Washington Crown Center (formerly Franklin Mall) is a regional enclosed shopping mall in North Franklin Township

North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania

North Franklin Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,818 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 152,534 registered voters in Washington County .* Democratic: 89,027 * Republican: 49,025 * Other Parties: 14,482...

, just outside the city of Washington

Washington, Pennsylvania

Washington is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh Metro Area in the southwestern part of the state...

 and south of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. The mall is anchored by Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...

, Macy's

Macy's

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

 (formerly Kaufmann's), Bon-Ton (formerly Troutman's, then Pomeroy's), and Gander Mountain

Gander Mountain

Gander Mountain, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, marine, and other outdoor recreation products and services...

 (formerly Hills

Hills Department Stores

Hills Department Store was a Canton, Massachusetts, based discount department store chain. It was founded in 1957 in Youngstown, Ohio, and existed until 1999 when it was acquired by Ames. Most stores were located in Ohio, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, though the company had...

, then Ames) as well as a 14-screen Hollywood Theater and 80 other stores. The Franklin Mall underwent a major renovation in the late 1990s to transform it from a lackluster and dated shopping mall into a more modern and bright mall with new stores, restaurants, and a new name. Even following this renovation, however, the mall has struggled to compete with other Pittsburgh area shopping centers. Furthermore, with the opening of the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers in 2008, the future of this mall remains to be seen. Stores include American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Mark and Jerry Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear...

, Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products. It is the largest segment of publicly-traded Limited Brands with sales of over US$5 billion and an operating income of $1 billion in 2006...

, Aéropostale

Aéropostale (clothing)

Aéropostale, Inc. is a mall-based, specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally targeting 14-to-17-year-old young women and men through its Aéropostale stores and 7-to-12-year-old kids through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores...

, Finish Line, and Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works, LLC, is an American retail store under the Limited Brands umbrella. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States and Canada. It specializes in lotions, bath items, personal care items, and home fragrances.The company launched both a...

.

Anchors & Majors

• Macy's
  Macy's
  Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
  
   (140,095 sq ft.)
• Sears
  Sears, Roebuck and Company
  Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
  
   (83,437 sq ft.)
• 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...
  
   (78,129 sq ft.)
• Gander Mountain
  Gander Mountain
  Gander Mountain, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, marine, and other outdoor recreation products and services...
  
   (83,835 sq ft.)
• Hollywood Theatres (54,073 sq ft.)
• Former Old Navy
  Old Navy
  Old Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...
  
  (25,012 sq ft.) (relocated to nearby Tanger Outlet Center in August 2008)

External links

• Washington Crown Center official site