Franklin Mall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Franklin Mall (formerly Philadelphia Mills and still referred to as Franklin Mills) is an enclosed shopping mall in Northeast Philadelphia, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and 15 miles (24 km) from Center City.

[3] Originally named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall is home to 125 stores, a vacant movie theater, a food court, and seven theme restaurants[4] and was visited by an estimated 18 million people in 2006.

[5] The anchor stores are Dave & Buster's, Forever 21, Urban Planet, Saks Fifth Avenue, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Walmart, Burlington, and Turn 7 Liquidators.

Four vacant anchor stores once housed American Freight, AMC Theatres, Phar-Mor and Modell's Sporting Goods.

"Cafe Freedom", a larger food court at Green Neighborhood 4, was, as of early 2016, renamed "Dining Pavilion" and has undergone renovations.

[10] From the mall's opening until 2012, an animatronic likeness of Benjamin Franklin's face hung from the ceiling at the Grand Court between Neighborhoods Blue & Yellow, which would announce the time hourly.

Sears Outlet left the mall for the first time and was replaced by General Cinema, itself acquired by AMC Theatres (closed 2025).

[20] On Black Friday 2013 at around 2:30 AM, a fight broke out in the mall involving a taser gun and two women.

[21] In late 2016 in the wake of violent flash mobs happening around the country, one of them occurred in the mall on December 27, 2016 when a group of around 30 teens flash mobbed and started fights in the food court, reportedly attacking a police officer.

[24] Another one occurred on March 29, 2021 when a fight broke out in the mall's "Dining Pavilion" food court which resulted in a shooting, killing one person.

Interior view of Franklin Mall, then known as Philadelphia Mills, 2016
Franklin Mall entrance with Simon branding removed