Town Of Hempstead Approves Green Acres Leases: See What Stores Are Coming To The Mall

VALLEY STREAM, NY — Four new stores could be coming to the Green Acres Mall after the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency approved a slate of new leases at its May 19 meeting, the IDA announced.

According to the IDA, the first of the four establishments is Escapology, a themed escape room chain that places visitors in a themed room and gives them an hour to complete a “mission.” That Escapology space, the IDA said, will occupy just over 44,000 square feet in the mall, employing 16 people at average annual salaries between $125,000 and $150,000.

Next among the new occupants is Four Leaf Federal Credit Union, which will occupy an almost 2,000-square-foot storefront in the mall and employ four people at an average annual rate of $98,000.

Finally, the IDA approved leases to a pair of stores known to mallgoers the world over: Claire’s and Zumiez. The Claire’s location will bring the jewelry and accessories business into a 2,208 square-foot space with three full-time employees and three part-timers. The average salaries at Claire’s will range from $17 to $25 per hour.

As for the Zumiez, the skate and snowboard apparel retailer will set up shop in a 2,656 square-foot space, employing two full-time employees and eight part-timers in what will be Zumiez’s sixth Long Island location.

“Our investment in Green Acres Mall and the adjacent Green Acres Commons continues to demonstrate that these shopping cent ers can attract a diverse range of high-quality national tenants,” IDA CEO Fred Parola said. “Our investment in Green Acres continues to generate dividends for the residents of the Town of Hempstead in the form of new business, increased employment, and the generation of new sales tax revenues.”