Sangertown Square
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| Opening date | July 1980 |
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| Owner | The Pyramid Companies |
| No. of stores and services | 50 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 869,758 sq ft (80,803 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www |
Sangertown Square is a shopping mall located in New Hartford, New York between New York State Route 5 and New York State Route 8 near Utica, New York. Sangertown Square is a single-story mall, and comprises 869,758 sq ft (80,803 m2) of leasable retail space. The mall was built in 1980 and has a central food court and 50 stores. The mall features the traditional retailers Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, and Target while featuring the prominent specialty retailers American Eagle, Bath and Body Works, Charlotte Russe, Hollister, and Victoria's Secret.[2]
History
[edit]The mall opened in 1980 with Hess's, JCPenney, Sears, and Bradlees. Storied regional division Hess's became Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Kaufmann's in 1994. Bradlees shuttered in around 2001 which was razed and replaced with a Target store by 2002.[3] Kaufmann's transitioned into a Macy's in September 2006.
In 2009, Circuit City shuttered becoming a HomeGoods.
In September 2012, DSW opened as a junior anchor within the shopping concourse.
In 2014, a two-year refresh modernizing Sangertown Square was announced which includes new seating, decorative lighting, new tile, exterior entrances, and an improved landscape.
In 2015, it was announced Boscov's will replace Sears which would then shutter as part of an ongoing decision to phase out of its traditional brick-and-mortar format.[4]
The beginning of the 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update their brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers in recent years.
On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that as part of modernizing their traditional brick-and-mortar base that they'll no longer continue to position an outpost in this retail environment.[5]
On January 6, 2021, Macy's, which also retains several much larger outposts over by Albany and Syracuse, announced that after a strategy had been implemented to solely focus on their highest achieving outposts that they had chosen against staying on at this predominant regional shopping center.[6]
Several potential replacement tenants for each space are each reportedly in the midst of early on discussions.[7]
By October 2022, since the government lockdown, Sangertown Square has announced several newest additions, among them are Ashcroft & Oak, Earthbound Trading Co., Journeys, Blue Sox Academy, and axe throwing at PiNZ social.
References
[edit]- ^ The Pyramid Companies (2008). "The Pyramid Companies - Portfolio". Sangertown Square - New Hartford, NY. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
- ^ Guzewich, Dan. "Luxury retail outlet, entertainment complex in offing for resort". Rome Daily Sentinel.
- ^ "Sangertown Square's future a mystery". Observer-Dispatch. Utica, N.Y. June 27, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Madison, Samantha (March 30, 2016). "Department store to move into former Sears space at Sangertown". Herkimer (N.Y.) Telegram. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Store Closings – JCPenney Company Blog". companyblog.jcpnewsroom.com.
- ^ Thomas, Lauren; Rattner, Nate (2021-01-06). "Macy's is closing dozens of stores this year. Here's the full list". CNBC.
- ^ https://www.uticaod.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uticaod.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2022%2F10%2F10%2Fsangertown-square-new-hartford-proposes-housing-units-as-shopping-malls-disappear%2F69543955007%2F [bare URL]