# Richland Mall

Johnstown, PA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-2e5ef6aba2` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/johnstown-richland-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-2e5ef6aba2.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-2e5ef6aba2.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-2e5ef6aba2

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | strip mall | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1974 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1998 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2004 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Existing from 1974 to 1998, Richland Mall was an enclosed shopping mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center
- **year_closed**: “shuttered in 1998 after losing business to The Johnstown Galleria which opened in 1992” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center
- **after_notes**: “strip mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center
- **status**: “torn down and redeveloped as a strip mall” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center
- **strategy**: “redeveloped” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center
- **enclosed**: “Richland Mall was an enclosed shopping mall” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Sears, The Bon-Ton, Kmart, Best Buy, Penn Traffic

## Parties

- Sears — owner (from text) (1974–1998)
- Kmart — owner (from text) (1974–1998)
- Penn Traffic — owner (from text) (1974–1998)

## Timeline

- 1974: opened
- 1992: competition
- 1998: closed
- 2004: redeveloped

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

Richland Town Center is a power center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 219 at Elton Road and Theatre Drive. The center opened in 2004 on the site of the former Richland Mall. Existing from 1974 to 1998, Richland Mall was an enclosed shopping mall whose anchor stores were Sears, Kmart, and Penn Traffic; Sears later became Hills and then Ames, while Penn Traffic later became Hess's and then The Bon-Ton. Richland Mall was shuttered in 1998 after losing business to The Johnstown Galleria which opened in 1992. Richland Mall was then torn down and redeveloped as a strip mall, which features Walmart, TJ Maxx/HomeGoods, Best Buy, and Ulta as its anchor stores.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_Town_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Richland Mall, Johnstown, PA." Record m-2e5ef6aba2, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/johnstown-richland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_johnstownrichlandmall,
  title = {Richland Mall, Johnstown, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/johnstown-richland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-2e5ef6aba2, 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.