Westmoreland Mall

Westmoreland Mall is a two-level, enclosed super-regional shopping and casino complex in the municipality of Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh, and owned and operated by CBL Properties.

[1] Surrounding the mall are over 25 retailers and dining establishments, including the Westmoreland Crossing strip shopping center, which opened in 1978 and features a 15-screen AMC Theatres complex, Dick's Sporting Goods, Levin Furniture, Michaels Arts and Crafts, Planet Fitness and T.J. Maxx.

Miller's Woods served as a popular campsite during the infancy of the Lincoln Highway which saw the likes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs camping on the site.

As the demand for more retail grew in the area, Kaufmann's and Sears approached the Rouse Company, owner of Greengate Mall, about the possibility of opening a new location at the facility.

In the mid-1970s, Adam Eidemiller, Inc., the development company that owned the land at the time, initially proposed building a motel on the open acreage, but eventually decided that it was not the best use of the property.

[2] On February 28, 1977, the 850,000-square-foot (79,000 m2) Westmoreland Mall officially opened its doors with Kaufmann's and Sears as the anchor stores and 89 other retailers.

Special events at the new mall included a visit by Mr. McFeely (played by David Newell) of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Greengate took proactive measures to remain competitive with Westmoreland Mall as it completed a makeover in 1981 and attempted to remerchandise and lease the center to new merchants well into the late 1980s.

In response, it went through a $33 million renovation and expansion project, which began in 1993 and ended with the grand opening of JCPenney, which relocated from Greengate Mall, in 1994.

The expansion also brought another 66,000 square feet (6,100 m2) for 20 new retailers and a spacious food court, as well as a three-level parking garage and a new entrance.

The last major mall addition took place in 1999, when Carmike Cinemas (now AMC Theatres) opened a new 15-screen stadium-style seating movie theater abutting the annex.

Casino Pittsburgh is a $150 million, 129,552 square foot gaming and entertainment complex at Westmoreland Mall, which was built in the former Bon-Ton building.

Additionally, the casino features a FanDuel sportsbook and lounge, a 7,000-square-foot event center called The Venue Live!, a small lounge area called the Social Club, as well as several nationally recognized restaurants and live entertainment venues, including Sports & Social Steel City, Guy Fieri's American Kitchen and Bar and PBR Cowboy Bar Pittsburgh.

At the time of the mall's development, the new Sears store would be twice as large as its predecessor, and offer a larger selection of merchandise on two levels.

[5] On February 20, 2024, Dick's Sporting Goods signed a lease with Transformco Properties for future use of the two-level space, according to the company's website.

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