Camillus Plaza

Camillus Plaza
Location	anchor tenants
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Camillus Plaza (later Camillus Mall) and now known as Camillus Commons, was a shopping mall in Camillus, New York.

Camillus Plaza opened in 1964 as a strip mall on the site of a former Kallet

Hills.^[4]

Camillus Mall

In 1984, most of the remaining strip mall was enclosed. As part of this conversion, Witherill's was replaced by Hess's.^[5] P&C moved to a newly constructed freestanding store at the corner of the plaza's property, a Carl's Drugs (later Fay's Drugs, Eckerd, and finally Rite Aid) was attached to P&C, and an additional entrance was added to JCPenney so that mall patrons could enter the store without leaving the enclosed mall. Additionally, the entire complex was renamed Camillus Mall. In 1987,

Radio Shack, Fanny Farmer, Lane Bryant, Doc's Pizzeria and Afterthoughts

.

Decline

Camillus Mall's decline began in 1990, just as the newer and larger

Bon-Ton, closed on August 29, 2018). In the years to follow, a number of anchor stores and smaller shops began to close, including Silo, Kmart, and Hills. By 2001, Sears^[1]

and JCPenney had closed as well, leaving only a few small stores and the "Hoyts Cinema 18" left in operation.

Camillus Commons

In 2003, the entire mall was torn down,

Verizon Wireless outlet (which relocated to a new Verizon store in Camillus in the late-2010s). Wendy's opened a restaurant behind Denny's

in late 2014.

After Bon-Ton closed in the summer of 2018, the building became composed of medical offices such as St. Joseph’s Health, which opened in 2019, and Empire Dermatology, which opened in 2022.

References

^ ^a ^b Paul Allen (1999). "Camillus Mall to Lose Major Anchor in January". CNY Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
^ "Kallet Drive-In, Camillus, NY". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
^ "Kallet Drive-In Theatre". CinemaTour. Retrieved February 19, 2007.
^ Joseph A. Porcello. "2 new stores, company's expansion to add 425 jobs" (PDF). Post Standard, The (Syracuse, NY). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
^ "Hess's 2 new Syracuse units exceed projected sales by 30%". Daily News Record. August 1984. Retrieved February 14, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Demolition Starts on Camillus Mall". Post Standard, The(Syracuse, NY). Retrieved February 14, 2008.

External links

DeadMalls.com writeup

[allen-1] Paul Allen (1999). "Camillus Mall to Lose Major Anchor in January". CNY Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2007.

[2] "Kallet Drive-In, Camillus, NY". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved February 19, 2007.

[3] "Kallet Drive-In Theatre". CinemaTour. Retrieved February 19, 2007.

[4] Joseph A. Porcello. "2 new stores, company's expansion to add 425 jobs" (PDF). Post Standard, The (Syracuse, NY). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2008.

[hess-5] "Hess's 2 new Syracuse units exceed projected sales by 30%". Daily News Record. August 1984. Retrieved February 14, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[6] "Demolition Starts on Camillus Mall". Post Standard, The(Syracuse, NY). Retrieved February 14, 2008.

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