Arnot Mall


Arnot Mall is a shopping mall located in Big Flats, New York, in Chemung County at 3300 Chambers Road and operated by Urban Retail Properties. Arnot Mall is located along the Southern Tier Expressway at Exit 51A between Corning and Elmira. It is open seven days a week and has over 100 stores in all, including a food court and a Regal Cinemas 10. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Burlington, and Regal Cinemas. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were once 2 The Bon-Ton stores and Sears. Arnot Mall is a "super regional" mall, serving mainly New York's Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region.

History

Arnot Mall opened in 1967 as "The Mall" Shopping Center, at which time it had only 40 stores and JCPenney as the original anchor. It underwent an expansion in 1980 adding Bradlees, Hess's, and Sears and now has an area of just over and over 100 stores. Several anchors have changed names in the mall's history, the most recent being Burlington Coat Factory, which opened in 2006 in a former Bradlees. Other former anchor stores include Hess's, and Iszard's.
For the 2011 school year, all Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust owned malls, including Arnot Mall, gave away free school supplies with a purchase of at least $75. Racecar driver Jeff Gordon was spotted in the Arnot Mall arcade on Saturday, August 13 after a race on August 8 at Watkins Glen International. Later that day, Robby Gordon gave out signatures outside of GNC. Employees of the mall said they felt the 2011 Virginia earthquake that affected much of the northeastern United States.
On January 6, 2016, it was announced Macy's would be closing as part of a plan to close 36 stores nationwide. The store closed in Spring 2016. In 2017, The Bon-Ton moved its store into that space. However, on April 18, 2018, it was announced that The Bon-Ton would also be closing as it was going out of business. The store closed in August 29, 2018.
On February 6, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as well in April 2020 as part of a plan to close 31 stores nationwide which left Burlington and JCPenney as the only anchors left.