Christmas 2019 at Montgomery Mall - Raw & Real Retail

This is our walkthrough of the Montgomery Mall in Montgomeryville, PA from December 10, 2019. We have covered this mall before and not a whole lot has changed, besides a few too many inline vacancies popping up, and Sears going into liquidation. But they have the nice hand-me-down decorations from King of Prussia a few years ago so here's a nice holiday tour.


Songs used in this video (in order):

Mannheim Steamroller - Celebration
Mannheim Steamroller - Pat A Pan
Mannheim Steamroller - Winter Wonderland
Mannheim Steamroller - Frosty the Snowman
Steve Gray - Wonder Groove
Steve Gray - Reach Out


There's not a whole lot of new information about this mall, so here is the info from our last upload (with some updates):

Here is some information from wikipedia:

Montgomery Mall is a two-story shopping mall located in the community of Montgomeryville in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania near the borough of North Wales. The mall, owned 79.4% by Simon Property Group, is located along Pennsylvania Route 309 (Bethlehem Pike) at the intersection with U.S. Route 202 Business (Dekalb Pike), amidst other commercial development. It contains 123 stores and a food court.

The Montgomery Mall was built in 1977 by The Kravco Company. In 1986, Bamberger's became Macy's. In 1995, the Wanamaker's store became Hecht's. Hecht's became Strawbridge's in 1997 after its parent company, May Department Stores, acquired the Strawbridge's chain. Simon acquired the Montgomery Mall in 2003.

Strawbridge's closed in 2006 as a result of Federated Department Stores acquiring May Department Stores, with Boscov's taking over the former store in 2007. The Boscov's store closed in October 2008 as part of their restructuring. Dick's Sporting Goods was also added in 2008. In November 2011, it was announced that a 126,000 sq ft Wegmans would replace the vacant Wanamaker's/Hecht's/Strawbridge's/Boscov's. This store was planned to be the first Wegmans located in a shopping mall. The former Wanamaker's/Hecht's/Strawbridge's/Boscov's store was demolished in the process of constructing the new Wegmans. The Wegmans store opened on November 3, 2013.

The Montgomery Mall has recently gone under reconstruction. This renovation had a cost of $8 million and the main purpose was to redesign exterior and entrance, restrooms and upgrade lighting.

On November 7, 2019, it was announced that the Sears store at Montgomery Mall would close as part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. Liquidation sales began December 2, 2019. The store will close in February 2020.


Current Anchors:
Dick's Sporting Goods - Opened in 2008
JCPenney - Opened in 1977
Macy's 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m2) - Opened in 1986
Sears - Opened in 1977
Wegmans 126,000 sq ft (11,700 m2) - Opened in 2013

Former Anchors:
Boscov's - opened in 2007, closed in 2008 and later demolished and replaced with Wegmans in 2013
Strawbridge's - Opened in 1997, closed in 2006, converted to Boscov's in 2007
Hecht's - Opened in 1995 and converted to Strawbridge's in 1997
Bamberger's - Opened in 1977 and converted to Macy's in 1986
Wanamaker's - Opened in 1977 and converted to Hecht's in 1995

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