Malls · Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Mall

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedOperatingSelinsgrove, PA

Operating mall (400k sq ft) with church/civic/healthcare/retail uses; anchors include Boscov's (1977), Family Practice Center, and Redeemer Fellowship Church; retrofit already built. · summary, model-written

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Former anchors

Bon-Ton

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Boscov's

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J. C. Penney

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Place

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -14% census-cbp · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: MARINE CORPS LEAG MEM HW fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -1.9% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

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New use

Church and worship

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Civic and government

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Retail (continued)

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Now

Status	OperatingWikipedia no source
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New uses	church, civic, healthcare, retailWikipedia no source

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Susquehanna Valley Mall” and “Selinsgrove” (30 hits, first 30 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2012-03-19 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2012 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	COMM 2012-LC4 Mortgage Trust	4	2012-03-19 to 2012-08-14	8-K 4

Site context

Housing permits, Snyder County (PA), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 48 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	2,808 jobs in 174 establishments; average annual pay $31,307; employment location quotient 1.83; employment -1.3% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,907 jobs; 263 in retail trade, 137 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42109070701)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 45th income percentile as adults; 2.2% incarcerated at the 2010 count (254 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 10% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 8.5%; median family income $59,835; 339 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Selinsgrove Area School District (KG-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Selinsgrove Intrmd Sch; Selinsgrove Area El Sch; Selinsgrove Area HS; Selinsgrove Area MSNCES EDGE
Elevation	445 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	69 county-logged events: 57 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flood; $338,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 17870, 2026-09	median list price $414,968 (+12.9% on the year); 32 active listings; median 99 days on market; 11% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	169 establishments (-14%); 3,107 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $240,138 (+5% 1 yr, +4% 5 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	14,469 vehicles a day on MARINE CORPS LEAG MEM HW (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 2,928 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Susquehanna Valley Mall (400,000 sq ft) remains operational in Selinsgrove, PA, with current uses including church (Redeemer Fellowship), civic, healthcare (Family Practice Center), and retail (Boscov's, Flea Flickers, Hobby Lobby outparcel).

Why. Anchors include Boscov's (opened 1977, prior to mall), Bon-Ton, J.C. Penney, and Sears (added 1998). CMBS financing occurred in 2012 (COMM 2012-LC4 Trust).

Where it stands. Status: Operating. Retrofit already built (opp_reasons). Peer comparison: 6 similar GLA/mall strategy sites (e.g., Whitehall Plaza, PA).

For a planner

Current anchor mix includes healthcare and church
Historical anchors: Boscov's (1977), Bon-Ton, J.C. Penney, Sears (1998)
No vacancy rate or tenant count provided

For a developer

New uses confirmed: church, civic, healthcare, retail
No current tenant list beyond anchors
Peer list includes 3 PA sites (Whitehall Plaza, others)
Unknown: Current tenant occupancy, financials beyond 2012 CMBS

What we do not know yet

No recent tenant activity data (last SEC filings 2018)
No vacancy rate or rent levels
No current tenant list beyond anchors
No evidence of new construction since 2012 CMBS

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History and original facts

Gross leasable area	400,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction
Anchors	Boscov's, J. C. Penney, Bon-Ton
County	Snyder County
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Susquehanna Valley Mall, opened in 1978 as a shopping mall, now hosts healthcare, civic, retail, and church uses including a clinic in the former Sears space and storage in the former Bon-Ton space.

Not yet recorded: acres, year opened, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Susquehanna Valley Mall is a shopping mall outside of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania on US 11/US 15. It is anchored by Boscov's, Family Practice Center, Flea Flickers, and Redeemer Fellowship Church. Several outparcels include an AMC Theatres and Hobby Lobby. == History (1977–2014) == Boscov's opened in 1977, prior to the mall. Susquehanna Valley Mall opened on September 26, 1978 with 400,000 sq. ft. of space and three anchors including Bon-Ton and Boscov's. J. C. Penney became an anchor 10 months after the mall opened. Susquehanna Valley Mall expanded in 1998 and added a fourth anchor, Sears, along with additional stores.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Sources

Susquehanna Valley Mall · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Susquehanna Valley Mall

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Susquehanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove, PA." Record n-b8bb0217f4, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/selinsgrove-susquehanna-valley-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_selinsgrovesusquehannavalleymall,
  title = {Susquehanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/selinsgrove-susquehanna-valley-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-b8bb0217f4, 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}
}

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