South Street Seaport development pushes out Pier 17 mall

From left: An interior shot of the current mall, Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb and a rendering of the new Pier 17
From left: An interior shot of the current mall, Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb and a rendering of the new Pier 17

South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 mall will close today to make room for a long-planned renovation of the pier. The multi-million-dollar overhaul project – being developed by Howard Hughes Corp. and set to kick off construction in October — will raze the current 28-year-old structure and build a glass structure filled with high-end stores and restaurants in its place. “There’s no place for the mom-and-pop store in the new mall,” a shop owner who declined to be named told DNAinfo. “But I don’t know if there’s room anywhere in city for that anymore.”

Howard Hughes representatives did not respond to DNAinfo’s requests for comment.

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Mall tenants had asked Howard Hughes Corp. to move the demolition date from July to the fall, to allow them to cash in on the summer retail season. [DNAinfo]Hiten Samtani