A sign up on a locked entrance to the Franklin Mall — formerly, Franklin Mills — in Northeast Philadelphia, on Wednesday said the mall was closed following a fire that happened there over the past weekend.

And, contacted early Wednesday, a representative of the mall said the property was closed “until further notice.”

According to a sign — next to a an alert from Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections that labeled the building as an “unsafe structure” — the mall has been closed since Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, following a fire in one of the stores inside the mall.

The sign also noted that they were working “diligently to reopen the mall as quickly as possible.”

In a statement released later on Wednesday, officials with the mall said the property would be “temporarily” closed because of the fire.

They did not provide an estimated date for re-opening.

“Franklin Mall is temporarily closed following a small fire that occurred on Saturday, February 21, 2026, within a single tenant space. There were no reported injuries. As standard practice the City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspections issued a temporary closure notice while required inspections are completed to ensure building safety and building structural integrity,” a spokesperson for the mall wrote in a statement. “In tandem, management immediately engaged licensed professionals and qualified vendors to evaluate the affected area and confirm that all life-safety systems are fully operational.”

On social media, accounts for Franklin Mall posted an update Wednesday about the situation.

Also, in posts that have since been removed, mall officials said that some of the larger stores — Marshall’s, HomeGoods, Dave & Buster’s, and Walmart — remain open even through the rest of the mall has been shuttered.

Officials have not said when the mall could reopen.

In December of last year, the mall, that occupies 137 acres and was last appraised at $76 million, was put up for sale.

NBC10 has contacted Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections as well as Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., the company that owns the property, for more information.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.