upon opening, the mall had five anchor stores: g. fox & co., jordan marsh, lechmere, filene's, and j. c. penney. due to underperformance, the filene's store closed in 1989 and was replaced with steinbach, which relocated from south hills mall next door. sears also announced plans to relocate from south hills plaza at the same time. steinbach closed in 1995 and became dick's sporting goods and dsw shoe warehouse the same year. filene's returned to the mall in the early 1990s by taking over the defunct g. fox chain, while sears ultimately opened at the mall after jordan marsh was vacated. montgomery ward also moved into the mall in the early 1990s, becoming the sixth anchor and replacing an existing store in poughkeepsie.