Poughkeepsie Galleria

The Poughkeepsie Galleria is a shopping center on U.S. 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, located just north of Wappingers Falls, and is the largest shopping center in Dutchess County.[1] The Galleria has an area of 1,100,000-square-foot (100,000 m2) with two floors containing 123 shops[2] and restaurants as well as a 16-screen, stadium-seating Regal Cinemas theater.

Poughkeepsie Galleria
The Poughkeepsie Galleria in December 2019
LocationPoughkeepsie, New York, United States
Coordinates41.626241°N 73.920653°W / 41.626241; -73.920653
Opening dateAugust 1, 1987
ManagementThe Pyramid Companies
OwnerThe Pyramid Companies
No. of stores and services123
No. of anchor tenants7 (5 open, 2 vacant by around October 2020)
Total retail floor area1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2)
No. of floors2 (1 in Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW, and Target)
Parking2000 spaces
Websitepoughkeepsiegalleriamall.com

The Galleria is owned and managed by The Pyramid Companies, a group who also owns and manages regional sister mall the Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY. The Galleria has adopted the Pyramid corporate "MB-18" teenage curfew policy on Friday and Saturday evenings, a policy that began in September 2005. Anchor stores include Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoe Warehouse, JCPenney, Macy's, and Target.

History

In the early 1980s, a proposal for a two-story indoor mall in Poughkeepsie, New York was submitted. Despite much conflict and many protests, the proposal was submitted, and the mall opened on August 1, 1987 as the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall.

Upon opening, the mall had five anchor stores: G. Fox & Co., Jordan Marsh, Lechmere, Filene's, and JCPenney.[3] Due to underperformance, the Filene's store closed in 1989 and was replaced with Steinbach, which relocated from South Hills Mall next door.[4] Sears also announced plans to relocate from South Hills Plaza at the same time.[5] Steinbach closed in 1995 and became Dick's Sporting Goods and DSW Shoe Warehouse the same year.[6] Filene's returned to the mall in 1993 by taking over the defunct G. Fox chain, while Sears ultimately opened at the mall after Jordan Marsh was vacated.[7] Montgomery Ward also moved into the mall in the early 1990s, becoming the sixth anchor and replacing an existing store in Poughkeepsie.[8]

In 2004, both DSW and Dick's moved to new locations vacated by Montgomery Ward, while the former Filene's and Lechmere building was converted to Best Buy and Target.[9]

During January 2005, the mall announced it would enact and begin enforcing the Pyramid Companies' "MB-18" teenage curfew policy beginning in September 2005, following a large fight involving young teenagers in front of then-Filene's. Due to the size of the incident, local police were called, and several arrests were made. Filene's was converted to Macy's in 2006.

On February 8, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 39 stores nationwide. The store closed on April 11, 2020.[10]

On June 23, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing by around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 13 stores nationwide.[11]

References
  1. "The High Life". August 4, 2008.
  2. "About – Poughkeepsie Galleria". www.poughkeepsiegalleriamall.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. Harrington, Gerard (June 2, 1987). "Filene's to be fifth Galleria anchor". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 9A. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. Auster, Harvey (February 2, 1989). "Steinbach looking for bigger space". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 11A. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. Gibbons, Kent (March 4, 1989). "Sears, planning expansion, wooed by 2 malls". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 9A. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  6. Zetlin, Minda (December 26, 1995). "Discount havens rake in Valley bucks". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 4A. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. "Your Sunday letter from the editor". The Poughkeepsie Journal.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Karchmer, Jennifer McGraw (February 22, 2003). "Dick's, DSW have new homes". Poughkeepsie Journal. p. 4B. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  10. Cordero, Katelyn. "Sears at the Poughkeepsie Galleria to close". The Poughkeepsie Journal.
  11. Bomey, Nathan. "13 more J.C. Penney store closings revealed: Department store continues bankruptcy store closures". USA TODAY.
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