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. It is anchored by Boscov's and J. C. Penney.

History

Boscov's opened before the mall on September 19, 1992, and was the chains first store constructed in Central/Western Pennsylvania. The Johnstown Galleria was built by Zamias Services, Inc. and opened on October 22, 1992, with space for a fifth anchor that was never filled. It opened with anchors

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, Boscov's, J. C. Penney, and

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. The Boscov's, former Bon-Ton, and former Sears buildings are independently owned. Zamias sold the mall to Gemini Real Estate Advisors for $57 million in 2008, but remained as management. Steve & Barry's had a small format store open for a short time at the mall in the late 2000s. Adar Johnstown Limited Liability Corporation purchased the property the mall is located on in 2014. Pax Mall Realty settled a tax dispute with

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over the value of the Boscov's anchor in 2017. Bon-Ton closed at the mall in late April 2018 and was the first anchor to close in the Galleria. Sears closed in summer 2018. The malls owners in 2018 won a tax reassessment from the Richland School District in court, reducing the malls value from $6.5 to $3 million. Parking lot and road conditions were reported as poor in March 2019.

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took over management from Zamias Services, Inc. on February 1, 2020, due to the mall entering receivership. ADAR Johnstown Limited Liability Co., the owner of the malls property, owed $14.6 million and stopped mortgage payments in October 2019. The Galleria was scheduled to be sold at a tax sale on September 14, 2020, due to owing $1.1 million in taxes. It was later removed from the sale due to the malls owner, Adar Johnstown, LLC, setting up a payment plan. The Galleria was to go for sheriff's sale on December 11, 2020, but that was later delayed. The mall served as a

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vaccination site in early 2021. The Johnstown Galleria was sold at sheriff's sale to the U.S. Bank National Association for $238,718 on September 10, 2021. The mall minus the separately owned anchor buildings went to auction in August 2022 and sold for $3,150,000 to Leo Karruli.

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