The Mall at Greece Ridge is located in

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, a

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, and managed by

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. It contains 119 stores and restaurants in the main concourse. The mall is anchored by the traditional chains

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, and a free-standing

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. Junior anchor stores include

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, and local stalwart Ruby-Gordon. The mall is near the center of a long line of plazas, chain hotels, restaurants, and car dealerships which continues for several miles in each direction on Ridge Road (

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History

The mall began as two shopping malls Greece Towne Mall, which opened on May 1, 1967. The Greece Towne Mall had a

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, a

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, and a

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. Long Ridge Mall, began with the opening of

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on Oct 2, 1969. A newspaper article says that the rest of the mall would start before the end of the year. The official opening of Long Ridge Plaza was on Sept. 15, 1971. Early advertising called the mall Long Ridge Plaza but by March 1972 advertising used the name Long Ridge Mall. It was unique in that it had five anchors,

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, Woolworth, J. B. Hunter,

, and B. Forman Co. In the late 1980s, talks to link the two malls to draw shoppers back to Greece escalated when new malls opened in

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and

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and when plans for a massive expansion of

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were revealed. Both malls competed against each other until March 15, 1994 when the malls merged to form The Mall at Greece Ridge. Construction began on the expansion. When it was complete, the new mall was renamed The Mall at Greece Ridge and at that time was the 4th largest in the

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, and the 20th largest in the

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. The mall is still the largest shopping center in the Rochester area. At the time of the merger,

moved to a marquee space in the new wing that connected the two malls, across from the food court. In 1994,

became

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. In September 2006, Kaufmann's became

. On April 20, 2018, It was announced

would shutter as part of an ongoing plan to phase out of brick-and-mortar. Several prospective tenants have been in discussion. In January 2022, after the

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shut down, The Mall at Greece Ridge had announced newest additions

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, FYE (returning to the mall), and Taichi Iron BBQ Grill & Bar.

References

External links

Official Site
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