Connecticut Post Mall

Connecticut Post Mall
Location Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Address 1201 Boston Post Road, Milford, CT 06460
Opening date 1960
Developer Sol Atlas
Management Centennial Real Estate
Owner
  • Centennial Real Estate
  • Montgomery Street Partners
  • USAA Real Estate[1]
No. of stores and services 215[2]
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 1,334,000 square feet (116,332 m²)[3]
No. of floors 3
Website shopconnecticutpostmall.com
The front entrance to the mall

The Connecticut Post Mall (previously named the Connecticut Post Shopping Center and Westfield Connecticut Post) is a three-story shopping mall, located on the Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Milford, Connecticut. It is currently the largest mall in the state of Connecticut[3] and is partially owned and operated by Centennial Properties. The mall currently houses over 215 retail stores. The anchor stores are Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's, Sears, and Target. The mall also features a 14 screen Cinemark (formerly Rave Cinemas), including an IMAX theater.

History

The original, open-air mall was built by Sol Atlas[4] and opened in 1960,[5] anchored by a W. & J. Sloane furniture store and a Stop & Shop supermarket at opposite ends.[6] In 1962, the sixth branch of the Alexander's department store chain opened.[7] Following an early fire at the west end of the mall, a Caldor discount store was built as the new anchor.

In 1981, the mall was enclosed. The mall underwent a renovation in 1990 which added the Skyview Cafe food court, and lost anchor Alexander's.

The Mall strongly opposed the proposed rival New Haven Galleria mall at Long Wharf, filing over 15 lawsuits.[8][9]

A $118 million[10] 480,000-square-foot (45,000 m2)[11] expansion project took place in 2005–06, adding:

  • an additional level of parking
  • a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2)[11] third floor to Macy's
  • a large extension to the building with a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2)[11] movie theater (Connecticut Post 14, replacing the Milford Fourplex, previously located in an adjacent building. Was Cinema De Lux, later a Rave Cinemas, now a Cinemark), a new food court, and two more anchors, Dick's Sporting Goods and Target.

In December 2015, Westfield sold Connecticut Post in a $1.1 billon deal involving 5 malls.[12]

On March 17, 2017, JCPenney announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan close 138 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 31, 2017.[13] On January 11, 2018, it was announced that Boscov's would be opening in the former JCPenney space on October 6, 2018.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ Bill Cummings (December 21, 2015). "Connecticut Post mall has new owner". Connecticut Post. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Connecticut Post Mall - Milford, Connecticut". Connecticut Post Mall. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Largest Connecticut Shopping Malls".
  4. ↑ "Shopping Center Set for Milford", New York Times, July 29, 1956
  5. ↑ International Council of Shopping Centers – "Fresh Start", by Debra Hazel – accessed January 27, 2007
  6. ↑ "MALL HALL OF FAME". Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Alexander Chain Opens 6th Store", New York Times, August 21, 1962
  8. ↑ Yale Herald Online – "New Haven sues Milford in latest Long Wharf mall battle", by Sangeetha Ramaswamy, 2000? – accessed January 27, 2007
  9. ↑ New Haven Advocate – "Retail of Woe", by Carole Bass, 1998? – accessed January 27, 2007
  10. ↑ Connecticut Post Archived May 28, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. – link defunct
  11. 1 2 3 New Haven Register – "Expansion of Milford mall off until spring" by Brian McCready, November 13, 2003 – accessed January 27, 2007
  12. ↑ "Westfield sells Milford's Connecticut Post, 4 other malls for $1.1 billion". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  13. ↑ http://www.ctbulletin.com/news/j-c-penney-at-milford-mall-to-close/article_f40cfd32-a8fd-5a9d-abd0-15a5fd47a6e1.html
  14. ↑ http://m.ctpost.com/business/article/Boscov-s-to-replace-J-C-Penney-in-Milford-12491135.php
  15. ↑ http://www.ctbulletin.com/news/boscov-s-celebrates-grand-opening-in-milford/article_cbb4af2e-68bc-5795-9bd9-586c518d34d5.html

Coordinates: 41°14′13″N 73°02′17″W / 41.236965°N 73.038087°W / 41.236965; -73.038087

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