Franklin Mills Mall

[storehistoryguy]

Discuss.
Anchor Stores: Sears Outlet, JC Penny Outlet, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Factory and Boscov's.

[storehistoryguy]

The blue entrance. There are four entrances, the blue, orange, red and yellow.


http://www.nsae.com/projects/p_paX.htm

[storehistoryguy]

Inside. Theres big ol' Ben!


http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/36bd9/

[storehistoryguy]

The red entrance.


http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia-860659/Shopping-Philadelphia-Franklin_Mills_Mall-BR-1.html

[storehistoryguy]

The yellow entrance.


http://www.hamptoninnofbensalem.com/special_discounts.htm

[store215]

I don't really care for Franklin Mills. The Boscov's anchor is a total mess and is falling apart and the "outlet" stores don't really have anything that great. The neighborhood is kind of questionable too.

[EddieJ1984]

So Franklin Mills will now be known as........Philadelphia Mills
And be getting renovated fo a gran reopening come fall 2015

http://www.phillymag.com/shoppist/2014/09/16/franklin-mills-renovation-new-name-philadelphia/



I don't care for the new name myself (too many syllables!). I'll probably still refer to it as franklin mills.

[MikeRa]

The website for Franklin Mills/Philadelphia Mills is now http://www.philadelphiamills.com.  The AMC Theatre will still be called AMC Franklin Mills Mall 14 Theatre.

[EddieJ1984]

Only the yellow and blue entrances remained this weekend of the old franklin mills entrances remain.

[MikeRa]

Mall amchors at Philadelphia Mills/Franklin Mills

Original

• Sears Catalog Outlet opened 1989, closed 1997/98
• Ports of the World opened 1989, later renamed to its parent company's name Boscov's
• Reading China and Glass, opened 1989, closed 1990
• 49th Street Galleria
• JCPenney Catalog Outlet opened 1989, closed 2011
• Phar-Mor, opened 1989, closed 2002

Current anchors and later anchors

• AMC Theatres, opened 1998 as General Cinema on former Sears Catalog Oulet site, renamed to AMC in 2002
• Steve & Barry's, opened in former Ports/Boscov's building
• Walmart, opened 9/24/2014 on the site of the former Ports Of The World/Boscov's/Steve & Barry's site
• Office Max, took 1/3 of old Reading China & Glass building
• Sears Outlet, took the old Office Max site
• Marshalls, took 2/3 of old Reading China & Glass building
• Burlington Coat Factory, opened in former 49th Street Galleria building
• JCPenney, opened March 2, 2012 in its original Outlet Store location
• Spiegel Outlet, opened a few years after the rest of Franklin Mills Mall
• Jillian's Restaurant, opened in Spiegel Outlet building
• Dave & Buster's, opened in former Spiegel Outlet/Jillian's building