Tuesday, May 06, 2008
NEW INDUCTEES:
-Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008-
*Midland Mall (Rhode Island Mall), Warwick, RI
*Newington Mall, Newington, NH
*Bangor Mall, Bangor, ME
*University Mall, South Burlington, VT
SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Mallmakers Cavalcade
Spotlighting the nation's top 5 shopping mall operators
[March 2008 archive]
*Early Malls Cavalcade (1950-1953)
Detailing the first "mall" shopping centers in America
[February 2007 archive]
*Victor Gruen's Malls Cavalcade
Commemorating the Father of the American Mall
[June 2007 archive]
*Merged Malls Cavalcade
Where 2 malls become 1!
[October 2007 archive]
OTHER FEATURES:
*Chicago's First Malls Cavalcade
[January 2008 archive]
*Long Island's First Malls Cavalcade
[December 2007 archive]
*Southern California's Fashion Squares Cavalcade
[December 2007 archive]
*Seventies Malls Cavalcade (1970-1979)
[March 2007 archive]
*Cin-Day Center Mall
[March 2008 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Denver
[January 2008 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Phoenix
[September 2007 Archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Los Angeles County
[May 2007 archive]
*The Lost Malls Of San Francisco-Oakland
[May 2007 archive]
*The Lost Malls Of Atlanta
[April 2007 archive]
*The Lost Malls of Huntsville, Alabama
[April 2007 archive]
WELCOME TO THE
MALL HALL OF FAME
Below, you will find a list of the 220 malls that have been inducted. Shopping centers and malls are listed by the states that they are located in. A Note: original names and (political jurisdiction) locations are used.
In brackets [ ] is the name of the BLOG ARCHIVE that a shopping center's information/posts will be found in [October '06, April '07, May '08, etcetera].
HALL OF FAME MALLS
ALABAMA:
*Eastwood Mall, Birmingham [Nov. '06]
*Heart Of Huntsville Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Dunnavant's Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*The Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
*Bel Air Mall, Mobile [Feb. '08]
*Parkway City Mall, Huntsville [April '07]
ALASKA:
*Nugget Mall, Juneau [March '07]
*Dimond Center, Anchorage [Nov. '07]
ARIZONA:
*Park Central Center, Phoenix [Aug. '07]
*Maryvale Shopping City, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Chris-Town Mall, Phoenix [Dec. '06]
*Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
*Sears-Rhodes Center, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Thomas Mall, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tower Plaza, Phoenix [Sept. '07]
*Tri-City Mall, Mesa [Sept. '07]
*Los Arcos Mall, Scottsdale [Sept. '07]
*Metrocenter, Phoenix [Aug. '07]
*Valley West Mall, Glendale [Sept. '07]
*Camelview Plaza, Scottsdale [Oct. '07]
ARKANSAS:
*University Mall, Little Rock [April '07]
CALIFORNIA:
-LOS ANGELES-
*Broadway-Crenshaw Center [Jan. '07]
*Lakewood Center, Lakewood [Feb. '07]
*Whittier Quad, Whittier [May '07]
*Pomona Valley Center, Pomona [May '07]
*Whittwood Center, Whittier [May '07]
*Los Altos Center, Long Beach [May '07]
*Eastland Center, West Covina [May '07]
*La Mirada Center, La Mirada [May '07]
*Sears Center, El Monte [May '07]
*Del Amo Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
*Sherman Oaks Fashion Square [Dec '07]
*Fallbrook Square [May '07]
*Topanga Plaza [June '07]
*Century Square [July '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Square, Torrance [Oct. '07/Dec. '07]
*Puente Hills Mall, City Of Industry [May '07]
*Hawthorne Plaza, Hawthorne [May '07]
*Del Amo Fashion Center, Torrance [Oct. '07]
-ORANGE COUNTY-
*Broadway Shopping Center, Anaheim [Feb. '08]
*Bullock's Fashion Square, Santa Ana [Dec. '07]
*Huntington Center, Huntington Beach [Jan '07]
*South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa [June '07]
*La Habra Fashion Square, La Habra [Dec. '07]
-RIVERSIDE COUNTY-
*Riverside Plaza, Riverside [Feb. '08]
-SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-
*Westlake Center, Daly City [May '07]
*Stonestown Center, San Francisco [Feb. '07]
*Hillsdale Center, San Mateo [April '08]
*Bayfair Center, San Leandro [April '08]
*El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito [May '07]
*Larwin Plaza, Vallejo [May '07]
*Southland Center, Hayward [Feb. '08]
*Eastmont Mall, Oakland [May '07]
*Sunvalley Mall, Concord/Pleasant Hill [April '08]
*Alcosta Mall, San Ramon [May '07]
*Fremont Fashion Square, Fremont [May '07]
-SACRAMENTO-
*Country Club Plaza [Aug. '07]
-SAN DIEGO-
*Mission Valley Center [April '07]
*Grossmont Center, La Mesa [Feb. '08]
-SAN JOSE-
*Valley Fair Center [Oct. '07]
*Stevens Creek Plaza, Santa Clara [Oct. '07]
*Valley Fair, San Jose/Santa Clara, CA [Oct. '07]
COLORADO:
*Cherry Creek Center, Denver [Feb. '07]
*University Hills Center, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Lakeside Center, Lakeside [Jan. '08]
*Westland Center, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*Crossroads Mall, Boulder [Jan. '08]
*Bear Valley Mall, Denver [Jan. '08]
*Villa Italia Mall, Jefferson County [Jan. '08]
*North Valley Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Cinderella City Mall, Englewood [Jan. '08]
*Northglenn Mall, Adams County [Jan. '08]
*Buckingham Square Mall, Aurora [Jan. '08]
*Southglenn Mall, Arapahoe County [Jan. '08]
CONNECTICUT:
*Connecticut Post Center, Milford [April '07]
*Trumbull Shopping Park, Trumbull [March '08]
*Westfarms Mall, Farmington & West Hartford [Nov. '07]
DELAWARE:
*Concord Mall, New Castle County [March '07]
FLORIDA:
-FT. LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD-
*Sunrise Key Center (Galleria) [March '08]
*Hollywood Mall [July '07]
-JACKSONVILLE-
*Regency Square Mall [Feb. '08]
-MIAMI/DADE-
*163rd Street Center [Nov. '07]
*Dadeland Center [July '07]
-ORLANDO-
*Colonial Plaza [July '07]
-TAMPA-
*Cortez Plaza, Bradenton [Nov. '06]
*WestShore Plaza [July '07]
GEORGIA:
*Lenox Square Center, Atlanta [Nov. '06]
*Ansley Center, Atlanta [April '07]
*Stewart-Lakewood Center, Atlanta [April '07]
*Cobb County Center, Cobb County [April '07]
*Columbia Mall, Decatur [April '07]
*Phipps Plaza, Atlanta [April '08]
*Perimeter Mall, Dekalb County [April '08]
*Cumberland Mall, Cobb County [April '08]
*Parkaire Mall, Cobb County [April '07]
HAWAII:
*Ala Moana Center, Honolulu [Feb. '07]
IDAHO:
*Karcher Mall, Nampa [Jan. '07]
ILLINOIS:
-CHICAGO-
*Park Forest Plaza, Park Forest [Jan. '08]
*Evergreen Plaza, Evergreen Park [Jan. '08]
*Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL [Jan. '08]
*Hillside Center, Hillside [Jan. '08]
*Golf Mill Center, Niles [Jan. '08]
*Randhurst Mall, Mt. Prospect [June '07]
*Ford City Mall [July '07]
*Dixie Square Mall, Harvey [Jan. '08]
*Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg [March '07]
-SAINT LOUIS AREA-
*St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights [Nov. '07]
INDIANA:
*Eastgate Center, Marion County [Feb. '07]
*Glendale Center, Marion County [Nov. '07]
*Mounds Mall, Anderson [March '08]
IOWA:
*Merle Hay Plaza, Des Moines [March '07]
*Duck Creek Plaza, Bettendorf [March '08]
KANSAS:
*Mission Center, Mission [April '07]
*White Lakes Mall, Topeka [March '08]
KENTUCKY:
*The Mall, St. Matthews [Jan. '07]
*Florence Mall, Florence [Nov. '07]
LOUISIANA:
*Alexandria Mall, Alexandria [March '07]
*Oakwood Center, Gretna [July '07]
MAINE:
*Maine Mall, Portland [March '07]
*Bangor Mall, Bangor [May '08]
MARYLAND:
-BALTIMORE-
*Mondawmin Center, Baltimore (City) [Sept. '07]
*Harundale Mall, Glen Burnie [Jan. '07]
-WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA-
*Prince George's Plaza, Hyattsville [Oct. 06]
*Iverson Mall, Hillcrest Heights [Oct. '06]
MASSACHUSETTS:
*Shoppers World, Framingham [Feb. '07]
*South Shore Plaza, Braintree [Nov. '07]
*Westgate Mall, Brockton [June '07]
MICHIGAN:
*Northland Center, Southfield [June '07]
*Westland Center, Westland [Feb. '08]
*12 Oaks Mall, Novi [June '07]
MINNESOTA:
*Southdale Center, Edina [June '07]
*Apache Plaza, St. Anthony [Sept. '07]
MISSISSIPPI:
*Edgewater Plaza Shopping City, Biloxi [March '07]
MISSOURI:
-SAINT LOUIS-
*Northland Center, Jennings [April '07]
*Jamestown Mall, Saint Louis County [Feb. '08]
-KANSAS CITY-
*Blue Ridge Center, Kansas City [March '07]
*Ward Parkway Center, Kansas City [March '08]
MONTANA:
*Rimrock Mall, Billings [March '07]
NEBRASKA:
*The Center, Omaha [Feb. '07]
*Crossroads Center, Omaha [Nov. '07]
NEVADA:
*The Boulevard, Clark County [Jan. '07]
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
*Belknap Mall, Town Of Belmont [March '07]
*Newington Mall, Newington [May '08]
NEW JERSEY:
-NEW YORK CITY AREA-
*Bergen Center, Paramus & Maywood [March '07]
-PHILADELPHIA AREA-
*Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill Township [June '07]
*Moorestown Mall, Moorestown Township [Feb. '08]
NEW MEXICO:
*Winrock Center, Albuquerque [June '07]
*Coronado Center, Albuquerque [March '07]
NEW YORK:
-NEW YORK CITY/LONG ISLAND AREA-
*Great Neck Plaza, Great Neck Plaza [Dec. '07]
*Cross County Center, Yonkers [Oct. '06]
*Roosevelt Field Center, Hempstead [Dec. '07]
*Green Acres Center, Valley Stream [Dec. '07]
*Mid-Island Plaza, Hicksville [Dec. '07]
*Walt Whitman Mall, Huntington Station [Dec. '07]
*South Shore Mall, Bay Shore [Dec. '07]
-BUFFALO-
*Boulevard Mall, Amherst [July '07]
-ROCHESTER-
*Midtown Plaza [June '07]
*Greecetown Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Long Ridge Mall, Greece [Oct. '07]
*Mall At Greece Ridge Center, Greece [Oct. '07]
NORTH CAROLINA:
*Charlottetown Mall, Charlotte [Nov. '06]
*Asheville Mall, Asheville [Nov. '07]
NORTH DAKOTA:
*Kirkwood Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
*Gateway Mall, Bismarck [March '07]
OHIO:
-AKRON-
*Chapel Hill Mall [Sept. '07]
-CANTON-
*Mellet Center [Nov. '07]
-CINCINNATI-
*Swifton Center [Dec. '06]
*Kenwood Plaza, Hamilton County [Oct. '06]
*Tri-County Center, Springdale [Dec. '06]
*Kenwood Mall, Hamilton County [Oct. '06]
-CLEVELAND-
*Westgate Center, Fairview Park
*Severance Center, Cleveland Heights [Oct. '06]
-COLUMBUS-
*Northland Center [Feb. '07]
-DAYTON-
*Salem Mall, Montgomery County [March '07]
*Dayton Mall, Montgomery County [March '07]
-MIDDLETOWN/MONROE-
*City Centre Mart [March '07]
*Cin-Day Center Mall [March '08]
-TOLEDO-
*Franklin Park Mall [Sept. '07]
OKLAHOMA:
*Penn Square Center, Oklahoma City [March '07]
OREGON:
*Lloyd Center, Portland [Jan. '07]
*Washington Square Mall, Tigard [March '08]
PENNSYLVANIA:
-PHILADELPHIA-
*Levittown Shop-O-Rama, Borough of Tullytown [Feb. '07]
*King Of Prussia Plaza, Upper Merion Township [April '07]
*Plymouth Meeting Mall, Plymouth Township [Feb. '08]
-PITTSBURGH-
*Northway Mall, Allegheny County [Nov. '06]
*South Hills Village Mall, Bethel Park [Sept. '07]
RHODE ISLAND:
*Midland Mall, Warwick [May '08]
*Warwick Mall, Warwick [March '07]
SOUTH CAROLINA:
*Dutch Square Mall, St. Andrews [April '07]
*Westgate Mall, Spartanburg [Nov. '07]
SOUTH DAKOTA:
*Empire Mall, Sioux Falls [March '07]
TENNESSEE:
*Eastgate Center, East Ridge [March '08]
*Southland Mall, Memphis [July '07]
*100 Oaks Mall, Nashville [July '07]
*Northgate Mall, Hixson [Feb. '08]
*West Town Mall, Knoxville [Feb. '08]
TEXAS:
-DALLAS/FORT WORTH-
*Big Town Mall, Mesquite [Dec. '06]
*NorthPark Center [Sept. '07]
-HOUSTON-
*Gulfgate Shopping City [Oct. '06]
*The Galleria [June '07]
-SAN ANTONIO-
*Wonderland Shopping City, Balcones Heights [Nov. '07]
*North Star Mall [June '07]
UTAH:
*Cottonwood Center, Holladay [Feb. '07]
*ZCMI Center Mall/Crossroads Plaza, Salt Lake City [March '08]
VERMONT:
*Green Mountain Mall, St. Johnsbury [March '07]
*University Mall, South Burlington [May '08]
VIRGINIA:
-RICHMOND-
*Azalea Mall, Henrico County [Sept. '07]
-WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA-
*7 Corners Center, Falls Church [Jan. '07]
*Tysons Corner Center, McLean [Nov. '07]
*Crystal City Shops, Arlington [March '07]
WASHINGTON:
*Northgate Center, King County [Feb. 07]
*NorthTown Center, Spokane [March '08]
*Tacoma Mall, Tacoma [Sept. 07]
WEST VIRGINIA:
*Grand Central Mall, Vienna [March '07]
WISCONSIN:
*Valley Fair Center, Appleton [Nov. '06]
*Capitol Court Center, Milwaukee [Sept. '07]
*Mayfair Center, Wauwatosa [Aug. '07]
WYOMING:
*White Mountain Mall, Rock Springs [April '07]
*
Although the info on this blog is as accurate as I have been able to
make it, there are instances of conflicting or insufficient information,
or oversights on my part.
*
If you know -for a fact- that something on here is not entirely correct,
please feel free to post and let me know. I will make any changes
necessary. Moreover, I will be more than glad to list you as a reference
for any revised article.
*
Thanks much,
The Curator
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Rhode Island's Midland Mall
*
An interior view of New England's first multi-level, fully-enclosed mall.
The shopping venue encompassed 450,500 leasable square feet and
housed 60 inline stores.
Photo from Malls of America Blogspot
The original footprint of Providence's MIDLAND MALL. The Gruen-
designed center had several of the master architect's trademarks, such
as an extremely wide mall concourse. It was also situated with an upper
and lower retail level, with each entered from a respective upper and
lower parking area. There was, however, no underground service
tunnel. Perhaps those had become passe' by 1966-67.
Sears, the west anchor of MIDLAND MALL. The original east anchor,
the Providence-based Shepard Company, was shuttered in 1973.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
The abandoned Cherry and Webb, which was the first business to open
at MIDLAND MALL, on August 15, 1967. The store lasted until the year
2000.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
The glass elevator was added during MIDLAND'S 1984 metamorphosis
into RHODE ISLAND MALL.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
During the '84 renovation, the exterior was also given a redo. Here we
see one of the new mall entrances.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
Today's RHODE ISLAND MALL. The circa-'60s center is maintained
in a partially-leased state...something like a shopping center suspended
animation. The two "destination" stores on the east end, added in 2001-
2002, do not connect to the main mall. This leaves the complex with
a single anchor to sustain it.
The mall's two anchors that aren't. These divorced department stores,
one stacked on top of another, have something of a seperate mainten-
ance arrangement with the rest of the complex.
Photos from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
The Wal-Mart wall, seperating it and Kohl's from the main mall
concourse.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
MIDLAND MALL
East Avenue and Bald Hill Road
Warwick, Rhode Island
Among the latter shopping mall projects of Vienna's Victor Gruen [June 2007 archive], Rhode Island's MIDLAND MALL was also the first 2-level interior mall in New England. Moreover, it was the first enclosed mall in the Ocean State.
This distinction is often -incorrectly- attributed to the Providence Arcade (1828). However, this was a 19th century, inner city shopping gallery...not the suburban, mid-20th century shopping mall that it has been categorized as.
MIDLAND MALL, built by the Chicago-based Homart Development Company, was situated on a 58 acre parcel. This was located 7.6 miles southwest of the Rhode Island State Capitol, in the suburb of Warwick. The area was serviced by the Interstate 95 and 295 expressways, which intersected nearby.
The first store to open in the 450,400 square foot center, South Attleboro, Massachusetts-based Cherry and Webb ladies apparel, was dedicated August 15, 1967. One of the mall's 2 anchors, the Providence-based Shepard Company, came inline August 24. The entire mall held its grand opening on October 2, 1967.
In addition to the Shepard Company, the complex included a 217,000 square foot Sears, plus the Midland Cafeteria, Doktor's Pets, Orange Julius, Spencer Gifts, Thom McAn Shoes, Flagg Brothers Shoes and 52 other inline stores. There was also the small (200 seat) Midland Cinema on the mall's lower level.
A larger, fully-enclosed shopping complex was built directly northeast of MIDLAND MALL, across the Pawtuxet River and Interstate 295 freeway. Known as WARWICK MALL [March 2007 archive], it was completed in 1971.
The sibling centers co-existed peacably for many years. However, WARWICK MALL eventually gained a competitive edge. Other newer and larger malls in the region drained commerce from the smaller and older MIDLAND.
These included LINCOLN MALL (1975), in Lincoln, Rhode Island, EMERALD SQUARE MALL (1989), in North Attleboro, Massachusetts and PROVIDENCE PLACE (1999), in downtown Providence.
MIDLAND MALL underwent a renovation in 1984. An area at the southeast corner of the Upper Level was made into the Greenhouse Cafes Food Court and the shuttered Cinema on the Lower Level was refitted as new store space. A facelift was given to the interior and exterior and the official name of the venue was changed to RHODE ISLAND MALL.
Anchor rebrandings at MIDLAND / RHODE ISLAND MALL began when the Shepard Company was shuttered in 1973. Four years later, the store reopened as a Hartford-based G. Fox. In 1993, this store was rebranded by Boston-based Filene's [pronounced "fiy-leenz"]. It closed for good in 1997.
The vacant Filene's was demolished, along with one third of the mall structure, in 2000. A new, bi-level Wal-Mart and Kohl's were built on the site. Wal-Mart, occupying the lower level, opened in 2001. Kohl's, in the upper level, came inline in 2002. These new stores cannot be considered anchors, for they have no interior entrances into the mall concourse.
Cut off from the 2 new "destination" stores on its east end, RHODE ISLAND MALL flounders. The center, with spaces for 69 inline stores, has only 18 in operation at the present time.
It has been reported that the region's Stop and Shop supermarket chain (a US subsidiary of the Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Ahold Corporation) leases vacant mall space so that the existing Wal-Mart cannot be expanded into a Supercenter format store...with supermarket.
RHODE ISLAND MALL was aquired by Munich, Germany-based GLL Real Estate Partners in September 2004. Management of the 579,500 square foot complex is handled by Woburn, Massachusetts-based Eastern Development, LLC.
Sources:
"Rhode Island Mall' article at www.labelscar.com / Posted by "Caldor"
"Rhode Island Mall" article on Wikipedia
www.artinruins.com
www.warwickri.gov
New Hampshire's Newington Mall
New Hampshire's first regional shopping mall had 3 anchor department
stores, a junior anchor supermarket and 40 inline retail spaces.
NEWINGTON was the first shopping mall in sales tax-free New Hampshire
to draw trade from the neighboring state of Maine. Down on the Massa-
chusetts border, there have been 6 malls that have taken advantage of
the location. The newest, MALL AT ROCKINGHAM PARK (1991), in
Salem, is also the Granite State's largest mall, encompassing 1,020,000
leasable square feet.
FOX RUN MALL was built across the road from NEWINGTON MALL
in 1982-'83. It was definitely too close for comfort!
Photos from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
Best Buy and Barnes and Noble, in today's CROSSINGS AT FOX RUN
power center, were constructed on the site of NEWINGTON MALL'S
demolished Montgomery Ward.
Photo From Jones Lang LaSalle
Serving as an anatomy of a demalling, a site plan of the CROSSINGS
AT FOX RUN power center. It replaced NEWINGTON MALL in 1997.
The only structures remaining from the mall are Kohl's and Sullivan
Tire. The outparcel McDonald's, Toys "R" Us and (eastern half of the)
cinema were peripheral structures built in the '70s and '80s.
NEWINGTON MALL
Gosling Road and Woodbury Avenue
Newington, New Hampshire
NEWINGTON MALL was developed by Arlen Shopping Centers of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a predecessor of today's CBL and Associates Properties [March 2008 archive].
The fully-enclosed, 480,000 square foot shopping center sat on 61 acres, 2.4 miles northwest of center city Portsmouth. The site was adjacent to the Spaulding Turnpike / US Route 4 freeway.
NEWINGTON MALL held its grand opening August 15, 1974. The complex was anchored by Salem, Massachusetts-based J.M. Fields, Portland, Maine-based Porteous, Mitchell and Braun and Montgomery Ward.
There were 40 inline stores in the single-level complex, including Kimballs apparel, Fields Hosiery, Fanny Farmer Candies, GNC, the Jewel Box, Paperback Booksmith, Ti Shop and a Food Fair (later Shaw's) supermarket. Outparcels included Midas Muffler, McDonald's and Bickford's Family Fare Restaurant.
The first anchor rebranding occurred in 1978, when the J.M Fields discount mart was shuttered. The 80,000 square foot store soon reopened as a Braintree, Massachusetts-based Bradlees. The next change took place in 1992, with the shuttering of Porteous.
FOX RUN MALL, built directly northwest of NEWINGTON MALL, opened in 1983. It encompassed 516,000 square feet and over 80 stores, providing commercial competition that the smaller NEWINGTON MALL could not endure.
The closing of the adjacent Pease Air Force Base, in 1991, was another nail in NEWINGTON'S coffin. Its center anchor and supermarket sat empty and more and more vacant stores lined the interior mallway.
In late 1995, a demalling plan was devised which would leave the Bradlees and Wards stores but bulldoze the mall structure between the two. This was accomplished in early 1996.
A new power center, THE CROSSINGS AT FOX RUN, opened in 1997. In addition to the existing Bradlees and Montgomery Ward, the complex featured a multiplex cinema. It had originally been built -as an 8-plex- in the late 1980s and was expanded to a 12-screen venue in 1997 (and a 15-plex in 2007).
Meanwhile, Montgomery Ward had closed in October 1997, Bradlees in December 2000. The vacant Ward's was demolished in the spring of 1998 and replaced by Best Buy (1998) and Barnes and Noble (1999). The old Bradlee's reopened as a Milwaukee-based Kohl's in the spring of 2002.
Today, the 451,000 square foot CROSSINGS AT FOX RUN is managed by Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle.
Sources:
www.geocities.com / Zayre88
www.deadmalls.com / Post by Patrick Lessard
www.joneslanglasalle.com
"Fox Run Mall" article on Wikipedia
The original footprint of Maine's second regional center. The first, MAINE
MALL, was built on the southwestern outskirts of Portland, in 1970-'71.
The third, AUBURN MALL, was situated northwest of downtown Auburn.
It was completed in 1979.
Center Court, previously fronted by Porteous...now by Dick's
Sporting Goods. The portal to the mall's West Wing is at the
center of the photo.
Photo from Simon Property Group
A view farther into the West Wing.
Photo from Simon Property Group
An aerial view of the complex, which is the second-largest
interior mall in the state.
Photo from Simon Property Group
Physical layout of BANGOR MALL, following the expansion of 1998.
That project added 160,000 square feet to the center's GLA, increas-
ing it to 655,000. Porteous was shuttered in November '02. The
building was renovated and reopened as a Dick's in November '04.
Filene's was rebranded by Macy's in September '06.
BANGOR MALL
Stillwater Avenue and Bangor Mall Boulevard
Bangor, Maine
AIRPORT MALL, the first enclosed shopping center in the Pine Tree State, opened -in Bangor- in 1969. 9 years later, the state's fourth interior mall -its second regional-class shopping venue- was built in Bangor.
BANGOR MALL occupied 11.6 acres of a larger site, that was located 2.3 miles northeast of the central city. The parcel was adjacent to the Interstate 95 expressway.
The single-level center's grand opening took place on October 4, 1978. It originally encompassed 494,900 square feet, with over 50 inline stores. These included Spencer Gifts, Kay Jewelers, B. Dalton Booksellers and GNC.
The original anchors of the mall were Sears, J.C. Penney and Portland, Maine-based Porteous, Mitchell and Braun.
A facelift renovation was completed in November 1997. In November 1998, a 160,000 square foot expansion came inline. This included a 120,000 square foot (2-level) Boston-based Filene's [pronounced "fiy-leenz"] and 9 inline stores.
Anchor rebrandings, transpiring at BANGOR MALL, consisted of the shuttering of Porteous in November 2002. The 60,000 square foot store reopened as a Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods 2 years later. Filene's was "Macy-ated" in September 2006.
Majority ownership interest in the shopping venue was acquired by the Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group in January 2004. Today, the 655,000 square foot center is managed by Kravco Simon, a subsidiary of the Indy-based parent company.
Sources:
www.geocities.com / Zayre88
www.simon.com
Retail Traffic Magazine
The first incarnation of Vermont's UNIVERSITY
MALL. In 1979, it was a 293,500 square foot
shopping complex, with approximately 50 inline
stores.
A physical layout, circa-1989. The original
mall's anchor box is empty...Almy had gone
bust in 1988. The Zayre, in the new South
Wing, had just been rebranded by Ames.
The final footprint of U-MALL, from early in
1999. Additions to the south, east and north,
over a 19 year period, doubled the retail area
of the venue.
The east/west mall corridor, with the center's charter anchor store
off in the distance. Originally a Boston-based Almy, it housed a New
Jersey-based Steinbach before reopening as a Pennsylvania-based
Bon-Ton in late 1999.
Photo from CB Richard Ellis / University Mall Teaser Brochure
Another view of the original venue's east/west mall corridor.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor" 
The south corridor in the 1979 structure.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
The South Wing was added, along with a new Zayre, in the 1980s.
Photo from http://www.labelscar.com/ / "Caldor"
The 8-bay Food Court at U-MALL was refitted into previously-existing
store space.
Photo from CB Richard Ellis / University Mall Teaser Brochure
Additions to the mall during the 1990s. J.C. Penney joined the retail
roster in 1992, Sears in 1998.
Photo from CB Richard Ellis / University Mall Teaser Brochure
Kohl's came inline in 2005. The store space, originally a Zayre, was
rebranded by Ames in 1989.
Photo from CB Richard Ellis / "University Mall Teaser Brochure"
The latest incarnation of the oft-expanded shopping
center. With over 600,000 leasable square feet,
it is the largest mall in the Green Mountain State.
In the number 2 position is DIAMOND RUN MALL,
in Rutland, with a GLA of 447,100.
UNIVERSITY MALL
Dorset Street and Williston Road
South Burlington, Vermont
Most likely constituting the first regional-class shopping mall in Vermont, UNIVERSITY MALL was built on a 56 acre plot, 2.3 miles southeast of Downtown Burlington, on land running alongside the Interstate 89 expressway.
Originally housing 293,500 square feet, the fully-enclosed, single-level center was completed in 1979. It was anchored by a 60,000 square foot, Boston-based Almy department store.
The first expansion, on the south end, added an 86,600 square foot, Framingham, Massachusetts-based Zayre discount mart and 29,000 square feet of inline store space. This addition, completed in the mid-1980s, brought the square footage of the mall up to 409,400 square feet.
Even at 400,000 square feet, UNIVERSITY MALL did not have any retail rivals in its area. Such shopping venues as MALL 189, in Burlington, were roughly half its size. The city's downtown redevelopment mall, BURLINGTON SQUARE (1976), was not even this large.
The center's first anchor change occurred in early 1989, when stores in the Zayre's chain were rebranded by Rocky Hill, Connecticut-based Ames. At the same time, the Almy's chain had gone bankrupt. Its store space at "U-MALL" sat vacant until Asbury Park, New Jersey-based Steinbach opened a store there in 1992.
1992 was also the year that J.C. Penney gutted space in the mall's South Wing, building out an 85,500 square foot store.
In November 1997, the third expansion of U-MALL got underway. This consisted of a 126,500 square foot Sears and multi-level parking garage. These were completed in 1998. U-MALL now encompassed 611,500 square feet and over 70 inline stores.
The most recent anchor rebrandings commenced in November 1999, when the shuttered Steinbach reopened as a York, Pennsylvania-based Bon-Ton. Ames, shuttered in late 2002, reopened as a Milwaukee-based Kohl's in 2005.
2005 was also the year that a major, facelift renovation was given to the shopping venue. This entailed installation of new ceilings, flooring, lighting and seating...along with updated exterior entrances. The 7 month project was completed in November.
Today, U-MALL is managed by Burlington, Massachusetts-based Finard and Company. As of May 2007, leasing is handled by Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle.
Sources:
"University Mall" article on www.labelscar.com / Posted by "Caldor"
"University Mall" article on Wikipedia
www.joneslanglasalle.com
info@umallvt.com
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Sears and Roebuck at HILLSDALE actually predated the Macy's-
anchored, open-air shopping center that was dedicated in late 1954.
Photo from "Shopping Can Be Fun" video
The "Magnificent Macy's" at HILLSDALE; the first suburban
shopping center branch of the Macy's San Francisco chain.
Two newspaper ads announcing the grand opening of
the HILLSDALE Macy's, in November 1954.
Advertisements from "BigMallRat"
The original, mid-'50s footprint of HILLSDALE CENTER. The open-
air mall was situated around its 200,000 square foot Macy's. The free-
standing Sears was to the south. The Farmer's Market made up the
north end of the complex.
HILLSDALE CENTER
PARTIAL TENANT LIST 1955:
MACY'S (with Garden Restaurant; Dining Room, Coffee Shop, Green Room and Cloud Room Cocktail Lounge) / SEARS / MAYFAIR MARKET / FARMER'S MARKET / J.J. NEWBERRY / Leeds Qualicraft Shoes / GallenKamp Shoes / C.H. Baker Shoes / Thom McAn Shoes / Hartfield's apparel / Harris and Frank apparel / Hagen's ladies apparel / Melart's ladies apparel / H. Liebers ladies apparel / The Colony / National Shirt Shop / Kay Jewelers / Cretan's Fashion Jewelry / Hearth and Home housewares / Moar's Cafeteria / See's Candies / Douglas Shaw's Candies and Ice Cream / Lo Reene's Bakery / Collins Pharmacy / Barry's Super Rexall / First Western Bank