IF THE PLANS ARE APPROVED. IT APPEARS BUSINESSES INSIDE MONROEVILLE MALL WILL BE CLEARING OUT SOON BECAUSE AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED TO DEMOLISH THE MALL, AND THAT MEANS PATRONS WILL BE GRASPING AT MEMORIES OF WHAT THE MALL WAS LIKE DURING ITS THRIVING YEARS. MONROEVILLE MALL HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY LANDMARK AND DESTINATION PLACE FOR DECADES, BUT IT APPEARS THE MALL IS IN ITS FINAL DAYS, WITH DEMOLITION MARKED AS EARLY AS 2027. I AM A LITTLE SAD. I USED TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME AS A KID, NOT ONLY JUST TO LIKE, PLAY IN THE PLAY PLACE, BUT I REMEMBER EVERY YEAR AFTER CHRISTMAS GOING THERE TO SPEND MY CHRISTMAS MONEY, HEARING ABOUT THE FATE OF THE MALL IS A BIT MUCH TO SWALLOW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. THAT JUST OPENED UP HERE. BEING A YOUNG BUSINESS, YOUNG ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW IT TAKES A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TO KIND OF ESTABLISH YOURSELF. AND THAT’S GOING TO PUT US RIGHT AT THE POINT WHERE THE MALL IS NOT GOING TO EXIST ANYMORE. CYPRESS EQUITIES IS THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER APPLYING FOR A GRANT TO CARRY OUT THE DEMOLITION. CYPRESS EQUITIES SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION ASKING FOR $7.5 MILLION TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. THEY SAY IN THE APPLICATION THE GOAL IS TO TURN THE PROPERTY INTO ENTERTAINMENT, RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE AND AREAS FOR PUBLIC USE. SURROUNDING BUSINESS OWNERS HOPE IT DRIVES UP BUSINESS. I THINK THAT’S A GOOD CHANGE. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TEAR DOWN THE MALL AND THEY’RE GOING TO REBUILD AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A RESTAURANT OR RETAIL STORE, HOPEFULLY IT’S GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INTO THE CITY. CYPRESS EQUITIES SAYS IT HAS NOTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT WILL OFFER UPDATES WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNT
Residents, business owners react to possible demolition of Monroeville Mall
Updated: 6:36 PM EDT Oct 7, 2025
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Cypress Equities has applied for a $7.5 million grant to demolish Monroeville Mall through Redevelopment Assistance Capital.In the application, the property would be turned into entertainment, retail, and office space, and areas for public use.Patrons of the mall are left grasping for memories of what it was like during the mall’s thriving years. “When I turned on the news, my reaction was I can’t take the kids up there to ride on the train at Christmas time anymore,” said Monroeville resident Bill Burke. “I can’t take them Christmas shopping up there because that’s where they would shop for their parents.”Start-up businesses in the mall complex are wondering, what’s next?”Being a young business, young organization, you know, it takes a year, year and a half, two years to kind of establish itself,” said Bill Kiger, co-owner of Pickle Parlor. “That’s going to put us right at the point where the mall is not going to exist anymore.”Neighboring businesses around the mall complex are hopeful that any new development will revive the shopping district that has declined drastically in foot traffic in recent years.”I think it’s a good change,” said Pancy Wong, owner of Taipei-Tokyo. “When they tear down the mall, and they rebuild with restaurants and retail stores, hopefully it’s going to bring more people into the city.”Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel
Cypress Equities has applied for a $7.5 million grant to demolish Monroeville Mall through Redevelopment Assistance Capital.
In the application, the property would be turned into entertainment, retail, and office space, and areas for public use.
Patrons of the mall are left grasping for memories of what it was like during the mall’s thriving years.
“When I turned on the news, my reaction was I can’t take the kids up there to ride on the train at Christmas time anymore,” said Monroeville resident Bill Burke. “I can’t take them Christmas shopping up there because that’s where they would shop for their parents.”
Start-up businesses in the mall complex are wondering, what’s next?
“Being a young business, young organization, you know, it takes a year, year and a half, two years to kind of establish itself,” said Bill Kiger, co-owner of Pickle Parlor. “That’s going to put us right at the point where the mall is not going to exist anymore.”
Neighboring businesses around the mall complex are hopeful that any new development will revive the shopping district that has declined drastically in foot traffic in recent years.
“I think it’s a good change,” said Pancy Wong, owner of Taipei-Tokyo. “When they tear down the mall, and they rebuild with restaurants and retail stores, hopefully it’s going to bring more people into the city.”
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