Philadelphia Mills
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°05′14″N 74°57′42″W / 40.0873°N 74.9616°WCoordinates: 40°05′14″N 74°57′42″W / 40.0873°N 74.9616°W |
| Opening date | May 11, 1989 |
| Developer | Mills Corporation |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,776,000 square feet (165,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | Parking lot |
| Public transit access |
 SEPTA bus: 20, 50, 67, 84, 129, 130 |
| Website | Official website |
Philadelphia Mills (formerly Franklin Mills) is an enclosed shopping mall located in Northeast Philadelphia, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and 15 miles (24 km) outside Center City. Formerly named for Benjamin Franklin, the mall houses 200 stores, a movie theatre, two food courts, and seven theme restaurants and was visited by an estimated 18 million people in 2006.
Opened in 1989, Franklin Mills was the second built and formerly owned by the Mills Corporation and is now managed by the Simon Property Group. Along with King of Prussia Mall, Simon has control of Pennsylvania's two largest malls.
On September 16, 2014, Simon Property Group renamed the mall from Franklin Mills to Philadelphia Mills.
The Philadelphia Mills site was formerly home to Liberty Bell Park Racetrack. It is located approximately one mile west of Interstate 95, at the intersection of Woodhaven Road (Pennsylvania State Route 63) and Knights Road.
Philadelphia Mills mall is designed in the shape of a thunderbolt in commemoration of Benjamin Franklin's kite-and-key experiment. The mall's former logo from when it was called Franklin Mills included a red kite with a lighting bolt on the right side and the string ending on the letter "A" of "FRANKLIN". The mall is separated by its four Neighborhoods: Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green, and has six main entries including its neighborhood color entries, plus Aqua at the Grand Court and the Orange entry in its Green Neighborhood near the former Steve & Barry's. There are also entries at either side of the AMC 14 theater for moviegoers after mall hours.
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