Downtown Mall (Meadville, Pennsylvania)

== Downtown Mall ==
The Downtown Mall is a one-level shopping mall in downtown Meadville, Pennsylvania, between Water Street and French Creek Parkway in the city of Meadville.
The mall opened in 1972 and was developed by Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania-based Tri County Developers. The mall proper houses 30 store spaces. The mall is anchored by Big Lots and Dollar General. 
== Mall History ==
The mall's original anchor stores included Fisher's BIg Wheel, Weldon's and Bi-Lo. Fisher's Big Wheel closed down in 1994 and was shortly taken over by Big Lots the same year. Weldon's departed sometime in the 1990's and was subdivded into two spaces, the first space was taken over by Dollar General in the early 2000's and the rest of the space still remains vacant. The Bi-Lo grocery store closed and became a Tops Friendly Markets in the late 1990's or so. In 1976, the Meadville Mall opened up and was only 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northwest of the Downtown Mall which started up competition. The mall also had competition with the Park Avenue Plaza which is only 1.6 miles (2.8 km) southwest of the Downtown Mall. Meadville Mall ended up closing down in 2008 and was demolished the same year and some stores inside of the Downtown Mall relocated to the Park Avenue Plaza and other shopping centers in Meadville, the mall then shortly filled up with local shops during the 2000's. In February, 2020, Manhasset Hills, New York-based Five Trees Realty Inc purchsed the shopping center from Tri County Developers for $6.35 million dollars. Locals were concerned that the mall was purchased by someone who isn't local as it was before and no changes has been done as of right now ever since Five Trees Realty has purchased over the mall.
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in Pennsylvania
Category:Dead Malls
Category:Tri County Developers
Category:Dollar General-anchored Malls
Category:Big Lots-anchored Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1972