Sears in CNY and Beyond

Typical mall Sears in happier times

 Sears once ruled the retail landscape, but have also taken a downturn thanks to Walmart and amazon in that order.  They had several locations in CNY and beyond that are all but gone.  Vacant unless otherwise indicated.

Syracuse (south side) - US 11, vacant since 1975!

Fayetteville - NY 5, Fayetteville Mall; 1974-95; replaced by P&C at Towne Center, now Tops

deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown Mall; 1995-2018

Cicero - Penn Can Mall; closed by 1988; now Drivers Village

Clay - NY 31, Great Northern Mall, closed after thirty years

Fairmount - Fairmount Fair, closed 1987, replaced by numerous retailers since such as Marshalls Homegoods

Auburn - NY 5 & US 20, Fingerlakes Mall

New Hartford - NY 5 & 5A, Sangertown Square, now Boscovs

Henrietta - NY 252, Marketplace Mall

Cortland - NY 13, Riverside Plaza, Sears Hometown Outlet

Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA, Sears Outlet (spun off from Sears); various

Westvale - NY 5, Westvale Plaza, Sears Hardware, now Thrifty Shopper

Liverpool - CR 57, Sears Hardware, now American Red Cross

Watertown - NY 3, Salmon Run Mall

Ithaca - NY 34, The Shops at Ithaca Mall, now Cayuga Health (along with former Bon-Ton)

Camillus - Camillus Mall, 1987-2001; now Lowes

Colonie - NY 5, Colonie Center; now Whole Foods and Floor & Décor (coming summer 2023)

Family Dollar in Eastwood

Not quite done yet.

 It has been confirmed that Family Dollar will move from Shop City to 3120 James St in Syracuse in what had been Loblaws, Peters IGA, Foodland, Carls Drugs, Fays, Eckerd and Rite Aid.  Nothing special really, with a bunch of them in the area. It could be that now that it's sister to Dollar Tree, it shouldn't be in the same plaza as Family Dollar, which has been looking to get out of strip malls and into their own buildings by buying vacancies of other chains, as has their competitor Dollar General have done in other parts of the region.  Family Dollar has renovated the building inside and out and even did landscaping.  Some may feel these stores are too easy to open, especially in food deserts, as low income residents rely on these places more than ever.  It will be more convenient for those without cars, including seniors and disabled, and in the elements.  Even Jordan got one a couple years ago in the former Big M/Tops, as it can be just as necessary in the rural community.  Back in town, at least somebody got in there since it's hard to get someone to buy or lease a commercial property, in the city or suburbs, anymore.

Once there's another empty spot in Shop City, we must decide what can go in there, but even the one on Old Liverpool Road is still available after Family Dollar moved across the street to that former Rite Aid and Eckerd, which was a successor to Fays, which had held Thrifty Shopper until that moved to CR 57.