Logan Valley Mall is a regional

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, United States. It is currently anchored by

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and

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and features over 60 stores and services on two levels.

History

Logan Valley Mall opened in November 1965 as an open-air shopping center with Sears,

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and a few small shops. In 1966, JCPenney was constructed and the mall was enclosed for a grand opening on June 8, 1967. In 1979, another expansion was completed by Crown American with the construction of

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department store. Logan Valley Mall Bus station and Main Entry to the mall

On December 16, 1994, a fire broke out and destroyed nearly half of the mall. A three-phase plan was immediately laid out. The first phase beginning in 1995 started with a new store,

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, which was added to the far end of the mall to replace Hess's. The already built, undamaged two-story portion of the mall was renovated, and these renovations included changeovers such as the re-branding of Wall To Wall Sound & Video to The Wall and temporary relocation of restaurants such as Wong's Wok. Another phase one project was the construction of a new two-story section to replace the portion damaged by the fire. Phase two consisted of opening a new three-story parking garage and a new eight-screen Carmike Cinema. Phase three was completed in 1997 and included the openings of a new larger JCPenney location closer to Sears. Following this opening, a new food court opened in the renovated second floor of the former JCPenney store, which allowed for more stores in the old two-story section.

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(PREIT) acquired the mall in 2003 as part of its merger with Crown American.

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, which owned Kaufmann's, was sold to

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in 2005. Federated proceeded to convert various May properties to Macy's, including the Logan Valley Mall store. In 2017, the Carmike Cinema was re-branded

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following AMC's acquisition of the Carmike chain. Also in 2017, the mall was sold to Mason Asset Management and

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. On December 28, 2018, it was announced that the mall's Sears store would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed on March 3, 2019. On July 7, 2021, it was announced that the AMC CLASSIC Logan Valley 8 had closed permanently, as a result of the

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