Viewmont Mall is a shopping mall located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods / Field & Stream, and HomeGoods.[1]
 Looking towards JCPenney, the mall entrance, and Yankee Candle on May 16, 2017 | |
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| Location | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°27′37″N 75°39′23″W / 41.46033°N 75.65631°W |
| Address | 100 Viewmont Mall |
| Opening date | 1968[1] |
| Developer | Crown Construction[2][3] |
| Owner | PREIT[4] |
| No. of stores and services | 90[5][needs update] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4[1] |
| Total retail floor area | 768,000 square feet (71,000 m2)[1] |
| Website | shopviewmontmall |
History
Viewmont Mall cost $10 million to construct and the original anchors included Grant's, JCPenney and Sears.[2][3][6] Sears opened first at the mall in February 1968, with JCPenney later opening in October.[2][7] Grant's closed at the Viewmont Mall in 1976 and was replaced by Hess's the same year.[3][8][9] Hess's built a larger store starting in 1987.[10] Sears received major changes in 1993 that roughly doubled the store's size.[11] Hess's closed in late summer 1994, and was replaced by Kaufmann's in Fall 1995.[8][9] Viewmont, along with Wyoming Valley Mall was sold by Crown American to PREIT in 2003.[12] Kaufmann's was renamed Macy's in September 2006.[9] Viewmont Mall received a major renovation in 2007.[13]
The malls food court in 2014 received significant changes including the addition of Buffalo Wild Wings.[14] Sears closed in mid-2016 and was demolished later in the year.[15][16] PREIT knew Sears would not remain at the mall several years before its lease expired.[5] Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream were announced as Sears replacement in April 2016 with the dual store opening in September 2017.[17][18][19] HomeGoods opened in August 2017 next to Field & Stream, on former Sears space.[20][21] Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream temporarily shut down at end of January 2023. The store was converted into a Dick’s House of Sport with an opening date scheduled for August.[22]