JUST IN. Century III Mall to close. (Pittsburgh: transfer, shop)

[PeterRabbit]

Monroeville Mall had an ice skating rink on the first floor. A restaurant was next to it and you could watch the skaters from there or about anywhere near the rink in the mall. It probably wasn't a money maker considering all the space it occupied. They took it out and put in the food court., and added stores to where the second story air space over the rink used to be. Castle Shannon used to have an ice rink. You'll be the only mall to have one and I think that could draw as long as you have the space for it. Mom can go shopping and dump the kids off at the rink.

Keep us posted about anything else new that may be coming there.

[saturdayskids]

People will lose the negative impression they have of C3 as soon as they fix the potholes and powerwash the building.. And like.. make the inside brighter or something.

It's depressing going there

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by By~Tor

Thanks- - -and actually, we're in negotiations to have an ice hockey rink built, perhaps up on the top deck near Sears... also looking at several other options to bring in new business, as well. Things are actually kinda' exciting at C-III right now, and if we can only fight down the negative impression people have from it having been neglected for so many years, we'll be well on the way to recovery...

Last Christmas shopping season, Century III was rated number one out of all other malls in our area for car thefts.

[Geeo]

Take those TV-news "investigative reports" on crime with a large shaker of salt. They usually do them around sweeps period to get viewers.

[scottrpriester]

Originally Posted by Geeo

Take those TV-news "investigative reports" on crime with a large shaker of salt. They usually do them around sweeps period to get viewers.

I figured someone would say that; I can tell bad and hyped up reporting from just printing something to have a story

[By~Tor]

Originally Posted by scottrpriester

Last Christmas shopping season, Century III was rated number one out of all other malls in our area for car thefts.

"Number One", meaning we had the LEAST amount of them, not the most.....

[fourwontoo]

Century III was always a cool mall. It's a huge building and it was designed real well. Who could forget looking at all the spray paint on top of the hillside surrounding the mall? They can't get the business anymore from people willing to travel because of it's condition, etc. People that used go to South Hills Village would use Century III as an alternative because it wasn't that much further away. Now with the opening of Robinson mall for the past few years they can drive to a much better mall and use South Hills Village as the alternative. SHVM is whole different topic though and I see that mall slipping in quality. In the end I believe Century III hasn't taken care of itself while competing with other establishments sprouting up.

[PeterRabbit]

Century III Mall has been on the selling block since 2006, according to Simon Property Group, claiming that it doesn't fit the company's portfolio of more upscale malls, such as Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh's North Hills and the nearby South Hills Village mall.

Century III Mall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[By~Tor]

Originally Posted by fourwontoo

SHVM is whole different topic though and I see that mall slipping in quality.

I worked out there a couple weeks and, honestly, I didn't see what the big deal was... we have a kind of friendly competition with the management out there, and even with their nonexistant vacancy rates, I didn't see it anywhere as "welcoming" in feeling as C-III.... it just seemed cold & sterile...

Originally Posted by fourwontoo

In the end I believe Century III hasn't taken care of itself while competing with other establishments sprouting up.

That would be Simon, not C-III. . . . the mall manager has consistently put in for capital improvements over the years and most of it gets rejected by the higher-ups... if C-III suffers, it's not due to local, but by corporate dereliction of duty....

"Ooops, did I say that?!?!?!"......

[jcsinpgh]

I thought this was an interesting article in light of this thread:

Bus trips reduced to Century III Mall