Australia's Westfield bought the complex in 1981. It continued to operate as CONNECTICUT POST MALL for 17 years. In the meantime, Caldor built a store on the south end (1977). Hartford's G. Fox opened a new store (1991), that was rebranded by Filene's (1993). J.C. Penney also established a CONNECTICUT POST store in a vacant Alexander's (1991). At the time of this plan (1994), the service basement of the mall has just been refitted as a second retail floor (Level I).

A southward-looking aerial of the complex, circa-1998. This was image taken just before the north and south ends were totally reconfigured.
Photo from http://classes.yale.edu / Alex MacLean

Sears' CONNECTICUT POST store was built on space previously occupied by a Stop & Shop supermarket. The Sears store welcomed its first customers in April 2001.
Photo from Milford County, Connecticut 

G. Fox's CONNECTICUT POST store became a Boston-based Filene's in February 1993. A third level was added to the building in 2005. The store was rebranded as a Macy's in September 2006.
Photo from www.fusco.com / Fusco Builders

We switch to a depiction of Level I for this layout. The mall, now officially known as WESTFIELD CONNECTICUT POST, was given a major makeover in the mid-2000s. Its south end was rebuilt into a vertically-stacked Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Food Court and megaplex cinema. Two parking garages were also added. The shopping facility, which covered 1,334,000 leasable square feet, was now the state's largest mall.