Greengate Centre
shopping mall in Pennsylvania, United States
Greengate Centre is an open-air power center in Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 30. The center opened in 2005 on the site of the defunct Greengate Mall, which was demolished in 2003. Greengate Centre currently encompasses over 430,000 square feet (40,000 m2) of retail space, and more than 45 stores and restaurants. Anchor stores include Petco, Ross Dress for Less, and Walmart. It also contains dozens of smaller retailers such as Five Below, GameStop, Lane Bryant, General Nutrition Centers, Oshkosh B'gosh, and Verizon Wireless. The Kroenke Group of Columbia, Missouri owns and manages the shopping center.
Greengate Centre East
Greengate Centre East is a 71,576-square-foot (6,649.6 m2) strip shopping center adjacent to Greengate Centre. It was built in the early 1980s. It was originally anchored by a Giant Eagle supermarket, which moved less than a mile west to the Hempfield Square development in 1997.
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