Harborcreek Mall

Harborcreek Mall was a one-level shopping mall 4.8 miles (7.6 km) northeast of downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, between East Lake Road, Nagle Road and Walten Woods Drive in Harborcreek Township, a suburb of Erie. The mall had one anchor which was Loblaws.
==History==
On July 15, 1974, Harborcreek Mall opened up to the public after a long wait. It was the second enclosed shopping mall in the Erie Metropolitan area, the first being Erie Central Mall located in the city. Harborcreek Mall was developed by Baldwin Brothers who are also based in Erie. The mall was originally planned to be built as 200,000 square feet and have more anchor spaces as Carlisle's expressed interest in joining the future Harborcreek Mall, but due to Harborcreek Township's strict laws with building permits, the mall size decreased and the mall was instead built as 70,000 square feet with only one anchor store which was Loblaws. Harborcreek Mall's original tenants included Loblaws, First Federal Savings, Rea & Derick, South Shore Styles, King's Kloset, Harborcreek Hardware, Gifts of Distinction, Village Shoe Shop, Burgherhaus, Carter's, Rugare's and many more.
== Decline ==
Harborcreek Mall didn't do well from the very start because there weren't a lot of stores opening, as what was hoped for. Not only that but the Harborcreek Mall's opening was at a very bad time, as a brand new bigger mall, the Millcreek Mall would be almost finished construction and opened in November, 1975. Harborcreek Mall began to empty out throughout the 1980's and barely attracted any shoppers anymore. By 1990, only 3 stores were open at Harborcreek Mall. In 1992, Loblaws closed down at Harborcreek Mall which pretty much killed and hurt the mall. On October 15, 1998, the last store in the mall closed down so the mall was permanently closed, it remained vacant for years and years and was basically left abandoned. The mall was finally demolished in April 2009 for new senior apartments to be built. Those apartments were completed in 2013.
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