Arnot Mall

Arnot Mall opened in 1967 as "The Mall" Shopping Center, at which time it had only 40 stores and JCPenney as the original anchor.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/277948435/ | title=Mall plans Nov. 16 opening | work=Star-Gazette | date=August 30, 1967 | accessdate=September 9, 2020 | pages=21}} The mall took its name from its original developer, Arnot Realty. It underwent an expansion in 1980 adding Bradlees, Hess's, and Sears and now has an area of just over {{convert|1000000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} and over 100 stores. Several anchors have changed names in the mall's history, the most recent being Burlington Coat Factory, which opened in 2006 in a former Bradlees.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/stargazette/access/1767147971.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+08%2C+2006&author=&pub=Star+-+Gazette&desc=Mall+to+get+two+new+stores&pqatl=google|title=Mall to get two new stores|date=8 March 2006|work=Elmira Star-Gazette|page=A1|accessdate=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107193102/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/stargazette/access/1767147971.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+08%2C+2006&author=&pub=Star+-+Gazette&desc=Mall+to+get+two+new+stores&pqatl=google|archive-date=November 7, 2012}} Other former anchor stores include Hess's (which became Kaufmann's in 1995{{Cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22633841.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315172324/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22633841.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2016|title=Bon-Ton Buys 20 Stores from Hess Chain|work=The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)|date=March 15, 2016}} and Macy's in 2006), and Iszard's (later McCurdy's, then The Bon-Ton).

For the 2011 school year, all PREIT-owned malls, including Arnot Mall, gave away free school supplies with a purchase{{cite news|url=http://www.wbng.com/news/around-the-tiers/Arnot-Mall-Offers--127942233.html|title=Arnot Mall Offers Free School Supplies, Style Secrets This Back to School Season|date=17 August 2011|publisher=WBNG-TV|accessdate=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928162909/http://www.wbng.com/news/around-the-tiers/Arnot-Mall-Offers--127942233.html|archive-date=2011-09-28|url-status=dead}} of at least $75.{{cite news|url=http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110819/NEWS01/108190372/Give-get-school-supplies?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp |title=Give, get school supplies |date=19 August 2011 |publisher=Elmira Star-Gazette |accessdate=24 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Racecar driver Jeff Gordon was spotted in the Arnot Mall arcade on Saturday, August 13 after a race on August 8 at Watkins Glen International.{{cite news|url=http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110815/LIFE12/108150353/Neighbors-Hey-you-look-like-Jeff-Gordon-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp |title=Neighbors: Hey, you look like Jeff Gordon! |publisher=Elmira Star-Gazette |author=Kingsley, Jennifer |date=15 August 2011 |accessdate=24 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Later that day, Robby Gordon gave out signatures outside of GNC.{{cite news|url=http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110810/SPORTS10/108100387/Glen-notebook-Canadian-Tire-sponsors-Grand-Am-Series-race?odyssey=nav%7Chead |publisher=Elmira Star-Gazette |title=Glen notebook: Canadian Tire sponsors Grand Am Series race |date=10 August 2011 |accessdate=24 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905023648/http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110810/SPORTS10/108100387/Glen-notebook-Canadian-Tire-sponsors-Grand-Am-Series-race?odyssey=nav%7Chead |archivedate=5 September 2011 }} Employees of the mall said they felt the 2011 Virginia earthquake that affected much of the northeastern United States.{{cite news|url=http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story/Arnot-Mall-Employees-Experience-Shock-During-Quake/T6bBVCPNlUeoWLb3Uh3WcA.cspx|title=Arnot Mall Employees Experience Shock During Quake|author=Solomon, Rebecca|publisher=WETM-TV|date=24 August 2011|accessdate=24 August 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2016, it was announced that after a strategy had been elected by Macy's to solely focus on their highest achieving locations that they would be leaving this shopping center as well. It was later announced to become an entirely new outpost for The Bon-Ton which would open in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.weny.com/story/36355729/bon-ton-officially-opens-new-location-in-arnot-mall|title=Bon-Ton Officially Opens New Location In Arnot Mall|website=www.weny.com}}

On April 17, 2018, it was announced department store retailer The Bon-Ton would shutter after it wasn't able to establish any new conditions to satisfy its established long-term debt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.weny.com/story/37988778/the-bon-ton-stores-to-close-by-august-31st|title=All Bon-Ton Stores to Close by August 31st|website=www.weny.com}}

In 2020, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format.{{Cite web|title=Sears at the Arnot Mall to close in April|url=https://www.weny.com/story/41670638/sears-at-the-arnot-mall-to-close-in-april|website=www.weny.com|language=en}}

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