Monroeville Mall

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Monroeville Mall is a two-level, enclosed shopping mall in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh. It is located near the junction of I-376 and I-76.

Developed by Oxford Development Company, the property was acquired in 2004 for $232 million by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., a REIT based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Recently, the mall finished a massive remodeling project to compete with several newer, more luxurious malls in the Pittsburgh area. It is one of two CBL malls owned in the Pittsburgh area, the other being Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg. Both malls are marketed together through various media outlets.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Dawn of the Dead 2 Media 3 Mall tenants 3.1 Anchor stores 3.2 Apparel stores 3.3 The District 3.4 Restaurants 4 External links

[edit] History

• Monroeville Mall was developed by Oxford Development Company in 1969, and at the time it was considered to be the largest shopping mall in the United States.

• Monroeville Mall was home to the first world-class ice skating rink in an enclosed mall on the East Coast. It closed in February 1984, to be converted into a food court, which still exists today.

[edit] Dawn of the Dead

Monroeville Mall is not most famous as the setting for the movie, Dawn of the Dead, the 1978 cult horror classic, directed by George A. Romero. Thousands of movie fans still visit the mall every year for a guided tour of scenes from the movie [1].

• Monroeville Mall is the setting for the survival board game Mall of Horror.

• My Chemical Romance has a song called Early Sunsets Over Monroeville, based on the film Dawn of the Dead.

[edit] Media

• The fictional Pittsburgh suburb of Libertyville, Pennsylvania in the Stephen King novel Christine was inspired by Monroeville, Pennsylvania and the Monroeville Mall.

• The fictional mall of Willamette named "Willamette Parkview Mall" of Dead Rising was also inspired by Monroeville Mall as the same setting as Dawn of the Dead (The creators had noted that the game was not developed, approved or licensed by the owners or creators of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.)

[edit] Mall tenants

Monroeville Mall is home to over 180 stores and restaurants, which also includes the District shops and the Annex.

[edit] Anchor stores

• Boscov's (234,538 sq. ft., formerly Gimbels, then Kaufmann's)
• JC Penney (210,467 sq. ft.)
• Macy's (240,526 sq. ft., formerly Horne's, then Lazarus)

[edit] Apparel stores

• Abercrombie & Fitch
• American Eagle Outfitters
• Ann Taylor LOFT
• The Buckle
• Charlotte Russe
• Express (Men & Women)
• Guess?
• Hollister Co.
• Hot Topic
• The Limited
• The Men's Wearhouse
• Pacific Sunwear
• Victoria's Secret
• Wet Seal

[edit] The District

• Barnes and Noble
• Bombay Company
• Chico's
• Coldwater Creek
• ULTA Salon

[edit] Restaurants

• American Café
• Houlihan's
• Johnny Carino's (The District)
• Monterey Bay Fish Grotto (The District)

[edit] External links

• Monroeville Mall
• Monroeville Mall 1978 Tour
• Monroeville Mall Revisited
• Monroeville Mall Satellite Image

Pittsburgh Metro Shopping Malls and Centers
Pittsburgh Central: Downtown Retail | Station Square | Southside Works | Northshore | Mt. Washington | University District | Strip District | Shadyside
Pittsburgh's North Hills: Pittsburgh Mills | Ross Park Mall | Northway Mall | Grove City Outlets | North Hills Village | Waterworks Mall | Clearview Mall | Cranberry Mall
Pittsburgh's West Hills & Airport: AirMall | The Mall at Robinson | Robinson Town Centre | Beaver Valley Mall | The Pointe at North Fayette | Collier Crossing
Pittsburgh's South Hills: South Hills Village | Century III Mall | The Galleria | The Waterfront | SouthPointe Center | Victory Center
Pittsburgh's East Hills: Monroeville Mall | Westmoreland Mall | Greengate Centre | Edgewood Towne Center | Miracle Mile