Green Acres Mall
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| Green Acres Mall | |
| Location: | Valley Stream, NY |
| Opened: | 1956 |
| Owner: | Vornado Realty Trust |
| No. of Stores: | 230+ |
| No. of Anchors: | 5 |
| Size: | 1.65 Mil. Square Feet |
| Floors | 2 |
| Open Roof: | 1956 - 1968 |
| Closed Roof | 1968 - Present |
| Renovations: |
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| Website: | Green Acres Mall |
Green Acres Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in Valley Stream, New York, off of Sunrise Highway in Nassau County right off the border of New York City. The mall is extremely popular in Nassau County as well as Queens, New York. The mall has many anchors such as Macy's, Macy's Men's and Furniture Gallery, J.C. Penney, Old Navy and Sears.
The mall is opened on weekdays including Saturday from 10:00 AM to 9:30 PM, and is open on Sunday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
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[edit] History
Green Acres Mall was built in 1956, replacing Curtiss Airfield as one of Long Island's first open air malls. In 1968, the mall was enclosed "to create an even more appealing shopping environment." At the time, there were three anchor stores. There were more renovations and an expansion in 1983 including adding a second level, food court and a fourth anchor store.[1]
In the early days of the mall, WMCA `Good Guys' would broadcast from the mall as would WABC.[2]
[edit] The Malls "Re..." Era
The ceilings, floors, and food court have been going under multi-million dollar renevations to better compare to Long Island's largest mall, Roosevelt Field Mall. The food courts renovation was finished in early 2006 The malls other renovations will be finished in March, 2007. New to the area is a Best Buy, and a BJ's Wholesale Club. BJ's opened in early2007. During the last few years the malls slogan has been Re... such as Reinvented, Redone, Remastered, etc.
[edit] Anchors & Majors
The following stores are anchors/big stores in the mall. The *'s mean Anchors.
- Macy's*
- Macy's Men's and Furniture Gallery*
- J.C. Penney*
- Old Navy*
- Sears*
- Forever 21
- Aeropostale
- Wal-mart
- Champs Sports
- H&M
- Finish Line
- Foot Locker
Some rumors have been that Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, American Eagle, and Urban Outfitters may be moving into the mall.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Green Acres Mall official web site
- The Malling of Long Island: Developers transform old air fields into open-air, covered versions of downtown
- International Council of Shopping Centers: Green Acres Mall
