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Irondequoit mall

Medley Centre
Rochester Medley Centre.jpg
Main entrance as it appeared in September 2007
Location Irondequoit, New York
Opening date March 1, 1990
Closing date February 2, 2009
Developer Wilmorite Properties
Management Angelo Ingrassia
Owner Angelo Ingrassia
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2)
No. of floors 2

Medley Centre is a defunct shopping mall in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester. The mall opened in 1990 as Irondequoit Mall, but early success gave way to dwindling patronage. At its peak, it featured four anchor stores: J. C. Penney (later Steve & Barry's), Sears, Sibley's (later Kaufmann's and Macy's), and McCurdy's (later The Bon-Ton). The mall closed in 2009 except for Macy's and Sears, which respectively closed in 2014 and 2016.

On August 29, 2017, current owner Angelo Ingrassia announced a plan to redevelop the vacant mall into a community center, named Skyview on the Ridge.

Wilmorite Properties first announced plans for Irondequoit Mall in June 1985, and by May 1988, the first three anchor stores were confirmed: Sears, J. C. Penney, and Sibley's, which became Kaufmann's shortly after opening. It opened in March 1990 with approximately 110 stores, and had an estimated 80,000 customers in its first weekend of business. McCurdy's opened as a fourth anchor store in 1992, but closed after only two years in business and became a location of The Bon-Ton. Although initially successful, Irondequoit Mall began to lose tenants when two other regional malls also owned by Wilmorite (The Mall at Greece Ridge, created by connecting adjacent malls Greece Towne Mall and Long Ridge Mall to each other, and Eastview Mall) were renovated and expanded, drawing shoppers away from Irondequoit.

By 2000, the mall was a rumored source of crime. That same year, Wilmorite sold it to The Equitable. J. C. Penney closed its store in 2003 due to declining sales. Adam Bersin bought the mall in 2005, at which point it was 70 percent vacant. Under Bersin's ownership, the mall was renamed Medley Centre. Also, the former J. C. Penney space became a Steve & Barry's in 2005, and Target opened under an outparcel a year later. Despite these additions, the mall continued to lose inline tenants including Ruby Tuesday, Aéropostale, Subway, The Limited, Victoria's Secret, and Waldenbooks.


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