Country Club Mall
Encyclopedia
Country Club Mall is a shopping mall located in La Vale, Maryland
, a suburb of Cumberland, Maryland
in Allegany County, Maryland
. The mall has 47 retail units, as well as 5 vendor stands on the main concourse. The largest retailers in the mall are Wal-Mart
, the Bon-Ton
, Sears, and JCPenney. Also located in the Country Club Mall is the AMC Theatres
6, the largest movie theatre in Allegany County. The mall is managed by Gumberg Asset Management Corp.
spent $12 million on a road that facilitated the region's growth. This is believed to have led to the closings of smaller stores in Cumberland. The 64 acres (258,999 m²) property is a portion of a larger 192 acre (0.77699712 km²) parcel. Before 1979, most of the 192 acre (0.77699712 km²)
parcel, including portions of the 64 acres (258,999 m²) subject property, was used for strip mining and a golf
course. The strip mine was filled in 1979, and the shopping center was built in 1981. In 1979 the strip mine was filled in order to create the mall, which opened 2 years later in 1981. Almost a year after the mall opened, the Sears was completed. In its current form, the mall is 527000 square feet (48,959.9 m²) in size..http://www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/brownfields/countryclub.pdf
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La Vale, Maryland
La Vale is a census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'...
, a suburb of Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...
in Allegany County, Maryland
Allegany County, Maryland
Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...
. The mall has 47 retail units, as well as 5 vendor stands on the main concourse. The largest retailers in the mall are Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
, the Bon-Ton
The Bon-Ton
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a regional department store company based in York, Pennsylvania, chiefly operating 275 stores, including 11 furniture galleries, in 23 states throughout the northern United States. Stores carrying its namesake nameplate serve the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of...
, Sears, and JCPenney. Also located in the Country Club Mall is the AMC Theatres
AMC Theatres
AMC Theatres , officially known as AMC Entertainment, Inc., is the second largest movie theater chain in North America with 5,325 screens, second only to Regal Entertainment Group, and one of the United States's four national cinema chains AMC Theatres (American Multi-Cinema), officially known as...
6, the largest movie theatre in Allegany County. The mall is managed by Gumberg Asset Management Corp.
History
The mall was built after the state of MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
spent $12 million on a road that facilitated the region's growth. This is believed to have led to the closings of smaller stores in Cumberland. The 64 acres (258,999 m²) property is a portion of a larger 192 acre (0.77699712 km²) parcel. Before 1979, most of the 192 acre (0.77699712 km²)
parcel, including portions of the 64 acres (258,999 m²) subject property, was used for strip mining and a golf
course. The strip mine was filled in 1979, and the shopping center was built in 1981. In 1979 the strip mine was filled in order to create the mall, which opened 2 years later in 1981. Almost a year after the mall opened, the Sears was completed. In its current form, the mall is 527000 square feet (48,959.9 m²) in size..http://www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/brownfields/countryclub.pdf
Surrounding Area
Country Club Mall is located in Allegany County in Western Maryland. The mall attracts residents from numerous counties in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It is the only enclosed shopping mall within 65 miles (104.6 km). It is located right off of Interstate 68Interstate 68
Interstate 68 is a Interstate highway in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting in Morgantown to in Hancock. is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From 1965 until the freeway's construction was completed in 1991, it was designated as...
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