Where Pittsburgh Mills Mall stands after another storefront departure

The Pittsburgh Mills is reeling from another national retailer vacating the Frazer mall — the third instance of a major retailer leaving the complex in four months.

Bath and Body Works opened its store in the Mills for the last time on Saturday. The company did not respond to requests for comment.

The vacancy follows the exit of Dick’s Sporting Goods, another anchor tenant that closed shop at the Mills in June. Dick’s instead chose to open a location at The Waterworks near Aspinwall — just 9 miles from the Mills.

Jo-Ann Fabrics closed months later after the company declared bankruptcy.

Macy’s remains at the mall despite being on the open market since April.

According to a map posted inside the Mills, there are 162 storefronts available, not including kiosks. Twenty-two tenants remained in those available storefronts.

Only 17 are for-profit businesses.

Looking ahead

The mall hasn’t just experienced retail woes in the past year.

District Judge Michael Girardi, during a July hearing, handed down $1.8 million in violations to the four limited liability companies that, together, own the mall and property around it. All of the companies are owned by parent company Namdar Realty Group, based in New York.

During an August hearing, Girardi found the owners of the Pittsburgh Mills mall guilty of another 364 code violations. This time the fines exceeded $10 million.

The citations were filed over the state of the property’s sidewalks and roads as well as structural issues, overgrown landscaping, crumbling parking lots and rodent harborage in the mall building.

The attorney representing the LLCs appealed both decisions. Decisions regarding the appeals could be determined at the end of October and mid-November.

The LLCs are also involved in three active lawsuits. The first was filed by Frazer Township in September 2024, claiming the company ignored $4.5 million in repairs to the pothole-riddled roads throughout the complex.

In June real estate trusts for Walmart and Sam’s Club filed a suit alleging they have failed to maintain the roads there despite being contractually obligated to do so.

Owners of The Village at Pittsburgh Mills filed a similar suit in August.

According to court records, there is a status conference scheduled for Oct. 15 and a trial date scheduled for February 2026 regarding a criminal public nuisance charge brought against the mall owners by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office in April.