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Sunrise Mall (Long Island)
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LocationEast Massapequa, New York
Opening dateAugust 30, 1972 (1972-08-30)
Closing dateAugust 30, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-08-30)
Previous namesSunrise Mall 1973-2005 Westfield Group at sunrise mall 2005-2019
DeveloperMuss-Tankoos Corporation
ManagementUrban Edge Properties
OwnerUrban Edge Properties (Used To Be Westfield)
ArchitectLathrop Douglass
No. of stores and services3 (Used to Be 63)
No. of anchor tenants3 (3 open, 4 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,244,386 sq ft (115,607 m2)[1]
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's and former Sears, 3rd floor offices in former JCPenney)
Parking7,000
Websitehttps://www.sunrisemallny.com

Sunrise Mall[2] is a shopping mall located in East Massapequa, New York. The mall opened on August 30, 1973 as the first 2-level shopping mall on Long Island.

History

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Build by the Muss-Tankoos Corporation, the 1.3-million-square-foot mall cost $45 million to build and featured 140 individual shops, plus four department stores.[3][4] Opened on August 30, 1973, Sunrise Mall was originally anchored by JCPenney, Gertz, Macy's, and E. J. Korvette.[5] It was remodeled in 1991 to modernize the space and add a glass elevator and skylights.[4] A koi pond was installed in the mall in 1996, converting a 4,000-gallon duck pond.[6][7] It was acquired by the Westfield Group in 2005 for $143 million and renamed Westfield Sunrise.[8][9]

On August 4, 2020, it was announced that the mall would be going back to its original name, Sunrise Mall.[9] On January 4, 2021, Sunrise Mall was purchased by Urban Edge Properties from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for $29.7 million.[10][11]

Closures

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Walmart closed its store in the mall on March 6, 2015 after 12 years.[12][13] On March 17, 2017, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing their store in the mall and liquidation sales were expected to begin on April 17, 2017.[14] However, on April 13, it announced that, due to more shoppers coming to the store, liquidation sales would begin on May 22, 2017 instead of April 17, 2017. The store ultimately closed on July 31, 2017.[15]

On October 1, 2021, it was announced that Sears would be closing on October 3. This left Macy's as the only traditional anchor left in the mall.[16][17]

In February 2022, it was announced that Urban Edge Properties would not be renewing leases for its remaining 50 tenants and was considering other ways to redevelop the space.[18][19] By September, the mall's 50 koi had been relocated to local schools and the Long Island Aquarium.[6]

The Sunrise Mall koi pond in 2019

Transportation

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Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) buses that serve the mall are the n19 (Freeport-Sunrise Mall via Merrick Road), n54 (Hempstead-Sunrise Mall via Washington Avenue), n55 (Hempstead-Sunrise Mall via Jerusalem Avenue), n71 Farmingdale State College-Amityville via Hempstead Turnpike), and the n80 (Sunrise Mall-Hicksville via Hicksville Road). The n19 and n80 run rush hours only and the n54 does not run on Sundays, while the n55 and n71 run seven days a week.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sunrise Mall". urbanedge.propertycapsule.com. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Bleyer, Bill. "List of Geographical Misnomers". Newsday. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Sloane, Leonard (August 3, 1973). "First Store Opens at Big Mall on L.I." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Postings: Sunrise Mall Renovation; A Second Dawning". The New York Times. February 24, 1991. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  5. ^ DiSclafani, Paul (March 4, 2017). "The Sunrise Mall". Farmingdale Observer. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Winzelberg, David (September 1, 2022). "With Sunrise Mall closing, its fish are going to new homes | Long Island Business News". Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Dunson, Cheryl L. (September 1, 1999). "As Fete Would Have It". National Real Estate Investor. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  8. ^ Ritter, Ian (June 6, 2005). "Westfield Acquires Long Island Mall for $143M". Globest.com. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Costello, Alex (August 4, 2020). "Westfield Sunrise Mall Returning To Its Original Name". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  10. ^ Costello, Alex (January 4, 2021). "Sunrise Mall Sold For Nearly $30 Million". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  11. ^ Bonfiglio, Briana (January 6, 2021). "Sunrise Mall in East Massapequa Sold For $29.7M". www.longislandpress.com. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  12. ^ Doyle, Heather (January 5, 2015). "Massapequa Walmart to Close". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  13. ^ Stieglitz, Brian (January 13, 2015). "Walmart to leave Sunrise Mall". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  14. ^ Korb, Priscilla (March 17, 2017). "Sunrise Mall JCPenney To Close". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  15. ^ Korb, Priscila (April 13, 2017). "JCPenney Postpones Store Closures". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  16. ^ Valinote, Nicole (October 4, 2021). "Final Long Island Sears Store Closing, Report Says". Nassau Daily Voice.
  17. ^ Sweet, Jacqueline (October 5, 2021). "Long Island's Last Sears Store, In Massapequa Mall, Closes". Massapequa, NY Patch. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  18. ^ McLogan, Jennifer (February 23, 2022). "Sunrise Mall in Massapequa tells tenants to vacate, leaving store owners and employees scrambling". CBS News.
  19. ^ Winzelberg, David (February 22, 2022). "New owners planning redevelopment of Sunrise Mall". Long Island Business News. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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