It was 2 years before FAIRLANE VILLAGE MALL was fully-leased. By the time of this 1976 site plan, the complex encompassed 421,000 leasable square feet and contained forty-eight stores and services under its roof. Parking was provided for 3,000 autos.
FAIRLANE VILLAGE MALL TENANTS 1976:
BOSCOV'S (with Country Kitchen restaurant, Hair Center Salon, Travel Center, Vision Center and freestanding Auto Center) / WOOLCO (with luncheonette and attached Auto Center) / J.G. McCRORY 5 & 10 (with Morrato & LeSante Organ Studio and Highlander luncheonette) / WEIS MARKETS supermarket (outparcel) / 16 Plus / A to Z Vacuum Cleaner Mart / Adams Pretzels / Alston's Card Shop / American Bank / Barket Sewing Center / Colonial Village Meat Market / Coney Island / Crane's Men's Shop / Delta Hosiery / Earring Place / Famous Made / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fairlane Gifts / Fashion Bug ladies' wear / Fashion Colony ladies' wear / Fox 1 & 2 Theatres / Fulton Piano & Organ / Garden Lounge & Restaurant / Gemstone Jewelers / GNC / Household Finance Corporation / Junior Colony young ladies' wear / Kay Jewelers / Kona Key / Kinney Shoes / Listening Booth records / Orange Julius / Paperback Booksmith / Photo Corral / Neet Feet / Radio Shack / Rea & Derick Drugs / Roman Delight Restaurant & Pizzaria / Regis Hairstylists / So-Fro Fabrics / Schantz Flowers / Space Port video arcade / Slack Shack / Thom McAn Shoes / The Village Gift Shoppe / Young Male World / Yogurt Place / Zales Jewelers
The FAIRLANE VILLAGE and CRESSONA malls encountered a major competitor in October 1980. SCHUYLKILL ["skool-kil"] MALL spanned 800,000 square feet and contained ninety-nine stores. It was quickly established as the region's preeminent shopping center, but was slipping -and 25% vacant- by 1998. The supermall closed for good in January 2018 and was soon demolished.
Graphic from the Crown American Corporation
Meanwhile, back at FAIRLANE VILLAGE MALL, Woolco had been shuttered in January 1983. The space was retenanted by Gee Bee, a Pennsylvania-based discount chain. They opened for business in July 1983.
Graphic from Glosser Brothers
