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'''Meriden Mall''' (formerly Meriden Square and Westfield Meriden) is a [[shopping mall]] located in [[Meriden, Connecticut|Meriden]], [[Connecticut]]. At almost 900,000 square feet, Meriden is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. As of 2022, the currently maintains the traditional chains [[Boscov's]], |
'''Meriden Mall''' (formerly Meriden Square and Westfield Meriden) is a [[shopping mall]] located in [[Meriden, Connecticut|Meriden]], [[Connecticut]]. At almost 900,000 square feet, Meriden is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. As of 2022, the currently maintains the traditional chains [[Boscov's]], [[Dick's Sporting Goods]], and [[TJ Maxx]] as anchor stores. The mall currently features staples, [[Forever 21|Forever 21 Red]], [[American Eagle Outfitters|American Eagle]], [[Charlotte Russe]], and [[Torrid (clothing retailer)|Torrid]]. The mall has 3 vacant spaces last occupied by [[Sears]], [[Macy's]], and [[Best Buy]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Location | Meriden, Connecticut |
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Address | 470 Lewis Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451 |
Opening date | October 19, 1971[1] |
Owner | Namdar Realty Group and Mason Asset Management |
No. of stores and services | 142[2] |
No. of anchor tenants | 6 (3 open, 3 vacant) |
Total retail floor area | 894,435 sq ft (83,095.7 m2)[2] |
No. of floors | 2 |
Parking | 4,065[2] |
Website | www |
Meriden Mall (formerly Meriden Square and Westfield Meriden) is a shopping mall located in Meriden, Connecticut. At almost 900,000 square feet, Meriden is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. As of 2022, the currently maintains the traditional chains Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and TJ Maxx as anchor stores. The mall currently features staples, Forever 21 Red, American Eagle, Charlotte Russe, and Torrid. The mall has 3 vacant spaces last occupied by Sears, Macy's, and Best Buy.
History
The facility, originally built and owned by The May Department Stores Company opened in 1971. Its original architecture was a two-level, dumbbell shaped shopping center with two anchor stores, the Connecticut-based G. Fox, which was also owned by The May Company chain, and JCPenney. Original tenants were Radio Shack, Spencer Gifts, Hickory Farms, Barricini Candy, Record World, Waldenbooks, CVS, Singer sewing machine store, a piano and organ store, a travel agency, a liquor store, and a tobacco store. The only restaurant in the main part of the mall was a Friendly's Ice Cream parlor and restaurant, though both JCPenney and G. Fox had restaurants located inside of their stores. The mall also featured an incline ramp-escalator in the center court.
A 1993 renovation added a two-level wing anchored by a new Sears department store and also included a new food court, creating a T-shaped floor plan. Also in 1993, G. Fox parent, May Company acquired Boston based Filene's and merged the two department stores together under the Filene's name. The Meriden G. Fox store changed its name to Filene's.
The Westfield Group acquired the mall in 1997.[3]
The mall was expanded again in an ambitious renovation announced in 1997. The renovation saw an extra floor area of 147,425 sq ft (13,696.2 m2) added to the center, as well as an additional 30 stores, creating a cross-shaped floor plan.[4] The new anchor, built opposite Sears, was upscale department store Lord & Taylor, the centerpiece of the $38 million revitalization and expansion plan. In addition to its new anchor, a multistory parking garage was also built beside Sears on the end of the mall facing Lewis Avenue. The renovation was completed and officially opened in 1999.[5]
In 2005, Lord & Taylor shuttered this location after being repositioned. Westfield quickly moved to fill the vacancy by bringing in Dick's Sporting Goods, which moved right into the empty Lord & Taylor space. In September 2006, Filenes became Macy's.
In 2014, it was announced that Boscov's would replace JCPenney, both expanding and completely remodeling the structure. The location is Boscov's first in Connecticut and in the entire New England region. The store opened in November 2015.[6][7]
The late 2010's saw multiple traditional chain anchors update their brick-and-mortar fleets after being disrupted by digital retailers in recent years.
On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing plan to phase out of brick-and-mortar.[8]
On January 6, 2020, Macy's, which maintains additional outposts close by, announced as part of a strategy to focus on their highest achieving locations that they would be leaving the center. [9]
See also
References
- ^ The Caldor Rainbow (2007-07-02), Indoor Shipping Attracts Patrons at Meriden Square, retrieved 2022-08-27
- ^ a b c "Westfield Meriden". Westfield Group. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012.
- ^ "Westfield America, Inc. Announces Third QuarterEarnings (September 1997)". [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Westfield America, Inc. announces Lord and Taylor to add stores to the shopping centres" (Press release). Westfield Group. 19 December 1997. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010.
- ^ "Westfield Property Group - Shoppingtown - Westfield Meriden | Midstate Chamber of Commerce". members.midstatechamber.com.
- ^ Davidson, Paul. "J.C. Penney closing 33 stores, laying off 2,000". USA TODAY.
- ^ MELVIN, ZACH. "Boscov's Department Store To Open At Meriden Mall, Adding 300 Jobs". courant.com.
- ^ "Sears to close location at Westfield Meriden mall".
- ^ "Macy's Store in Meriden to Close".