Price Rite Plaza

Price Rite Plaza, formerly Giant Eagle Plaza and Harborcreek Plaza is a power center 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northeast of downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, between Buffalo Road, Cook Avenue and Nagle Road in Harborcreek Township, a suburb of Erie. The power center currently has two open anchors which are Price Rite and Planet Fitness.
== History ==
On November 6, 1986, plans were being made to relocate the Giant Eagle store from the Kmart Plaza East and build a brand new 70,000 square feet Giant Eagle store and a seven tenant strip plaza, plans were halted for a bit due to an issue with an abandoned leaking gas well but was quickly repaired. Consturction began in May 1987 as the building permits and constructed were approved by Harborcreek Township, as a result, the eastern portion of Cricket Street which was connected to Nagle Road was cut off, removed and turned into a parking lot road for the plaza, the other half was turned into a mobile home park and the road connection was moved on Tarra Street. On October 18, 1987, the Giant Eagle Plaza officially opened along with the main major anchor, Giant Eagle. Other original tenants include Mac's Toy World, Video USA, Holland Metro Realtors, China Inn, The Outlet, Tools-4-U and Little Caesars. In 1988, Holland Metro Realtors closed and was replaced with Aqua Land Pet Shop in 1989. In July 1990, Mac's Toy World closed down, after being open for three years. In November 1990, Toys For Less opened in the former Mac's Toy World space. In March 1991, Toys For Less would close. In August 1992, Rag Shop would open in the former Toys For Less space. In February 2005, Rag Shop closed down. On April 9, 2007, Wine & Spirits opened in the former Rag Shop space, they were relocating from the Eastway Plaza. In April 2004, China Inn was closed by the state of Pennsylvania due to many health violations. In March 2006, Wei Super Buffet opened in the former China Inn space. In May 2007, Wei Super Buffet was closed down by the state as well for many health violations. In October 2007, Golden Garden opened in the former Wei Super Buffet space, it would last two years before closing permanently on October 31, 2009. In June 2010, Video USA had closed down. In 2011, plans were being made to relocate the Giant Eagle store into the Eastway Plaza, as a result, Eastway was half demolished. On June 14, 2012, Giant Eagle and closed down and relocated to their new 90,000 square feet building at Eastway, the plaza name followed and Eastway Plaza was renamed to Giant Eagle Plaza, while Giant Eagle Plaza was renamed to Harborcreek Plaza. Also in 2012, two new stores opened, Hertel & Brown opened in the former Video USA space and Smoker Friendly, which relocated from 4307 Buffalo Road down the road, opened in the former Wei Super Buffet space after being vacant for three years. On May 21, 2016, after being vacant for four years, Price Rite opened in the former Giant Eagle space, splitting it into three spaces. Harborcreek Plaza then changed their name into Price Rite Plaza after the stores opening. On January 22, 2018, Planet Fitness opened in one of the split spaces of the former Giant Eagle. In 2020, Wine & Spirits closed and relocated to Giant Eagle Plaza. In November 2021, Hertel & Brown closed down as the company was accused of operating without a proper state license. In March 2022, Cost Cutters closed but was quickly converted into Classy Hair & Spa. In October 2022, the former Wine & Spirits space was split into two spaces, it was then converted into Stefanelli's Candies and Drayer Physical Therapy.
Category:Malls that opened in 1987
Category:Erie County, Pennsylvania
Category:Former Giant Eagle-anchored Properties
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in Pennsylvania
Category:Price Rite-anchored Properties
Category:Planet Fitness-anchored Properties