# Great Northern Mall

Clay, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-4bc06644b3` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/clay-great-northern-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4bc06644b3.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4bc06644b3.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-4bc06644b3

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, entertainment, hotel, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | closed mall | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1988 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2022 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2022 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Hart Lyman Company | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | plans to transform the mall into a lifestyle center with luxury apartments and townhomes | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The mall closed on November 20, 2022.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)
- **after_notes**: “The mall closed on November 20, 2022.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)
- **status**: “The mall closed on November 20, 2022.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)
- **strategy**: “On August 17, 2022, the Hart Lyman Company announced they would transform the mall into a lifestyle center, with luxury apartments and townhomes, a movie theater and hotel, high-end shops and restaurants.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)

## Anchors

Macy's, Sears, The Bon-Ton, Dick's Sporting Goods, Sibley's, Chappell's, Dey Brothers, Kaufmann's

## Timeline

- 1988: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1988: Mall opened
- 2017: Macy's closed
- 2018: Sears closed
- 2021: Dick's Sporting Goods closed
- 2021: IHOP opened
- 2022: Hart Lyman Company announced redevelopment
- 2022: Mall closed
- 2025: Development anticipated to break ground
- 2026: Demolition started

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Great Northern Mall was an enclosed regional shopping mall located in the Syracuse suburb of Clay, New York. It closed in 2022 for redevelopment by Hart Lyman Company, which plans to transform the mall into a lifestyle center with luxury apartments and townhomes, a movie theater and hotel, high-end shops and restaurants. The mall served Syracuse's northern suburbs and Onondaga County.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Mall_(New_York)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Great Northern Mall, Clay, NY." Record m-4bc06644b3, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/clay-great-northern-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_claygreatnorthernmall,
  title = {Great Northern Mall, Clay, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/clay-great-northern-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4bc06644b3, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.