Approximately a month after losing one of its last large retailers, Franklin Mall is home to dozens of vacant storefronts in between a dwindling mix of shopping mall stalwarts such as Victoria’s Secret and Auntie Anne’s pretzels.
Any shoppers making their way through the lighting bolt-shaped mega mall may be hard-pressed not to notice the countless stores with drawn security gates and boarded up windows in between the retailers that have managed to hang on — like Old Navy, Foot Locker, H&M and Spencer’s.
The mall lists 79 total stores and restaurants on its online directory, which would mean the sprawling site is roughly 60% vacant. There are between 150 and 200 total storefronts in the building.
The 1.6-million-square-foot shopping mall on the border of Bucks County and Philadelphia was listed for sale last year.
Franklin Mall stores
A combined Marshalls and HomeGoods location still anchors the southern end of the mall with Dave & Buster’s capping off the shopping center to the north. A Walmart is also attached to the southern end of the building, but it doesn’t connect to the mall’s interior.
Inside the mall, the food court has a handful of eateries still standing including Popeyes and Charleys Cheeseteaks and a small number of kiosks for cellphone cases and more are scattered throughout the winding concourse.
Similar to the Neshaminy Mall, Franklin Mall has also welcomed some nontraditional mall tenants in recent years such as Philly Pop Up Weddings, a dental center and a U.S. Postal Service location.
Burlington closed last month, following the lead of AMC, which closed at the mall in 2024, and GameStop and Sbarro, which both left a few months later.
Unlike the Oxford Valley and Neshaminy malls in Bucks County, which have mixed-used redevelopment plans, nothing’s clear about what will happen to the sprawling Franklin Mall.
The mall is currently managed by OPEX CRE Management. It’s listed for sale by private investment and real estate firm JLL.
JLL was not immediately available for comment.
Debt holders took over the property last year from the previous owners, Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management, which took out a nearly $300-million loan to acquire the mall and its management company in 2007.
