Country Club Mall

Country Club Mall is a shopping mall located in LaVale, Maryland, a suburb of Cumberland, Maryland in Allegany County, Maryland. The mall has sixty retail units, as well as seven vendor stands on the main concourse. Located in the Country Club Mall is the Country Club Mall 8 Cinemas, the largest movie theater in Allegany County. The mall is managed by Gumberg Asset Management Corp. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Country Club Mall 8 Cinemas, and TJ Maxx. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and The Bon-Ton.
== History ==
The mall was built after the state of Maryland spent $12 million on a road that facilitated the region's growth. This is believed to have led to the closings of smaller stores in Cumberland. The 64-acre (260,000 m2) property is a portion of a larger 192-acre (0.78 km2) parcel. Before 1979, most of the 192-acre (0.78 km2) parcel, including portions of the 64-acre (260,000 m2) subject property, was used for strip mining and a golf course. The strip mine was filled in 1979, and the shopping center was built in 1981. When the mall opened, it contained a Kmart, JCPenney and Bon-Ton. Sears opened about a year later, and Kmart closed in 2002 and was replaced by a Walmart Supercenter in 2004. By September 2004, the mall was 527,000 square feet (49,000 m2) in size. As of May 2013, the mall is 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2).On April 18, 2018, The Bon-Ton Stores announced it would close all stores, including the Bon-Ton store at Country Club Mall. The store closed on August 29, 2018. On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed in February 2020. On June 4, 2020, JCPenney announced that it would close by around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. After JCPenney closes, TJ Maxx, Walmart Supercenter, and Country Club Mall 8 Cinemas will be the only anchor stores left.
== Management ==
The owner of the mall is Andrew D. Gumberg of Gumberg Asset Management Corp, a Pittsburgh real estate company. The Corporation, at the time called J. J. Gumberg Properties', purchased the Country Club Mall for $32.4 million in January 1999. Brad Kotz of KLNB Inc. represented the seller, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, in the sale to J. J. Gumberg.
The Corp. currently owns properties across the east coast in Florida (5), Maryland (1), Ohio (1), and Pennsylvania (20). Country Club Mall is the only property currently owned in Maryland.
== Surrounding Area ==
Country Club Mall is located in Allegany County in Western Maryland. The mall attracts residents from numerous counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It is the only enclosed shopping mall within 65 miles (105 km). It is located right off of Interstate 68 on Vocke Road. The property is bound to the south and west by restaurants, hotels, and commercial establishments, and undeveloped land to the north and east.
== List of Stores ==
Anchor Store 	Opened 	Size 	Notes
Country Club Cinemas	August 2011 	22,075 sq ft 	
JCPenney 	1982 	69,125 sq ft 	Closing in 2020
TJ Maxx 	March 2013 	24,000 sq ft 	
Walmart Supercenter 	January 2006	203,007 sq ft	
As of December 2019, the Country Club Mall has 38 non-anchor stores. They are as follows:
2 Blondes Apparel
American Eagle Outfitters
AT&T
Aunt Honey’s Place
Auntie Anne’s
BAM! (Books-A-Million)
Bath & Body Works
Chick-fil-A
Christopher & Banks
Claire’s
Cellaxs
Finish Line
For Your Entertainment
GameStop
GNC
Go! Calendars & Games
GS Eyebrow
Holiday Hair
Health Spa
Justice
Kay Jewelers
Maurices
Personal Best Athletics
Phone Repair Lab
Piercing Pagoda
Regis
Rue21
Smoothie Grill
Spencer’s
Sprint
Stars Nails and Spa
Subway
The 301 Gifts and Apparel
T.J. Maxx
Ulta
V-Stars Nails and Spa
Wasabi Steakhouse
Zales
== Food Court ==
Vendors in the food court include:
* Chick-Fil-A
* Subway
* Wasabi Steakhouse
* The Smoothie Grille
== Movie Theater ==
There is an eight-screen movie theater space at the mall. Over time, the management of the theater has changed. AMC Theatresused to manage the theaters. Under AMC, the space was a six-screen movie theater and it was called AMC Country Club Mall 6. AMC ended operation on July 17, 2011 after deciding not to renew the lease, which ended on July 31, 2011. Immediately after, WPA Theaters became the company managing the movie theater in early August 2011. The company increased the screen count to eight, and the theater's name changed to the current Country Club 8 Cinemas. WPA's plan was to keep the same staff and managers who worked at AMC.
== Crime & Incidents ==
* A man scammed a 71-year-old man out of an undisclosed amount of money at JC Penney's on May 14, 2012. The criminal posed as an undercover police officer and convinced the elderly man to give him money instead of going in front of a judge. Video surveillance caught the criminal's identity.
* A deer visited Barbara's Hallmark store on December 15, 2012. No injuries were reported, but a few items got knocked down. Employees shut the front gate of the store to coax the deer to the back. The deer left through the back door after a few minutes.
== Public Transportation ==
Allegany County Transit provides bus services to the mall. Many of the lines stop by the mall and Walmart. Morning service, Green, Gold, Purple, Evening Service have a destination at the mall. Some buses for Frostburg State University bring students to the mall.
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