# Northern Lights Shopping Center

Baden, PA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-ce3d817845` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/baden-northern-lights-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ce3d817845.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-ce3d817845.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-ce3d817845

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Giant Eagle ultimately closed its Northern Lights location on January 2, 2021, leaving the lease issue completely moot and the plaza now able to open multiple grocers. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1962 | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “Giant Eagle ultimately closed its Northern Lights location on January 2, 2021, leaving the lease issue completely moot and the plaza now able to open multiple grocers.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Shopping_Center
- **status**: “Parts of the plaza were demolished in 2018.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Shopping_Center
- **strategy**: “On June 26, 2017, Zamias announced that the entire portion of Northern Lights south of the road connecting PA 65 with Walmart would be demolished for redevelopment.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Shopping_Center

## Anchors

Hills, Sears, J. C. Penney, Giant Eagle

## Parties

- Zamias Services, Inc. — owner (Wikidata, undated)
- Zamias Services, Inc. — owner (from text) (2006–)

## Timeline

- 1962: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1998: J. C. Penney moved to Beaver Valley Mall
- 2002: Ames closed all stores
- 2006: Roof collapse at former J. C. Penney location
- 2007: Zamias gave up portion of parking lot for road via eminent domain
- 2009: Commonwealth Court upheld eminent domain ruling
- 2012: PennDOT permits for connecting road
- 2014: Walmart opened
- 2018: Parts of plaza demolished
- 2020: Demolition began
- 2021: Giant Eagle closed

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

Northern Lights Shopping Center is a strip mall located in Baden, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. It was a major power center-style strip mall from its opening until the early 2000's. A Walmart opened on the adjacent lot to Northern Lights in 2014. Parts of the plaza were demolished in 2018.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lights_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northern Lights Shopping Center, Baden, PA." Record m-ce3d817845, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/baden-northern-lights-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_badennorthernlightsshoppingcenter,
  title = {Northern Lights Shopping Center, Baden, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/baden-northern-lights-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-ce3d817845, 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.