Fingerlakes Mall

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Fingerlakes Mall


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location = Auburn, New York, flag|USA
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opening_date = 1980
developer = The Pyramid Company
manager = Jones Lang LaSalle
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number_of_stores = 70
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 427,447 square feet
floors = 1 plus partial upper level
parking = 1288 spaces
website = http://www.shopfingerlakesmall.com
footnotes = Information from Jones Lang LaSalle official website.cite web |url=http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/microsites/retail_pdfs/factsheets/Fingerlakes%20Mall.pdf |title=Fingerlakes Mall.pdf |accessdate=2007-07-29 |format=pdf |work=JonesLangLaSalle.com]

Fingerlakes Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located outside the city of Auburn, New York, United States. Managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, the mall features approximately 70 stores, as well as a movie theater and food court. Anchor stores include Bass Pro Shops, JCPenney, Sears and Steve & Barry's.

History

Fingerlakes Mall was developed by the The Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, New York in 1980. Originally, the mall featured Chappell's, JCPenney, Kmart, and Sears as its anchor stores; at the time, the mall also featured a movie theater and roller skating arena. Chappell's moved to Camillus in 1994, and Kmart closed a year later. As these anchor stores closed, the mall began to lose many inline tenants, and by the late 1990s, it was forty-five percent occupied. [cite web |url=http://www.jllretail.com/en-US/services/casestudies/FingerlakesMall.htm |title=Fingerlakes Mall - Jones Lang LaSalle retail |accessdate=2007-08-30 |format=html |work=Jones Lang LaSalle] cite web |url=http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct1205/Bass_pro_buffalo.php
title=Shopping Centers Today |accessdate=2007-08-30 |format=html |work=ICSC.org] Peebles soon replaced Chappell's but then closed not long afterward. A clothing store called Manhattan 101 briefly occupied the former Peebles space before closing as well.Fact|date=August 2007

In June 1999, the mall was sold to Jager Management, who in turn sold it to Gregory Greenfield & Associates (GG&A) five months later.cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_200004/ai_n8889117 |title=Fingerlakes Mall Gains New Owners |accessdate=2007-08-30 |last=Allen |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Allen (journalist) |date=2000-04-07 |format=html |work=CNY Business Journal] Under GG&A's management, and with Jones Lang LaSalle as a leasing agent, the mall was renovated inside and outside; mall entrances were rebuilt; and new stores were brought to the mall. By 2003, the mall was at eighty percent occupancy.

Sears was later re-located from its existing store to the space vacated by Kmart; the former Sears store and adjoining mall space were converted to Bass Pro Shops, which opened in 2004.cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_200405/ai_n9457270 |title=Bass Pro Shops helps Fingerlakes Mall fill space |accessdate=2007-08-30 |last=Adam |first=Rombel |date=2004-05-21 |format=html |work=CNY Business Journal]

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