Sound of Silence: Century III to be Sold at Sheriff's Sale
The nearly 40-year-old mall encounters foreclosure once again. Will this sale be the end of the line?
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It’s been years since West Mifflin’s Century III Mall was considered a hot shopping destination. These days, the mall is so empty you’re more likely to find people having a nerf-gun war than actually shopping.
It may finally be the end for the once-great shopping mall. After two of its last anchor stores, Sears and Macy’s, closed in 2014 and 2016 respectively, Century III will be sold at a sheriff’s sale — otherwise known as a foreclosure auction — on June 4.
Century III opened in 1979 and was once one of the biggest and best malls in western Pennsylvania. Moonbeam Capital Investments LLC bought the mall for $10.5 million in 2013 after its former owner, Simon Property Group, defaulted on its $79 million property loan. Unless another buyer comes along with a plan to give the space a third chance as a shopping mall, the sheriff’s sale will be the end of an era.
Despite its now-short list of open stores, it seems Century III mall will always hold a special place in many Pittsburghers’ hearts.
Century III mall finally closing feels like the fall of the Holy Roman Empire
— Gina Granata (@ginagranata) April 15, 2018
As a W. Mifflin native who remembers the glory days of #CenturyIIIMall, this hurts my heart. Its time was probably up regardless … but the last few owners certainly hastened its death with neglect. https://t.co/Wl8d3DBwGM
— Sean Stevens (@RadioBoySean) April 13, 2018
Century III Mall – The place to be in the 80’s and now its dead. As a child of mallrat culture this saddens me. #deadmalls #1980s
— Michael Davis (@spridlewv) April 13, 2018
