ALLENTOWN, PA. — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has completed the disposition of South Mall for $23.6 million. Located in Allentown, the 406,000-square-foot mall is anchored by Stein Mart and Bon-Ton. Sales at the shopping center were $227 per square foot and the non-anchor occupancy was 90.6 percent as of March 31, 2014. Additionally, PREIT has entered into a sales agreement for the disposition of Nittany Mall in State College, Pa., and North Hanover Mall in Hanover, Pa. The 534,000-square-foot Nittany Mall is anchored by JC Penney, Sears, Bon-Ton and Macy’s and has sales of $230 per square foot and non-anchor occupancy of 74.8 percent as of end of March. The 452,000-square-foot North Hanover Mall is anchored by JC Penney, Sears, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Burlington Coat Factory. Sales at the North Hanover Mall were $275 per square foot and non-anchor occupancy was 79.3 percent as of March 31, 2014. The sales and occupancies at these properties are below PREIT’s portfolio average of $377 per square foot of sales and 90.3 percent non-anchor occupancy, making the properties ideal candidates for the company’s disposition program. The buyers have not been disclosed.
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