A Look At Perinton's Former Tops

As you may recall, the Perinton Tops was briefly mentioned in my post about the Perinton Square Mall since it served as an anchor to the shopping mall. Since that post, however; Tops has closed its doors as one of ten stores to get axed during last year's bankruptcy for the company. I've have since learned, thanks a blog reader comment, that this was previously a Kmart store before being Tops. Kmart would relocate to Victor in the 1990s.  

I visited this location once during normal operations and I also managed to visit here during its final weeks of operation. This location was briefly used a prototype store under the Martin's banner (when Tops was still a part of Ahold) and was downsized during that time which led to Tops only having one entrance once it converted back.

Left entrance walled up

Perinton Square Mall

There is no comparison between the Perinton Square Mall and the nearby mammoth Eastview Mall in Victor. While Eastview Mall is much much larger and has the name brand stores, this small little mall still seems to be doing okay with mostly local shops. It also has a large regional anchor and a national chain as a secondary anchor.

Sounds familiar doesn't it? You'll recall a similar situation I previously posted about with Meadville's Downtown Mall. The biggest difference between the two is that while Big Lots is a national chain, Tops (a regional supermarket) is not. Also, Tops is not connected to the mall. There is also a lot more vacancies here.

The mall opened in the early 1970s. And it feels like it has never been updated since. The mall shape is pretty much a L-shaped corridor with two entrances at both ends of the long side of the L. There is also an entrance in the middle of the mall that leads directly into the corridor. There is also a plaza that is connected to the building, but does not have mall access.

You can see the gap in between the buildings here. This is the area that leads directly into the middle of the mall corridor.

 Most Tops locations of this size would of have two entrances, one on each side of the jut out area. The left side entrance here was bricked in likely when this Tops location became a Martin's prototype store for a bit.

This is looking down the short section of the L-shape.

Mirrors on the ceiling

Rite Aid serves as the secondary anchor.

Nice little touch of history on the wall.

The plaza portion of the shopping center.

I can't say I see a whole lot of changes coming for this place, unless stores close or more local stores open. Like I said at the beginning of the post, it seems to be doing okay.