Viewmont Mall

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title: "Viewmont Mall" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["shopping-malls-in-pennsylvania", "buildings-and-structures-in-scranton,-pennsylvania", "tourist-attractions-in-lackawanna-county,-pennsylvania", "shopping-malls-established-in-1968", "1968-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "pennsylvania-real-estate-investment-trust", "shopping-malls-developed-by-crown-american"] topic_path: "economics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewmont_Mall" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameViewmont Mall
imageViewmont Mall, Scranton, Pennsylvania.jpg
captionLooking towards JCPenney, the mall entrance, and Yankee Candle on May 16, 2017
locationScranton, Pennsylvania, United States
coordinates
address100 Viewmont Mall
opening_date1968
developerCrown Construction
ownerPREIT
number_of_stores90
number_of_anchors4
floor_area768000 sqft
floors
publictransit
website
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| name = Viewmont Mall | image = Viewmont Mall, Scranton, Pennsylvania.jpg | image_width = | caption = Looking towards JCPenney, the mall entrance, and Yankee Candle on May 16, 2017 | location = Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States | coordinates = | address = 100 Viewmont Mall | opening_date = 1968 | closing_date = | developer = Crown Construction | manager = | owner = PREIT | architect = | number_of_stores = 90 | number_of_anchors = 4 | floor_area = 768000 sqft | parking = | floors = | publictransit = | website = | footnotes =

Viewmont Mall is a shopping mall located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's House of Sport, and HomeGoods.

History

Viewmont Mall cost $10 million to construct and the original anchors included Grant's, JCPenney and Sears. Sears opened first at the mall in February 1968, with the two floor JCPenney later opening in October. Grant's closed at the Viewmont Mall in 1976 and was replaced by Hess's the same year. Hess's built a larger store starting in 1987. Sears received major changes in 1993 that roughly doubled the store's size. Hess's closed in late summer 1994, and was replaced by Kaufmann's in Fall 1995. In April 1999, it was announced the General Cinemas theater would close after being located at the mall since November 1973. The final day of operation was on January 17, 2000, with the building later being demolished and replaced by a Borders. Viewmont, along with Wyoming Valley Mall was sold by Crown American to PREIT in 2003. Kaufmann's was renamed Macy's in September 2006. Viewmont Mall received a major renovation in 2007.

The malls food court in 2014 received significant changes including the addition of Buffalo Wild Wings. Sears closed in mid-2016 and was demolished later in the year. PREIT knew Sears would not remain at the mall several years before its lease expired. Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream were announced as Sears replacement in April 2016 with the dual store opening in September 2017. HomeGoods opened in August 2017 next to Field & Stream, on former Sears space. Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream temporarily shut down at end of January 2023. The store was converted into a Dick's House of Sport which opened in August.

References

References

  1. (11 April 2016). "PREIT brings DICK'S Sporting Goods and Field & Stream to Viewmont Mall". Chain Store Age.
  2. (August 21, 2017). "Local history: Viewmont Mall opening changes retail landscape". Citizens Voice.
  3. (May 27, 2018). "THE SHIFTING STRATEGY OF MALLS". Citizens Voice.
  4. "Viewmont Mall - PREIT".
  5. "Viewmont Mall".
  6. (June 21, 1986). "Hess's announces expansion". The Morning Call.
  7. (August 22, 1994). "Hess's Scranton liquidation sale first of 10 scheduled this year reporter's notebook: Changes at Hess's". The Morning Call.
  8. (September 21, 2014). "Viewmont, busy with changes, provides contrast to Mall at Steamtown". Times Tribune.
  9. (April 10, 2016). "Dick's, Field & Stream to take Sears spot at Viewmont Mall". Times Tribune.
  10. (January 21, 2018). "50 Years Ago - Sears to open at Viewmont Mall". Times Tribune.
  11. (October 3, 2018). "Time Warp 1968:Viewmont Mall finds third anchor with opening of J.C. Penney Co.". Times Tribune.
  12. (10 September 2019). "Time Warp, 1999: Cinemark opens as General Cinemas heads out". Scranton Times-Tribune.
  13. (January 13, 2023). "Dick's Sporting Goods at Viewmont Mall to convert to Dick's House of Sport". Times Tribune.
  14. (February 12, 2023). "A tale of two shopping malls". Times-Tribune.
  15. (April 9, 2016). "Saying Goodbye to Sears".
  16. (6 April 2016). "Sears at Viewmont Mall to Close". WNEP.
  17. (10 April 2016). "Mall Vacancy Filled With Sports Stores". WNEP.
  18. (17 June 2014). "Changing Landscape at the Viewmont Mall". WNEP.
  19. (11 July 2016). "Video Vault: Glory Days of Sears at the Viewmont Mall". WNEP.
  20. (17 October 2016). "Sears Store Gone, But Not Forgotten". WNEP.
  21. (28 October 2016). "HomeGoods to Open in Lackawanna County". WNEP.
  22. (13 August 2017). "Shoppers Head to HomeGoods Grand Opening". WNEP.
  23. (1 September 2017). "Dick's Sporting Goods, Field & Stream Ready for Outdoor Shoppers". WNEP.
  24. (24 October 2018). "JCPenney in Lackawanna County Celebrating 50 Years". WNEP.
  25. (11 August 2023). "Dick's House of Sport Opens in Scranton". WOLF.

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