Cressona Mall

Cressona Mall opened on October 2, 1973, with Hills as its anchor.^[2] Laneco had plans to open a store at the mall in early 1982, using the former Grant's space.^[9] Due to the store being sold, Acme was rebranded Insalacos in January 1995.^[10] Laneco closed at the mall in March 1995.^[11][12] Hills expanded its store and Staples opened at the mall in 1996.^[12] The mall was refinanced in January 1998 by owners Cressona Associates L.P., with the anchors at the time being Insalacos, Hills, Staples and CVS.^[13] The Surgery Center of Pottsville opened in 2006.^[4] The Cressona Mall in 2007-2008 received exterior renovations.^[7][14] Alvernia University opened a satellite campus in 2009, using former office and store space.^[15][16][17] CVS Pharmacy moved out of the mall in October 2010.^[18] Goodwill opened in February 2014, using the former CVS Pharmacy space.^[19] In February 2015, the primary sprinkler water pipe broke during cold weather.^[20]

Due to an unpaid court judgement over the renovations, Wells Fargo foreclosed on the mall in 2015.^[21][22] Cressona Associates, the malls owners, owed $8,797,305.81 on the original $9.9 million mortgage. The malls manager and Dack Realty, who managed the mall, both left before the property's auction.^[23] Cressona Mall was sold on October 15, 2015, at a United States Marshals auction for $9,281,842.21 to Wells Fargo.^{[24][25][26][27]} JPMCC 2005-CIBC13 Route 61 South Limited Partnership was listed as the owner under Wells Fargo.^[3][24] Planet Fitness opened in November 2016; negotiations to be located at the mall took over a year.^[3][28] Goodwill completed an expansion in February 2017.^[29]

Cinderella's Closet opened at the mall in 2018 after being previously located at the former Schuylkill Mall.^[30][31] Cressona Mall was sold to Cressona Realty LLC (55%), Cressona CH LLC (40%), and Cressona Nassim LLC (5%) for $8,050,000 in November 2019.^[32] Namdar Realty Group was later named in several articles as the primary owner.^[4][33] Cressona Mall was again sold in November 2021 for $16 million to America's Realty.^[4][5][33] The Surgery Center of Pottsville closed in June 2022.^[4] Repaving of the parking out occurred at the Cressona Mall in late 2022.^[34] Alvernia University left the Cressona Mall in January 2023 and moved into a new location within Pottsville.^{[4][35][36][37][38]}

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