real estate founded 1950 headquarters johnstown pennsylvania key people michael a. barletta president & ceo products hotels restaurants office retail website crownamericanassociates.com crown american is a privately held american company that manages and develops commercial real estate . the corporate headquarters is in downtown johnstown pennsylvania in a building designed by architect michael graves . 1 contents 1 history 2 list of former malls 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1950 as crown construction . frank j. pasquerilla who joined less than a year later became president in 1956 and sole owner in 1961 . the company s name was changed to crown american in 1972 and in 1979 it acquired the hess s department store chain . in 1993 the company split into two entities . the shopping mall portion of the company became a publicly held real estate investment trust crown american realty trust and crown american hotels controlled the company s hospitality businesses . at its peak crown american operated 30 shopping malls the hess s department store chain with 73 locations and 20 hotels and motels . in 2003 the shopping mall development and management unit crown american realty trust was sold to pennsylvania real estate investment trust . the hospitality unit crown american hotels was retained . in 2005 22 of the company s 26 hotels were acquired by w2001 eastern hotel realty an affiliate of the archon group which assumed responsibility for their management . frank pasquerilla died from a stroke in 1999 . his son mark e. pasquerilla serves as chairman of crown american hotels . mark pasquerilla joined the company in 1981 and was named president in 1990 . he is a graduate of the university of notre dame completed a master of science degree in international relations at the london school of economics and studied international affairs at the university of cologne . michael barletta is president and chief executive officer . list of former malls edit at crown american s peak in 1993 they owned 30 shopping malls . when they merged with preit in 2003 they owned 26 malls . 1 companies who own crown american malls as of may 2016 preit 10 malls owned 26 malls at the 2003 merger mason asset management namdar realty group 5 malls city view capital cityview commercial llc 2 malls farallon capital management 2 malls kohan retail investment group 2 malls unknown no published information 2 malls closed and abandoned 1 mall empire reality investments 1 mall giant food stores 1 mall hull storey gibson 1 mall m & r investors 1 mall nicholas park mall llc 1 mall paramount developers 1 mall shane morrison companies 1 mall mall number mall name year opened year closed location owners 1 logan valley mall november 1965 altoona pa crown american 1965 2003 preit 2003 present 2 north hanover mall 1967 hanover pa crown american 1967 2003 preit 2003 2014 mason asset management 2014 present 3 shenango valley mall 1967 sharon pa crown american 1967 2003 preit 2003 2005 the lightstone malls 2005 unknown current ownership unknown 4 nittany mall january 1968 state college pa crown american 1968 2003 preit 2003 2014 mason asset management 2014 present 5 viewmont mall 1968 scranton pa crown american 1968 2003 preit 2003 present 6 washington crown center 1969 washington pa crown american 1969 2003 preit 2003 2016 kohan retail investment group 2016 present 7 the point at carlisle plaza 1969 carlisle pa crown american 1970 2002 carlisle reality partners 2002 2013 giant pa 2013 present 8 uniontown mall 1969 uniontown pa crown american 1969 2003 preit 2003 2015 namdar realty group 2015 present 9 wyoming valley mall 1971 wilkes barre pa crown american 1971 2003 preit 2003 present 10 palmer park mall 1972 easton pa crown american 1972 1989 crown 50 % preit 50 % 1989 1996 preit 1996 2016 cityview commercial llc 2016 present 11 westgate mall 1973 bethlehem pa crown american 25 % harold s. campbell foundation 75 % 1973 1996 harold s. campbell foundation 1996 2013 city view capital 2013 present 12 capital city mall 1974 camp hill pa crown american 1974 2003 preit 2003 present 13 valley mall august 1974 hagerstown md shopco malls 1974 1989 crown american 1989 2003 preit 2003 present 14 south mall 1975 allentown pa crown american 1975 2003 preit 2003 2014 nicholas park mall llc . 2014 present 15 francis scott key mall 1978 frederick md crown american 1978 2003 preit 2003 present 16 lycoming mall 1978 pennsdale pa crown american 1978 2003 preit 2003 2016 kohan retail investment group 2016 present 17 valley view mall 1980 la crosse wi crowm american 1980 2003 preit 2003 present 18 schuylkill mall october 1980 frackville pa crown american 1980 2003 preit 2003 2007 empire reality investments 2007 present 19 crossroads mall 1981 beckley wv crown american 1981 2003 preit 2003 present 20 jacksonville mall 1981 jacksonville nc crown american 1981 2003 preit 2003 present 21 west manchester mall now west manchester town center 1981 york pa crown american 1981 2003 preit 2003 2005 the lightstone malls 2005 2012 m & r investors 2012 present 22 chambersburg mall 1982 scotland pa crown american 1982 2003 preit 2003 2013 mason asset management 2013 present 23 wiregrass commons mall august 1986 dothan al crown american 1986 2003 preit 2003 2016 farallon capital management 2016 present 24 patrick henry mall 1987 newport news va crown american 1987 2003 preit 2003 present 25 new river valley mall 1988 christiansburg va crown american 1988 2003 preit 2003 2016 farallon capital management 2016 present 26 oak ridge city center 1988 2008 oak ridge tn crown american 1988 2002 independent 2002 2008 27 phillipsburg mall 1989 phillipsburg nj crown american 1989 2003 preit 2003 2013 mason asset management 2013 present 28 martinsburg mall now foxcroft towne center at martinsburg 1991 martinsburg vw crown american 1991 2003 preit 2003 2005 the lightstone malls 2005 2010 mountain state university 2010 2013 paramount developers 2013 present 29 bradley square mall 1991 cleveland tn crown american 1991 2003 preit 2003 2005 the lightstone malls 2005 2010 the shane morrison companies 2010 present 30 mount berry square 1991 rome ga crown american 1991 2003 preit 2003 2005 hull storey gibson 2005 present 31 middletown mall 1969 fairmont wv crown american 1969 1997 middletown mall associates 1997 unknown current ownership unknown references edit blumenau kurt november 12 2003 . crown american is bought by preit . the morning call . retrieved 24 may 2016 . new york times pennsylvania reit to buy crown american realty trust may 15 2003 . press release 14 may 2003 of pennsylvania real estate investment trust pennsylvania real estate investment trust and crown american realty trust announce merger agreement ; combined company to become a leading mid atlantic shopping mall reit family pledges 5 million to fund spiritual center intercom online volume 27 issue 26 pennsylvania state university april 2 1998 . tomas kellner open for business forbes magazine september 6 2004 . irweblink . irweblink . n.p. n.d. web . 30 nov. 2013 external links edit crown american hotels website archon hospitality pennsylvania real estate investment trust retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crown american & oldid 734939157 categories privately held companies based in pennsylvaniajohnstown pennsylvaniahospitality companies of the united statesshopping property management firmscompanies established in 1950michael graves buildings1950 establishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata 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