Hearing To Discuss Potential Plans For Crown Center Mall

North Franklin Township will host a public hearing Tuesday at 5 p.m. to consider a zoning change requested by developers seeking to buy the Crown Center Mall and turn it into a mix use of retail, light industrial and other uses.  Supervisors Chairman Bob Sabot says “the new prospective owners are to announce their plans for the property and Supervisors are expected to vote on the planned sale.  The mall is currently owned by New York based Kohan Group and Sabot says the Township has repeatedly fined them “for failing to upkeep the mall and Supervisors have publically encouraged the sell of the mall which Kohan has owned for ten years”.  According to Sabot, the mall “is struggling on the inside with just a few retail outlets” but is doing well on the outside with an auto dealership, Marshalls, Rural King, and Ollie’s.  The original Franklin Mall opened in 1963 with Sears as its main anchor.