{"id":126273,"date":"2026-02-28T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126273\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:04:08","slug":"franklin-mills-mall-temporarily-closed-after-fire-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/126273\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Mills Mall Temporarily Closed After Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The Franklin Mills Mall is temporarily closed following a small fire that occurred within a single tenant space on Saturday, mall officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mall officials said no injuries were reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/bensalem\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" class=\"article-subscribe-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials did not reveal any details about the fire. Patch has reached out to mall officials seeking more information.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that as a standard practice, the City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses &amp; Inspections issued a temporary closure notice, while required inspections are completed to ensure building safety and structural integrity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/bensalem\/franklin-mills-mall-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The mall, formerly known as Philadelphia Mills, was put up for sale in October.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The property is considered an &#8220;exceptionally located, single-level super regional shopping center&#8221; in Northeast Philadelphia. its listing agent stated. The mall is located near Interstate 95 and Woodhaven Road near the Bucks County border and Bensalem Township.<\/p>\n<p>Mall management has contacted licensed professionals and qualified vendors to evaluate the affected area and confirm that all life-safety systems are fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our team is working closely with city officials to complete all necessary inspections and secure the approvals required to safely reopen the property as quickly as possible,&#8221; mall officials said in a statement. &#8220;The safety of our tenants, employees, and visitors remains our top priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mall management said they are in regular communication with tenants and stakeholders and will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available about a reopening.<\/p>\n<p>The mall was built in 1988 and renovated in 2016, according to the listing agent. It has an occupancy rate of 68.2 percent and is 1.6 million square feet.<\/p>\n<p>The mall features an anchor line-up that includes Walmart, Sam\u2019s Club, Burlington, Marshall\u2019s, Dave and Buster\u2019s, and two available, unoccupied box stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The Franklin Mills Mall is temporarily closed following a small fire that occurred within a single&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-126273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}