Philadelphia Mills, Philadelphia, PA

Since I finished all my malls in the New York City metro area its time to go to Philadelphia. It seems to be that there are many malls in this area off Philadelphia that are very close to each other; Oxford Valley Mall, Neshaminy Mall, and Philadelphia Mills. I only went because I wanted to get to NYC before it became insanely congested like it wasn’t already and visit one more mall before I went up north.

Franklin Mills opened on May 11, 1989 and was developed by the Mills Corporation who also developed Sawgrass Mills and The Shops at Riverside. When the mall opened the anchors were more of a regular mix that you would find at a mall like Holyoke Mall; they had a JCPenney, Sears, Reading China and Glass, and Phar-Mor which became Boscov’s a few years after opening and became Steve and Barry’s later on. Reading China and Glass closed and became Marshalls abd OfficeMax. Sears left the mall and became a AMC. Later on Office Max left and became a Sears Appliance Outlet. In March 2017 JCPenney announced it Philadelphia Mills closure as well as the store at King of Prussia Mall.

Philadelphia Mills has two food courts one by Walmart and one by Gap Outlet. I knew there was one by Walmart but I didn’t realize there was one by Gap because it is kind of weak. The one by Walmart has better eateries.

Franklin Mills is the mall’s original name from when it opened in 1989 and was used until September of 2014 when Simon renovated the mall and renamed to Philadelphia Mills. Philadelphia Mills is probably the most outlet like Mills mall owned by Simon and I have to Jersey Gardens and Sawgrass Milld but those were different this seemed very outlet and food based.

Here are my photos of Philadelphia Mills from July 30, 2019 at 9:30 am during mall walking hours.

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