Eastfield Mall
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| Location | Springfield, Massachusetts |
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| Opening date | 1967 |
| Owner | Mountain Development Corp. |
| No. of stores and services | 75 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (0 open, 3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 825,000 square feet (76,645.0 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://www.eastfieldmall.com |
The Eastfield Mall is a shopping mall in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is owned by Mountain Development Corporation. Built in late 1967 by the Rouse Company, it includes a 16 screen movie cinema owned by Cinemark. The three anchors, JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears closed in 2011, 2016, and 2018, respectively. The mall is managed by Mountain Development.
History
Eastfield Mall opened in 1967 with three anchors, two of which were local department stores: Forbes & Wallace and Steiger's.[1][2] The third anchor store, Sears, also opened with the mall. Forbes & Wallace closed in 1975 leaving the space vacant, it was eventually sold to JCPenney, which moved into the former space.[3] In 1994, Filene's, whose parent company May Department Stores had bought Steiger's moved into their old space.[1] This store became Macy's in 2006 after May was purchased by Federated Department Stores (Macy's parent company at the time). The 16 screen movie theater was added in 2000 and was initially a Showcase Cinemas. Today the theater is owned by Cinemark.
The addition of a Steve & Barry's clothing store in 2006 put the mall at full occupancy for the first time since 1978. The store displaced nine smaller retail outlets, of which only two relocated within the mall.[4] This store closed in 2008 following the chain's bankruptcy proceedings.[5] In 2009, Hannoush Jewelers opened a showroom in the space vacated by Steve & Barry's.[6] In 2004, the mall implemented a teen escort policy, stating that any customer under the age of 15 must be with an escort after 5:00 PM.[7][8] The JCPenney store was later downgraded to an outlet store, and closed in 2011 when JCPenney eliminated its outlet store division.[9]
On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced that it would be closing the Eastfield Mall location in April 2016 as part of a plan to close 36 stores nationwide which left Sears as the only anchor store left.[10]
On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that it's store would also be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed on September 2, 2018. The closure of Sears left the mall with no anchors left.[11]
References
- 1 2 "Steiger's may sell stores, reports say Scenario has May Co. buying seven Steiger's may sell stores, reports say". Hartford Courant. 6 January 1994. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Albert Steiger To Build Store At Eastfield Mall". Hartfourd Courant. 29 December 1965. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ Dimaio, Nicholas M. (2007-04-30). "The Caldor Rainbow: Eastfield Mall; Springfield, Massachusetts". The Caldor Rainbow. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ↑ Blomberg, Marcia (25 April 2006). "Steve & Barry's fills out mall". MassLive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Business in brief: 5 of 8 Steve & Barry's stores in Mass. to close". Boston Globe. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ Kinney, Jim (10 July 2009). "Hannoush Jewelers to move headquarters to Eastfield Mall in Springfield". Masslive.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Springfield mall implements its own teen escort policy". The Providence-Journal. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ Miller, Sara B. (11 August 2005). "At shopping malls, teens' hanging out is wearing thin". USA Today. Retrieved 31 December 2010. .
- ↑ http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/jc_penney_will_close_its_sprin.html
- ↑ http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2016/01/macys_to_close_stores_in_springfields_ea.html
- ↑ http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2018/05/sears_k-mart_closings.html