Country Club Mall - Cumberland Maryland - Dying in the Mountains | ERA_Productions
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Country Club Mall in LaVale Maryland near Cumberland. Located right in the middle of the mountains, Country Club Mall would open in 1981 as a regional mall for the Cumberland area. The mall would be rather successful for the area, and would see great success in the 80s and 90s. However, 2002 would see Kmart close at Country Club Mall. This would be demolished and replaced with a Walmart with a mall entrance. With this,, Country Club Mall would continue on as a destination for the Cumberland region throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The mall would be 90% Occupied until 2018. Bon Ton would file bankruptcy in 2018 and close all locations including the Country Club Mall store. In February 2020, Sears would close their store at Country Club Mall and JCPenney would follow suit in October that year. Today, Country Club Mall sits with 3 empty anchors and Namdar at ownership with an uncertain future. Whilst it was only 60% occupied, it still seemed to have crowds. Let's take a walk through Country Club Mall and see how it's doing in 2023!
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What are your thoughts on Country Club Mall, and what do you think it’s future holds?
I grew up in Cumberland, born in 1943 and left Cumberland when drafted into the Viet Nam mess. Never returned to Cumberland , but I remember how busy the city was, Jobs for everyone and that Turkey Day Football Game with Fort Hill and the Alco Campers. Go Campers. So painful to see what has happened to the Queen City. It is my understanding that drugs now rule and industry has been replaced by prisons.
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It was the place to be on a Weekend when I was in high school in the early 80's. The AMC-6 movie theater, arcade, record store, and just a great place to go and people watch.
Grew up here. Fast forward almost a year later to July 2024, Rue21 is gone as well as the cell fix stand. Only new things that have came were a liquor store and a tennis-like court (pickle ball I think?). And Walmart has closed off their mall entrance and now uses it for storage for online orders and stuff. The new management claimed they were gonna revive it when they bought it but we’ve yet to see much of that, sadly 😢
Love the music choice in this one!
The mall was remodeled in the late 90s i think, it used to be brown brick with sunken fountains and seating areas. When kmart was torn down so were probably 20 or so store spaces.
Rural King purchased the JCPenney space
This mall does look nice, and clean. They're main problem definitely seems to be vacancy issues. If it's in the mountains, something tells me a Bass Pro Shops would be a good idea. Those seem to be doing pretty well in malls compared to other stores.
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they outa turn the old Jc penny or Sears space into a concert venue that would bring in revenue plus a place for all the amazing talent in western md to play
I grew up in the 80s right down the road with a 5 minute walk to get there. It saddens me to see it now in comparison to its hayday in the 80s. Eating lunch at the K-Mart cafeteria and playing games at the Dream Machine. Or eating at the Pizza Inn and going shopping at KB Toys. I remember when BonTon was the first store to open and my dad taking us there. I was so excited. When I get there I ran around the full circle of the store and came back to where I started and realizing that there were no toys to be seen. I remember thinking who the heck would build a big store like that and have no toys for sale. lol
We were there in the early 80s probably till 84. Sad to see it has fallen by the wayside as so many American malls have. It was such an adventure to go there as a boy. The arcade that was just inside the back entrance changed my life. It had a ramp that went around the inside wall basically giving it a second layer for games. Mamma would let me and dad play and she would go exploring on her own with a big smile. Man those were beautiful memories. Long live CC Mall!
I work security here and you did an awesome job with this! Great stuff, man!
So continually impressed with the level of quality and improvements you have shown in your videos over the years. Also, great to see you in NorthCdogg's Pittsburgh Mills mall video earlier this week!
Everyone saying it lacks character, feeling or emotion, much of that is because they have neglected it so much over the years. Post renovation in the mid 90's, the indoor concourse was full of palm trees and other tropical plants. Flash forward 15 years, the mature trees all became overgrown and became a tipping hazard in the large movable planters, so they were removed. The smaller plants slowly died and were not replaced. Even the outside used to be well landscaped and manicured. I know for a fact that the maintenance staff used to take great pride in the care of the interior plants and landscaping.
My husband and I are moving to Cumberland in a few months. I've looked at the mall's website but it was wonderful to see inside before we move. I will be visiting Wal-Mart and TJ Maxx for sure.
I still drive from Johnstown with my family to shop or when we go to Hagerstown Md
Thanks for covering the Country Club Mall! This was my mall growing up. My dad worked at Kmart throughout my childhood and I worked a a few places in the mall years ago. I still visit it a few times a year when I’m in town visiting family as I love that place so much. There’s a bunch of stuff about the mall that you may not know.
This lamb would love to see Boscov’s added as an anchor.