Syracuse, N.Y. – Onondaga County is seeking a new developer for ShoppingTown, the DeWitt mall that closed in 2020 and was purchased by the county in hopes of turning it into a mixed-use community.
The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency is set to vote this morning to issue a new request for proposals from developers interested in taking on the 65-acre property off Erie Boulevard East. The deadline for submissions will be in 60 days.
The action comes four years after the county bought the closed mall and four months after a Syracuse group pulled out of a deal to turn it into a complex of housing, retail, office and entertainment space known as District East…