Mall at Steamtown
Mall atrium during The Office convention, October 2007
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| Location | Scranton, PA, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°24′30″N 75°40′05″W / 41.40833°N 75.66806°W |
| Address | 300 Lackawanna Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503 |
| Opening date | 1993 |
| Developer | Scranton Mall Associates |
| Management | Zamias Services, Inc. |
| Owner | Steamtown 300 LLC |
| No. of stores and services | 43 - 47 (2015) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 555,815 - 563,774 sq. ft. |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 2,441 spaces |
| Public transit access |
 COLTS bus: 12, 13, 14, 18, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 52, 53, 54, 71, 72, 73, 96, 99 |
| Website | The Marketplace at Steamtown |
The Marketplace at Steamtown (formerly The Mall at Steamtown) is a shopping mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was conceived in the mid-1980s as the keystone of downtown revitalization, though the project was not completed until 1993. Its opening in 1993 was nationally televised on CNN and attended by then-Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey, Sr., who was instrumental in securing funding for and initiating development of the mall. The mall is built on approximately half of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad yard that was abandoned by Conrail in the late 1970s. The mall is two levels with a food court overlooking Steamtown National Historic Site on the second floor. The mall is located on Lackawanna Avenue in the heart of downtown Scranton, and includes a parking garage that stretches the length of the mall between Boscov's and the former The Bon-Ton.
The Mall at Steamtown project was organized by Al Boscov, due to Boscov's being unable to move into Crown American malls after they bought Hess's. Boscov’s Department Stores and Shopco Advisory Corp developed the mall under the name Scranton Mall Associates. The mall cost $90 million to construct and required the demolition of many buildings. Prior to the construction, the area had problems with drugs and prostitution.
The Bon-Ton moved to the mall in 2000 from its location at the Keyser Oak Shopping Center. In 2003, Steamtown Mall Partners replaced Scranton Mall Associates as the manager of the mall. The malls owners fought the construction of The Shoppes at Montage and lost in court.
The Bon-Ton closed after the lease expired on January 31, 2014, and had a store in the mall for 13 years. They also leased an additional 10,000 square feet over two stores on the malls first floor.American Eagle and ATOS Chicken & Waffles also closed. A replacement store had shown interest, but was delayed due to the foreclosure. No new anchor was in negotiations to replace The Bon-Ton according to Al Boscov. After the foreclosure announcement As Seen on TV, Cinnabon/Carvel, and Steamtown Pub and Grill also closed. After the Sheriff’s sale, Express closed in August 2014.Jones Lang LaSalle managed the mall from 2012 until 2014. Part of the parking deck near the former Bon-Ton store had to be closed in 2014 due to degradation. Overall parking was not affected due to the parking garage underneath the mall and the parking deck near Boscov's. Repairs for the parking garages were estimated at $10 million. The Steamtown 8 Cinemas (Marquee Cinemas) did not generate enough revenue to afford the conversion to digital projectors. Operator Marquee did not renew its lease at the end of 2014.Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister closed in December 2014. Due to the Foreclosure and Sheriff’s sale, The Mall at Steamtown's vacancy is at seventy five percent.Lids and Nathan's Hot Dogs closed in January 2015. The mall considered ending the parking program in January 2015, but kept it active.f.y.e. and The Bodywork Store closed in May 2015. According to Al Boscov, many stores left under the terms of their lease due to the mall only having one remaining anchor store.
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