The Marketplace Mall
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The Marketplace Mall is managed by Wilmorite and located in the heart of the Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

 metropolitan area on Hylan Drive, in the suburb of Henrietta
Henrietta, New York
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Rochester. The population was 42,581 at the 2010 census. Established in 1818, the town is named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath, daughter of Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British...

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The Marketplace Mall opened on October 7, 1982 as the largest mall and the first regional mall located between New York City and Cleveland. On opening day, The Marketplace was anchored by Sibley’s, McCurdy’s, B. Forman Co. and Sears and was home to 140 specialty retailers. In February 1983, J.C. Penney’s opened as the fifth department store. At the time of opening, Marketplace was 1/3 larger than Eastview Mall. Since 1982 four out parcels have been added to the property. In 2001, an 84000 sq ft (7,803.9 m²). Galyan’s was added onto the south side of the mall, which was converted to a Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004. In 2006, Kaufmann’s Department store was bought out and became a Macy’s.

The Marketplace, was the fourth shopping center to open in the Rochester, NY Market behind Midtown Plaza, Greece Town Mall and Eastview Mall. It was the second major retail shopping center to open in Henrietta following Southtown Plaza. The area surrounding the mall, which was previously farmland, has been developed both commercially and residentially over the past twenty years. There are five parcels totaling 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) available for future development located adjacent to the Marketplace Commons. Marketplace Commons was developed and built by Wilmorite and located next to the Marketplace Mall. The retail tenants there include: Lowe's Home Improvement, Target, Babies R Us, and Best Buy.

Current anchors

  • The Bon-Ton
    The Bon-Ton
    The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a regional department store company based in York, Pennsylvania, chiefly operating 275 stores, including 11 furniture galleries, in 23 states throughout the northern United States. Stores carrying its namesake nameplate serve the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of...

    : Opened as McCurdy's in February 1983. Closing 2014.
  • Dick's Sporting Goods
    Dick's Sporting Goods
    Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. , or Dick's, is a Fortune 500 American corporation in the sporting goods and retail industries.The company's headquarters are on the grounds of Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay Township near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dick's has 451 stores in 42 states as of...

    : Opened as Galyan's in 2001, converted to Dick's in 2004.
  • JCPenney: Opened in February 1983.
  • Macy's
    Macy's
    Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

    : Opened as Sibley's in February 1983 then was converted to Kaufmann's in 1990 and became Macy's in 2006.
  • Sears
    Sears, Roebuck and Company
    Sears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...

    : Opened in October 1982.

Former anchors

  • Sibley's
    Sibley's
    Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, known informally as Sibley's, was a Rochester, New York-based department store chain with stores located exclusively in the state of New York...

    : Opened in February 1983 and converted to Kaufmann's in 1990.
  • McCurdy's
    McCurdy's
    McCurdy's was a Rochester, New York-based department store. Founded in 1901, the company was acquired by May Department Stores in 1994, but as a result of an antitrust settlement due to both McCurdy's and May's Kaufmann's stores being the predominant anchors in the area shopping malls, its stores...

    : Opened in February 1983 and later converted to The Bon-Ton.
  • B. Forman Co.
  • Kaufmann's
    Kaufmann's
    Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of 'Fallingwater' and the Kaufmann's Desert House. In the post-war years the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last...

    : Opened in 1990 and converted to Macy's in 2006.
  • Galyan's: Opened in 2001 and converted to Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004.

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