Sunrise Mall (Long Island) | |
Location: | East Massapequa, New York |
Previous Names: | Sunrise Mall 1973-2005 Westfield Group at sunrise mall 2005-2019 |
Developer: | Muss-Tankoos Corporation |
Architect: | Lathrop Douglass |
Manager: | Urban Edge Properties |
Owner: | Urban Edge Properties (Used To Be Westfield) |
Number Of Stores: | 3 (Used to Be 63) |
Number Of Anchors: | 3 (3 open, 4 vacant) |
Floor Area: | [1] |
Floors: | 2 (3 in Macy's and former Sears, 3rd floor offices in former JCPenney) |
Website: | https://www.sunrisemallny.com |
Parking: | 7,000 |
Sunrise Mall[2] is a shopping mall located in East Massapequa, New York. The mall opened on August 30, 1973 as the first 2-level shopping mall on Long Island.
Build by the Muss-Tankoos Corporation, the 1.3-million-square-foot mall cost $45 million to build and featured 140 individual shops, plus four department stores.[3] [4] Opened on August 30, 1973, Sunrise Mall was originally anchored by JCPenney, Gertz, Macy's, and E. J. Korvette.[5] It was remodeled in 1991 to modernize the space and add a glass elevator and skylights. A koi pond was installed in the mall in 1996, converting a 4,000-gallon duck pond.[6] [7] It was acquired by the Westfield Group in 2005 for $143 million and renamed Westfield Sunrise.[8] [9]
On August 4, 2020, it was announced that the mall would be going back to its original name, Sunrise Mall. On January 4, 2021, Sunrise Mall was purchased by Urban Edge Properties from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for $29.7 million.[10] [11]
Walmart closed its store in the mall on March 6, 2015 after 12 years.[12] [13] On March 17, 2017, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing their store in the mall and liquidation sales were expected to begin on April 17, 2017.[14] However, on April 13, it announced that, due to more shoppers coming to the store, liquidation sales would begin on May 22, 2017 instead of April 17, 2017. The store ultimately closed on July 31, 2017.[15]
On October 1, 2021, it was announced that Sears would be closing on October 3. This left Macy's as the only traditional anchor left in the mall.[16] [17]
In February 2022, it was announced that Urban Edge Properties would not be renewing leases for its remaining 50 tenants and was considering other ways to redevelop the space.[18] [19] By September, the mall's 50 koi had been relocated to local schools and the Long Island Aquarium.
Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) buses that serve the mall are the n19 (Freeport-Sunrise Mall via Merrick Road), n54 (Hempstead-Sunrise Mall via Washington Avenue), n55 (Hempstead-Sunrise Mall via Jerusalem Avenue), n71 Farmingdale State College-Amityville via Hempstead Turnpike), and the n80 (Sunrise Mall-Hicksville via Hicksville Road). The n19 and n80 run rush hours only and the n54 does not run on Sundays, while the n55 and n71 run seven days a week.