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Shenango Valley Mall

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedHermitage, PA

Shenango Valley Mall opened 1968, closed 2024 after JCPenney loss, demolished early 2025, slated for planned Hickory Fields mixed-use redevelopment. · summary, model-written

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Shenango Valley Mall
Shenango Valley Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/232858715583 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://www.shopshenangovalleymall.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 15 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -17% census-cbp · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.08 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -2.5% census-acs · all sites with this

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Now

StatusStatus not verifiedWikidata

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Shenango Valley Mall” and “Hermitage” (37 hits, first 37 sampled, 7 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2006-07-05 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2006 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-CIBC1522006-07-05 to 2006-07-058-K 2
Public owner (strong)PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST102004-02-25 to 2005-03-098-K 10
Public owner (strong)PRESIDENTIAL REALTY CORP/DE/ (PDNLA)92004-10-01 to 2010-03-3010-Q 6, 10-K 2, 8-K 1
Public owner (strong)CROWN AMERICAN REALTY TRUST32001-02-14 to 2001-06-078-K 2, 10-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m9: CLAFFEY DENTAL LAB; FLICKINGER AUTO BODY; HERMITAGE HILLS VILLAGE PHASE II; MACYS SHENANGO MALL; MITCHES COIN LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERSEPA FRS
Census tract 420850313002,902 people, 332 per sq mi; median household income $83,750; median gross rent $1,080; 24% renters; 4.6% vacant units; 0.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 9.0 of 20; 20 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.9; 18,071 jobs within 45 min by car; 7% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)5 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 2 schools, 13 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 3 civic, 17 food and drink; 15 cycleway segments, 117 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Mercer County (PA), 202412 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 64 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.08; socioeconomic 0.19; housing and transport 0.06; 13% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 1 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Mapsplace Shenango Valley Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta)Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.shopshenangovalleymall.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views26,016 since 2015; 3,773 in the last 12 months (-33% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-05 with 1,088Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +11% (2,612 → 2,902); median income +33% ($62,824 → $83,750); renters 25% → 24%; median home value +58% ($164,700 → $259,900)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively low overall (score 45.7); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023433 establishments (-17%); 5,995 jobs (-18%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $179,580 (+0% 1 yr, +8% 5 yr); typical rent $979/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025262 (2000 = 100); +10.3% 1 yr, +70% 5 yr, +79% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)15,968 vehicles a day on HERMITAGE RD (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,335 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Shenango Valley Mall opened in 1968 (per narrative) and operated as a regional shopping center until its final anchor, JCPenney, closed in May 2024. The mall was subsequently demolished from January to February 2025. Plans call for redeveloping the site into a mixed‑use commercial project named Hickory Fields.

Why. The closure appears driven by the loss of its JCPenney anchor and a broader demographic decline, as Hermitage’s county shrank by 2.5% between 2018 and 2023.

Where it stands. The record does not specify a current owner or controlling entity; the site’s status is listed as unknown.

For a planner

  • Demolition and announced mixed‑use redevelopment (Hickory Fields) illustrate a precedent for adaptive reuse.
  • No explicit policy tools (e.g., tax incentives, zoning changes) are documented in the record.
  • Open questions include who holds title, what entitlements are in place, and the timeline for Hickory Fields construction.

For a developer

  • Site size and current control are not provided in the record.
  • Entitlement stage for the Hickory Fields project is unspecified.
  • Context‑layer constraints such as flood risk, transit access, or environmental conditions are not mentioned.
  • Market signals from tract data (e.g., population trends, income) are absent beyond the noted county shrinkage.

What we do not know yet

  • Owner of the property is unknown.
  • Exact parcel size and boundaries are not given.
  • Zoning status and any approved entitlements for Hickory Fields are not detailed.
  • Potential environmental or flood‑plain constraints are not recorded.
  • The discrepancy between the recorded opening year (1975) and the narrative opening date (1968) creates uncertainty about the mall’s age.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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  • county shrank -2.5% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Opened1975Wikidata
AnchorsJCPenney
CountyMercer County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Shenango Valley Mall was a shopping mall in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened on March 13, 1968, and was closed on May 31, 2024, shortly after the closure of its final anchor store, JCPenney. It was demolished from January to February 2025, and is set to be redeveloped into a mixed-use commercial development named Hickory Fields.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1975 Opened (Wikidata)

Sources

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