Opening date 1968 | Developer Falconi | |
Location Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. Management Oxford Development Company No. of floors 3 (JCPenney only; rest of the mall is 1 floor) | ||
Washington Mall is a mostly defunct enclosed shopping mall located in South Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, just outside the city of Washington, formerly managed by J J Gumberg Co. and now by Oxford Development Company. It is owned by Falconi, a local developer which also owns a number of properties throughout Washington County. Its anchor, JCPenney, closed in February 2007 and relocated to the defunct Foundry shopping center less than a mile away in March 2007; however, due to ground settling problems at the aforementioned retail complex and financial difficulties with the property owner, JCPenney moved back to the Washington Mall in mid-September 2008. As of January 15, 2014, it was announced that the JCPenney location at the mall will be closing in May along with 32 other Penney stores that are considered underperforming.
As of July 2015, the remaining tenants include Staples, Toys R Us, Grand China Buffet and Grille, and Harbor Freight Tools. In both the falls of 2014, 2015, and 2016, a Spirit Halloween has occupied part of the JC Penney first floor.
The mall was at one time the preeminent place for shopping in Washington. Up until the 1990s, it was indeed faring its own. However, as the crosstown rival Franklin Mall (now Washington Crown Center) was expanded and completely remodeled, Washington Mall was severely affected by this. There have been plans to demolish and rebuild the mall as a strip shopping center, although nothing has materialized.