# Penn-Can Mall

Cicero, NY · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-413502d181` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cicero-penn-can-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-413502d181.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-413502d181.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-413502d181

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Driver's Village is an auto row in Cicero, New York, near Syracuse, New York, United States. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1976 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1996 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 121 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Winmar Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened on March 28, 1976, Penn-Can Mall was the first enclosed mall on the north end of Syracuse, and the fourth mall to be built in the entire metropolitan area.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village
- **year_closed**: “After a period of decline in the 1990s, brought on by competition from newer malls in the Syracuse area, Penn-Can Mall closed in 1996.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village
- **original_developer**: “It was constructed by the Winmar Company of Seattle, Washington,” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village
- **after_notes**: “Driver's Village is an auto row in Cicero, New York, near Syracuse, New York, United States.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village
- **status**: “The structure was partially demolished and reopened in 2000 as Driver's Village.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village
- **strategy**: “The structure was partially demolished and reopened in 2000 as Driver's Village.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village

## Anchors

Hills, Sears, Chappell's

## Timeline

- 1976: Opened
- 1986: Expansion increased store count to 121
- 1996: Closed
- 2000: Partially demolished and reopened as Driver's Village

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Driver's Village is an auto row in Cicero, New York, near Syracuse, New York, United States. It is housed in a former shopping mall which was known as Penn-Can Mall. Opened on March 28, 1976, Penn-Can Mall was the first enclosed mall on the north end of Syracuse, and the fourth mall to be built in the entire metropolitan area. It was constructed by the Winmar Company of Seattle, Washington, and had room for 86 stores. At the mall's inception, only 28 stores were open, but the other spaces quickly followed, followed by even more during an expansion in 1986, putting the mall's store count to 121. Anchor stores of the mall included Hills, Sears, and Chappell's. After a period of decline in the 1990s, brought on by competition from newer malls in the Syracuse area, Penn-Can Mall closed in 1996. The structure was partially demolished and reopened in 2000 as Driver's Village.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_Village

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Penn-Can Mall, Cicero, NY." Record m-413502d181, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cicero-penn-can-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_ciceropenncanmall,
  title = {Penn-Can Mall, Cicero, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ny/cicero-penn-can-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-413502d181, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.