The Point at Carlisle Plaza

The Point at Carlisle Plaza (formerly Carlisle Plaza and Carlisle Plaza Mall) is a shopping mall located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by Dunham's Sports and Lowe's.[1][5]

The Point at Carlisle Plaza
LocationCarlisle, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40.198056°N 77.172222°W / 40.198056; -77.172222
Address800 East High Street
Opening date1964[1][2]
OwnerPoint Plaza LLC (Giant)[1][3]
No. of stores and servicesLess than 15[2]
Total retail floor area182,859 square feet (17,000 m2)[2][4]

History

Carlisle Plaza was built as an open-air shopping plaza in 1964, with backing from David Javitch, founder of Giant Food Stores, and his son, Lee, who would soon become president and CEO of Giant.[6][1] Under the ownership of Crown American Realty Trust (then called Crown Construction Company), plans were announced in 1968 for an expansion of the plaza into an enclosed mall.[7] The enlarged and enclosed mall opened in 1976.[8] Crown American sold the mall to Michael Joseph Development Corporation under the name Carlisle Realty Partners for $5.8 million in November 2002.[1][9][10] In August 2003 the mall was renamed from Carlisle Plaza Mall to The Point at Carlisle Plaza.[1] It was reconfigured in the early 2000s with 200,000 sq ft. being removed including two anchor buildings formerly occupied by Albion Point Antiques & Collectibles/Kmart and J. C. Penney.[1][2] A mural about the history of Carlisle located in the mall had to be relocated before the construction.[11][12] Lowe's would open on the former space in February 2004, and also owns its store.[1][3][13] The malls renovations would cost $4 million.[14]

Cedar (Cedar Carlisle LLC) purchased the mall in August 2005 for $11 million.[1] Dunham's Sports opened at the mall in late September 2005.[15] Giant (Point Plaza LLC) purchased the mall for $7.35 million in October 2012.[1][3][16] The Bon-Ton announced in late January 2018 its store would be closing.[17][18][19] The former Bon-Ton was used in January 2019 for storage of new Giant shopping carts.[20]

References
  1. "Key Point events since 2002". The Sentinel. March 1, 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Miles, Tyler (March 1, 2015). "Getting to The Point: After 50 years, mall looking for rebound". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. Gitt, Tammie (March 28, 2013). "Giant Food Stores buys The Point at Carlisle Plaza". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. "Fameco Real Estate" (PDF). FAMECO. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. "The Point at Carlisle Plaza". CBRE. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. "Title Transferred to Shopping Center Site". Chambersburg Public Opinion. 27 December 1963. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. "Carlisle Plaza Plans for Enclosed Mall, 8 More Stores in Near Future". The Sentinel. 16 January 1969. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. "Happy Birthday, America". The Sentinel. 28 February 1976. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. "Crown sells Carlisle mall". Pittsburgh Business Times. American City Business Journals. November 1, 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  10. Owens, Crystal (December 8, 2002). "Some Plaza Mall tenants finding new homes". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. Blymire, David (December 13, 2002). "History mural dismantled at mall". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  12. Bird, S. Elizabeth (2 February 2018). Dressing In Feathers: The Construction Of The Indian In American Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-429-96945-4. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. Cress, Joseph (March 1, 2010). "'Big box' stores find their niche". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  14. "Dead and dying malls of Pennsylvania, updated: More shopping centers are bleeding retailers". PennLive. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  15. Farr, Leah Farr (September 29, 2005). "Dunham's opening Friday". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  16. Veronikis, Eric (27 March 2013). "Giant Food Stores buys Point at Carlisle Plaza for $7.4M". PennLive. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  17. Snyder, Myles (31 January 2018). "Bon-Ton to close Carlisle store". ABC27. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  18. Hoopes, Zack (January 31, 2018). "Carlisle Bon-Ton to close". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  19. "Bon-Ton announces it's closing Carlisle location". WGAL. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  20. Gitt, Tammie (January 16, 2019). "Former Bon-Ton in Carlisle being used to store Giant shopping carts". The Sentinel. Retrieved 24 September 2020.


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