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Malls · Pennsylvania

West Manchester Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRedevelopedDemolishedYork County, PA

Opened 1981. Redeveloped · Redeveloped in 2005.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed
Site size702,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer
Retrofit year2005extracted, unreviewed
Walkability15.5 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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West Manchester Mall
Exterior view of a commercial building with signage for Artesian Pools & Spas under clear blue sky. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile14 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Bon-Ton Department StoreThis site: Bon-Ton Department Store wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
KmartThis site: Kmart wikipedia · all sites with this
Macy'sThis site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
Website aliveThis site: …http://westmanchestertowncenter.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 37,573 on LINCOLN HW fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: LINCOLN HW fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 15.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: West Manchester Town Center extraction · all sites with this
New use
Mixed useThis site: West Manchester Town Center extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedeveloped · Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed
New usesretailextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowWest Manchester Town Centerextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2005extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperWest Manchester Town Centerextracted, unreviewed

Planning

Zoning changeretailextracted, unreviewed
Entitlement year2005extracted, unreviewed

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2005Sold—West Manchester Town Center ← West Manchester MallWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “West Manchester Mall” and “York County” (2 hits, first 2 sampled, 1 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (weak)CROWN AMERICAN REALTY TRUST12001-02-26 to 2001-02-2610-K 1

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 kmjunctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m5: GANDER MOUNTAIN NO 215; MOTORWORKS; PETCO #2891; WALMART SUPERCENTER NO 2205; YORK NEWSPAPER COEPA FRS
Census tract 421330214105,085 people, 1,551 per sq mi; median household income $70,802; median gross rent $1,297; 38% renters; 8.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 15.5 of 20; 32 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 213 m; land-use mix 0.9; 52,078 jobs within 45 min by car, 3,060 by transit; 28% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)4 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 3 civic, 15 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 31 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, York County (PA), 2024338 units in 5+ unit buildings, 45 in 2–4, 952 single-family; 2023: 146 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.58; socioeconomic 0.40; housing and transport 0.76; 13% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Briarwood Golf Club (3.9 km); York Mall (8.5 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace West Manchester Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.77, from Foursquare, Overture); building footprint 33,238 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwestmanchestertowncenter.com (alive)Overture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views19,349 since 2015; 1,265 in the last 12 months (-1% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-12 with 368Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population -1% (5,128 → 5,085); median income +46% ($48,403 → $70,802); renters 36% → 38%; median home value +58% ($166,900 → $263,200)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 60.1); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: inland flooding, winter weather; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,183 establishments (-8%); 23,030 jobs (+6%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $309,136 (+3% 1 yr, +33% 5 yr); typical rent $1,380/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025279 (2000 = 100); +5.3% 1 yr, +55% 5 yr, +83% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)37,573 vehicles a day on LINCOLN HW (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 3,949 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

West Manchester Mall opened in 1981 as an enclosed, one‑story shopping mall. It operated until 2005, when the property was demolished and replaced by the open‑air West Manchester Town Center retail development.

Why. The record does not state specific causes such as anchor tenant loss, competition, or debt; it only notes the site’s demolition and retrofit as a redevelopment.

Where it stands. The site is currently demolished and controlled by West Manchester Town Center, which acquired the property in a 2005 sale from the former mall owner.

For a planner

  • Precedent: full demolition and replacement with open‑air retail (retrofit already built).
  • Policy tools: zoning changed to retail and entitlement completed in 2005.
  • Open question: long‑term retail viability given York County’s 3.4% population growth (2018‑23) and evolving consumer preferences.

For a developer

  • Site size: 702,000 sf GLA.
  • Control: owned by West Manchester Town Center after 2005 sale; entitlement and zoning retail completed in 2005.
  • Constraints: none specified in the record (flood, transit, environment unknown).
  • Market signal: York County grew 3.4% from 2018‑2023, indicating regional demand.

What we do not know yet

  • Anchor tenant mix and reasons for demolition are not stated.
  • Financial details (debt, sale price) are missing.
  • Environmental constraints, flood risk, and transit access are not described.
  • Current occupancy/vacancy of the replacement center is unknown.
  • Some fields are marked as extraction and the record is verified only as draft, indicating potential data quality issues.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

Similar sites

  • Schuylkill Mall, Frackville, PA · Malls · similar GLA (727,000 sq ft); opened 1980; same strategy: redevelop
  • Century Plaza, Birmingham, AL · Malls · similar GLA (740,000 sq ft); opened 1975; same strategy: redevelop
  • Eastland Mall, Tulsa, OK · Malls · similar GLA (700,684 sq ft); opened 1986; same strategy: redevelop
  • Euclid Square Mall, Euclid, OH · Malls · similar GLA (632,043 sq ft); opened 1977; same strategy: redevelop

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: West Manchester Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • closed or demolished site (sourced)
  • 702,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
  • county grew 3.4% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened1981Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area702,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer
Stores at peak51Esri 2014 layer
Original developerWest Manchester Mallextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsMacy's, JCPenney, Sears, Wal-Mart, Kmart, Value City, Bon-Ton Department Store
AddressRte. 74 & U.S. Rte. 30 Bypass
CountyYork
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres. Know it? Tell us.

Background

West Manchester Town Center is an open-air shopping center in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, west of the city of York. It replaces the former West Manchester Mall, an enclosed, one-story shopping mall.

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

Timeline

  1. 1970 opened
  2. 1981 Opened

Sources

  • Wikipedia: West Manchester Mall · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, zoning change
    6 quoted sentences
    replaces the former West Manchester Mall, an enclosed, one-story shopping mall.
    replaces the former West Manchester Mall, an enclosed, one-story shopping mall.
    replaces the former West Manchester Mall, an enclosed, one-story shopping mall.
    replaces the former West Manchester Mall, an enclosed, one-story shopping mall.
  • Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

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