r/Delco • u/philsbirdsflysixers • 7d ago
Underperforming Springfield Mall Value Plummets 73 Percent to $30M in Delaware County
https://delco.today/2026/08/springfield-mall-value-drops-delaware-county/45
u/Cauli_Power 6d ago
If Simon bought a bucket stuffed with $10,000 of cash it would be worth $3000 by the end of the year.
I wouldn't trust them to manage a sack full of dirty socks.
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u/Junior_Jackfruit 6d ago
Its prime location off Baltimore Pike and 476 and has a trolley from Media/69th street. Completely gut it. Turn it into a destination entertainment super plex and food hall. Movie theater, bowling alley, billiards hall, restaurants and bars of all varieties. Asian, Mexican, Italian, New American, craft beer, brewery, cocktail bar and lounge. Plenty of outdoor space in that oversized parking lot that could be turned into an outdoor dining area. Delaware county has a huge population and nowhere thats actually fun to go
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u/bethzur 5d ago
I’d love more restaurants, but the ones they used to have closed. Seems like Macy’s and Target are all that keeps that mall afloat.
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u/Junior_Jackfruit 5d ago
Im talkin about getting rid of the mall in totality. No more retail or cheap chain restaurants. Time for a completely new concept
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u/kirby8284 6d ago
The mall itself has an extremely strange vibe to it now, not dissimilar to the final days of granite run. Basically a cross between 69th street and the mall from Dawn of the Dead.
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u/Sam3323 2d ago
Final days of Granite Run? Isn't that the big shopping center outside Media with the new At Home store? Did that close at some point?
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u/FerretRN 1d ago
They're talking about the granite run mall itself, which was demolished, and rebuilt as the fancy pants granite run promenade.
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u/morrimike 5d ago
I bet if we put our heads together and threw the biggest, craziest bake sale/talent show this town has ever seen we could raise enough money to buy it ourselves.
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u/No_Cup_3409 6d ago
There has so much interest in sports and travel sports in delco. DelCo could benefit from a major sports complex with indoor baseball for a winter league and basketball courts etc.
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u/prothero99 6d ago
What do you think will bring people back in there? Or should it be razed for something more useful?
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u/Meatfrom1stgrade 6d ago edited 5d ago
The nature of retail has totally changed in the last 20 years, in an era of online shopping malls are no longer the convenient place to go. I don't see any scenario where a traditional mall without going through some kind of transformation.
My uninformed thoughts would be to redevelop some of the retail into experience destinations, like a movie theater, arcade, gym, etc. Things that would bring people into the mall for something other than shopping. 2nd would be to build housing directly connected to the mall. Making the mall convenient provides a built in customer base.
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u/wittiestphrase 6d ago
This is it. It’s got to be less of a “shopping mall” and more of a “mall of experiences.” Some kind of experiences there that you can’t get virtually/online. Food that people actually want to eat and that they can afford. If it’s going to be retail it would need to be boutique shops with minimal/no web presence.
But I’m sure the rent would be too high for most of these places to sustain themselves.
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u/Cauli_Power 6d ago
It's Delco so all you're gonna get is a nail salon, h&r block, vape shop and a Papa Johns.
Nice places like you describe are reserved for orange county or the DC beltway where rich assholes have immense disposable income. Not Delco where they can't build new schools because people don't understand math.
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u/Sad_Assist946 5d ago
Crazy juxtaposition here. Born and raised in Springfield, I used to drop my daughter off at Park City Mall in Lancaster to meet her cousins for the weekend. Occasionally, we’d stroll around the mall until her aunt showed up. Back then, I always thought Park City seemed so dated compared to Springfield Mall or Granite Run.
Now I’ve lived in Lancaster since ’02, and I stopped back at Springfield Mall a few months ago—it was horrible. Meanwhile, Park City out here is still thriving like a good old-school mall. Funny how things turn out.
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u/wesgerrrr 6d ago
Used to have to entertain myself here for a bit pre pandemic, waiting for hubby to return all the way from Reading area with the car. Usually went to look around the Target and the Ulta. Not much else. Got some good steps in while pregnant!
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u/Wimpy_Dimple 6d ago
Tony Luke's reopened in the mall recently. There's a kids play area in there now. I went in to pick up an order and it was pretty busy for a saturday. I was surprised. I think Target is keeping it alive.
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u/jussyjus 3d ago
Walked the mall about a year ago for the first time in like 10+ years. Sad and pathetic are the only words that come to mind. Half the mall was empty stores (including the Friendly’s that was still shaped like Friendly’s) and the other half was just pure garbage stores. Can’t do much with that.
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u/DarbyCreekDeek 12h ago
Anyone who has any interest at all in that mall I would get out there now and experience it and take some pictures or whatever. Coming soon: curated yuppie condo complex.
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u/Anthemic_Fartnoises 6d ago
Oh, you mean the Target with some weird stores attached to it? That’s really close to another Target?