Sangertown Square

Sangertown Square is a shopping mall located in New Hartford, New York between New York State Route 5 and New York State Route 8 near Utica, New York. Sangertown Square is a single-story mall, and comprises 869,758 sq ft (80,803 m2) of leasable retail space. The mall was built in 1980 and has a central food court and 50 stores. The mall is anchored by the traditional retailers Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, and Target while featuring the prominent specialty retailers American Eagle, Bath and Body Works, Charlotte Russe, Hollister, and Victoria's Secret.[2]

Sangertown Square
Center court seen
Opening dateJuly 1980
OwnerThe Pyramid Companies
No. of stores and services50
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area869,758 sq ft (80,803 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Websitewww.sangertown.com

History

The mall opened in 1980 with Hess's, JCPenney, Sears, and Bradlees. Storied regional division Hess's became Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Kaufmann's in 1994. Bradlees shuttered in around 2001 which was razed and replaced with a Target store during most of 2002.[3] Kaufmann's transitioned into a Macy's in September 2006.

In 2009, Circuit City shuttered becoming a HomeGoods.

In September 2012, DSW opened as a junior anchor within the shopping concourse.

In 2014, a two-year refresh modernizing Sangertown Square was announced which includes new seating, decorative lighting, new tile, exterior entrances, and an improved landscape.

In 2015, it was announced Boscov's will replace Sears which would then shutter as part of an ongoing decision to phase out of their traditional brick-and-mortar divisions.[4]

The early 2020's saw several storied traditional department store retailers update its traditional brick-and-mortar fleets after being disrupted by several digital retailers in recent years.

On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that as part of modernizing their traditional brick-and-mortar fleets that they'll no longer continue to position an outpost in this retail environment.[5]

On January 6, 2021, Macy's, which also maintains several much larger outposts close to Albany and Syracuse, announced that as part of a strategy to focus on their highest achieving locations that they would also be leaving this frequented regional shopping center.[6]

Several potential replacement tenants for each space are each reportedly in the midst of early on discussions.[7] By October 2022, after the early on COVID-19 shut down, Sangertown Square had announced several newest additions, its fine jewelery traditional retailer Ashcroft & Oak, bohemian clothing store retailer Earthbound Trading Co., Journeys, Blue Sox Academy, and axe throwing at PiNZ social.

References
  1. The Pyramid Companies (2008). "The Pyramid Companies - Portfolio". Sangertown Square - New Hartford, NY. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  2. Guzewich, Dan. "Luxury retail outlet, entertainment complex in offing for resort". Rome Daily Sentinel.
  3. "Sangertown Square's future a mystery". Observer-Dispatch. Utica, N.Y. June 27, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  4. Madison, Samantha (March 30, 2016). "Department store to move into former Sears space at Sangertown". Herkimer (N.Y.) Telegram. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  5. "Store Closings – JCPenney Company Blog". companyblog.jcpnewsroom.com.
  6. Thomas, Lauren; Rattner, Nate (2021-01-06). "Macy's is closing dozens of stores this year. Here's the full list". CNBC.
  7. Harris, Edward. "Officials at Sangertown Square mall in New Hartford optimistic despite losing anchor stores". Utica Observer Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

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