Century 3 and the Declining South Hills (Oliver, McDonald: apartment, new home, construction)

[By~Tor]

Originally Posted by londonbarcelona

I don't have a problem with the way the mall looks or it's parking areas. What I Do take issue to is that it has a very poor selection of stores. At least for "me." But on the other hand, it's a wonderful mall to service those who can't afford to shop elsewhere. Especially for younger people. Other than Macy's (which tends to carry it's lower rated brands at this particular store) there are virtually no stores for a woman older than 21.

If I were to shop there, my choices would be; JCPenney, Sears or a crappy Macy's. To me, it' snot worth the trip to go there. And because of the selection of stores, one can easily see WHY the "juggalos" and other groups of bored teens hang out there. The mall is servicing those types of customers.

Here's a list of the stores that are listed on their website. It looks to me like it's the perfect place for young teen moms to hang out!
Century 3 Mall

The tenants I speak with all complain about the high rent they pay. that, and the proximity of the mall, proper, to highway 51, seem to make the decision for stores to locate elsewhere... if Simon would either lower rents and bring in special events to drive new traffic, I think they could solve the issue fairly quickly. But, until they do that, the only stores that WILL occupy spaces there are stalwarts like the three anchors you mentioned, and the "new style" stores that the kids seem to like best. In a way, Simon IS marketing to its clientele, believe it or not....

Note: We also count Dick's Sporting goods and Steve & Barrys as anchor stores.....

[steelcityjerseys]

UPMC has bought Century three mall and will tear down and build a new muti plex med center everything is pretty much gone at century three mall and the rest will be gone by summer of 2009 and the destruction of the mall will be around August 2009 The reason is that the South Hills is steady declining and the Mall its self is in real bad shape with The Mall At Robinson and The Pittsburgh Mills Mall Century three was already doomed So The Mall will Close and alil more info Parkway Center will be gone by Fall Of 2009 that mall is slowly sinking into the ground.If you go into Kmart look on the ground the big steel plates on the floor are covering a big crack from the floor this mall is no longer safe in my mind you can feel the ground shake when a rig drives by and this was a 3 level mall now its a one level mall. with only K-Mart The Sports Deli and Phantom Of The Attic So The South Hills Of Pittsburgh will lose two malls Century 3 and Parkway Center Mall

[bbrian12]

upmc century 3? upmc jefferson?
how bout upmc monopoly

just like they bought palace inn to make upmc monroeville
to squeeze out forbes regional

i guess since upmc cant buy jefferson hospital they will build a upmc hospital next to it to squeeze them out

all the money they saved laying people off
now they can build another pointless hospital

[igo]

Originally Posted by steelcityjerseys

UPMC has bought Century three mall and will tear down and build a new muti plex med center everything is pretty much gone at century three mall and the rest will be gone by summer of 2009 and the destruction of the mall will be around August 2009...

Is this for real. Do you have a web link to this story?

[Pitt Chick]

Originally Posted by steelcityjerseys

UPMC has bought Century three mall and will tear down and build a new muti plex med center everything is pretty much gone at century three mall and the rest will be gone by summer of 2009 and the destruction of the mall will be around August 2009l

C'mon!

You just can't sign up and throw out something like that as your first post without citing your source....


There IS a source, right?

[vectorfrankel]

Steel City Jerseys

I wonder if this is one of the crappy vendors in Century III. The one on the first floor near the Arcade-ish?

Either way, I wouldn't believe a word of any of that. By~Tor has been saying that Century III will be there for a while

[steelcityjerseys]

I can't give my source but its from a UPMC Spokes person Its For real

[bbrian12]

i was out century 3 last night
what a shame about that place
so many empty storefronts
i remember when i was a kid every store was full and the food court had a bunch of places to eat

and around chrismas time you could barely find a place to park
last night i parked in the second row on the top floor of sears

and dammit
gorant chocolates is a friggin shoe store now

[vectorfrankel]

At least Mrs. Fields is still there. And I still use their arcade because I'm a little baby.


Anyone remember when they had a VIRTUAL ARCADE in the mall? And I think it cost a asinine amount of money. And you got to play fun games such as "swat the flies" and stuff?

[PeterRabbit]

What's the word on the skating/hockey rink going in?