 South entrance to Springfield Mall | |
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| Location | Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. |
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| Coordinates | 39°54′54″N75°21′07″W / 39.915°N 75.352°W /39.915; -75.352 |
| Address | 1250 Baltimore PikeSpringfield, PA 19064 |
| Opening date | September 19, 1974; 51 years ago (1974-09-19) |
| Developer | Springfield Associates |
| Management | PREIT |
| Owner | Simon Property Group (50%) PREIT (50%) |
| Stores and services | 70+ |
| Anchor tenants | 2 |
| Floor area | 589,000 square feet (54,700 m2)[1] |
| Floors | 2 (3 in Macy's) |
| Parking | Lighted Lot |
| Public transit |  Springfield Mall: D1 SEPTA bus:107,109,110 |
| Website | www |
Springfield Mall is a 589,000-square-foot (54,700 m2) regionalshopping mall located approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Philadelphia inSpringfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located just offInterstate 476 (the "Blue Route") alongBaltimore Pike, near its busy intersection withPennsylvania Route 320. It is serviced by a number ofSEPTA bus lines as well as theSEPTA MetroD1 (former Media Line) at theSpringfield Mall station. This is a rarity for suburban Philadelphia shopping malls as many of which are served solely by bus routes.
Springfield Mall is owned jointly by theSimon Property Group andPREIT (each with a 50% stake), and is managed by PREIT.
It is currently anchored by a 192,000 sq ft (17,800 m2)Macy's andTarget, the latter replacing a 186,000 sq ft (17,300 m2)Strawbridge's anchor store.
The mall has the full service restaurant, Ruby’s Cajun with additional fast food restaurants such asAuntie Anne’s andSbarro.
Springfield Mall opened on September 19, 1974, under the development of Springfield Associates. The original twoanchor stores wereBamberger's andJohn Wanamaker.[2]
On October 30, 1985,Sylvia Seegrist, a 25-year-old paranoidschizophrenic, went on a shooting spree in the mall, killing three and wounding seven others until she was disarmed by other shoppers.[3][4]
Bamberger's was converted to aMacy's in 1986. John Wanamaker closed in 1995 and was reopened asHecht's the same year. In 1997, the Hecht's was converted toStrawbridge's.
In 2005, PREIT and Kravco Simon acquired the Springfield Mall from Springfield Associates LP for $103.5 million.[5]
Strawbridge's closed in 2006 following the sale of its parent company to the same parent company as Macy's. The building was sold toTarget in 2008 and demolished fall 2008. The new Target was constructed following the Strawbridge's demolition and opened on October 11, 2009, coexisting with the nearby Target store opened in 1997 in a formerStrawbridge's, thearea's first Target.
