced their final day at the soon-to-close Schuylkill Mall.
According to a report by Skook News, the store’s final day of sales will be June 27, 2017, after extending its original closing date in May. The store had begun a liquidation sale in February, in anticipation of a surprise mall closure.
FYE, owned by TransWorld Entertainment, has been in the mall in its current state since 2001, after TransWorld merged its mall-based store brands following the acquisition of Camelot Music.
In Early May, Schuylkill Mall tenants were given 60-90 days to leave the mall by new owners Northpoint Development.
To date, apart from the notification to tenants regarding the eviction, Northpoint Development has left tenants, residents, and media members alike in the dark regarding the future of the East-Central Pennsylvania shopping hub.
Schuylkill Mall Timeline
- October 9, 1980 – The mall, built by Crown American, opens with 91 tenants, and space for 115 stores. At the time, the mall featured three anchors, KMart, Hess’s, and Sears.
- 1983 – Pomeroy’s relocates from Downtown Pottsville to become the mall’s fourth anchor.
- 1995 – Hess’s closes its Schuylkill Mall location, and Sears expands by taking over several vacant spaces in the mall, as part of a store renovation
- 2003 – The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) acquires the Crown American real estate portfolio, and therefore the Schuylkill Mall.
- 2007 – PREIT sells the mall to Empire Realty.
- 2009 – Chick-Fil-A, KB Toys, anchor Steve & Barry’s, among others, close.
- 2012 – King Theatre Circuit and Empire Realty invest $1.6 million to renovate the mall’s theaters, expanding the complex to create “Pearl Theater Stadium 8”.
- October, 2014 – Sears closes.
- June, 2015 – Original anchor KMart closes after 35 years in the store.
- May, 2016 – Black Diamond Antiques closes.
- October 24, 2016 – Empire Schuylkill, LP, files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
- January 24, 2017 – The Schuylkill Mall is sold at a Bankruptcy Auction for $2.1 million to Northpoint Development, LLC, of Riverside, Missouri.
- March, 2017 – The Bon-Ton, successor of long-time anchor Pomeroy’s, announces it will close on May 1.
- May 9, 2017 – NorthPoint Development, LLC, tells tenants they have 60-90 days to leave the mall, after a meeting in the mall’s community room.
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