Sangertown Square

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Sangertown Square


image_width = 265px
caption = Sangertown Square Logo
location = New Hartford, New York, United States
opening_date = 1980
developer =
manager =
owner = The Pyramid Companies
number_of_stores = 70
number_of_anchors = 6
floor_area = 880,000cite web | author=The Pyramid Companies | year=2008 | title=The Pyramid Companies - Portfolio | url=http://www.pyramidmg.com/portfolio/sangertown_square.asp | work= Sangertown Square - New Hartford, NY | accessdate=July 29 | accessyear=2008]
floors = 1 (2 - JC Penney Only)
parking =
website = http://www.sangertown.com

Sangertown Square is regional shopping mall located in New Hartford, New York off Rts. 5 and 5A near Utica, New York. The mall was built in 1980 and has about 70 stores and a central food court. This mall is owned by The Pyramid Companies.

Much of the mall proper retains the decorations and architecture from the original design, which was dark brown floors and a quaint faux facades reminiscent of "Main Street" America perched above the food court. They continue to be repainted in the color scheme of their respective tenants below.

In 2005, the mall's once sunken center court was elevated, and brick ornamentation around its food court columns were removed. In 2007, the unique "boulder" fountain in front of JC Penney was buried with wood chips and artificial vegetation. Much of the globular tinted glass torcheres have gradually been removed.

=Current Anchors and major stores=

*Sears (152,619 sq. ft.) - Original Tenant
*JC Penney (150,000 sq. ft.) - Original Tenant (Only store with a second floor)
*Macy's (140,000 sq. ft.) - Opened 1995 as Kaufmann's in former Hess's location
*Target (126,000 sq. ft.)- Opened 2002 (Opened in old Bradlees by demolishing it and some smaller mall stores)
*Circuit City - While part of the Mall, does not have an entrance into the mall
*H & M - (Opened by demolishing part of several smaller mall stores)
*Dick's Sporting Goods - Opening Fall 2008 (Opening in old Kliens All Sports by demolishing part of it and some smaller mall stores)
*GAP - Opened in former Old Navy location

Former Anchors and major stores

*Bradlees - Original Tenant, Closed 2001, torn down in 2002 and rebuilt into a Target
*Hess's - Closed 1994, torn down and rebuilt into a Kaufmann's
*Kaufmann's - Opened 1995 in former Hess's, became Macy's
*Old Navy - moved out for an expanded GAP
*Hoyts Cinemas - Closed in 2004 after being bought out by the Regal Entertainment Group (Plans to retrofit theater were advertised in the Target wing, but canceled after the opening of Marquee Cinemas in nearby Orchard plaza

Expansions

There have been several plans to expand Sangertown Square, but many have never been initiated to completion. Past plans included a 1998 expansion and retrofit for Sears and JC Penney, as well as construction of a 900 space parking garage [cite web | author=Frank Tomaino| year=2008 | title=This week in history: Advice for Conkling| url=http://www.uticaod.com/history/x849705626/This-week-in-history-Advice-for-Conkling | work= Sangertown Square - New Hartford, NY | accessdate=July 29 | accessyear=2008] and the proposed 2004 ThEATery. [cite web | author=Casey Dickinson | year=2004 | title=Pyramid brings theaters to CNY | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3718/is_200401/ai_n9371255 | work= | accessdate=July 29 | accessyear=2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.sangertown.com Sangertown Square Homepage]
* [http://www.pyramidmg.com/portfolio/sangertown_square.asp Pyramid Companies page on Sangertown Square]