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Meriden Mall
Meriden Mall (formerly Meriden Square and Westfield Meriden) is a shopping mall located in Meriden, Connecticut. With nearly 900,000 square feet, Meriden Mall is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. The mall features Boscov's and TJ Maxx as anchors alongside specialty retailers such as Torrid.
The shopping complex, originally built and owned by The May Department Stores Company, opened in 1971. The original architecture was a two-level, dumbbell shaped shopping center with two anchor stores, Connecticut-based G. Fox, which was also owned by The May Company chain, and JCPenney. Original tenants also included Radio Shack, Spencer Gifts, Hickory Farms, Barricini Candy, Record World, Waldenbooks, CVS, a Singer sewing machine store, Bakers Shoes, Chess King, Child World Keyboard, a piano and organ store, a travel agency, Mall Liquor's, and C. B. Perkins 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 in-house restaurants. The mall also featured an incline ramp-escalator in the center court.[citation needed]
A 1993 renovation added a two-level wing anchored by a new Sears department store and 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 Filene's, thusly Meriden Mall's G. Fox was rebranded as Filene's.[citation needed]
The Westfield Group acquired the mall in 1997.
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, with an additional 30 stores, creating a cross-shaped floor plan. 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 built adjacent to Sears facing Lewis Avenue. The renovation was completed in 1999.
In 2005, Lord & Taylor shuttered their location due to repositioning. Westfield quickly moved to replace the vacancy with Dick's Sporting Goods.
During 2006, Filene's announced that all locations would rebrand as Macy's, including at Meriden Mall.
In 2014, Boscov's was announced as a replacement for JCPenney with an expanded and completely remodeled structure. The location was Boscov's first in Connecticut as well as the New England region. Boscov's opened in November 2015.
Meriden Mall
Meriden Mall (formerly Meriden Square and Westfield Meriden) is a shopping mall located in Meriden, Connecticut. With nearly 900,000 square feet, Meriden Mall is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. The mall features Boscov's and TJ Maxx as anchors alongside specialty retailers such as Torrid.
The shopping complex, originally built and owned by The May Department Stores Company, opened in 1971. The original architecture was a two-level, dumbbell shaped shopping center with two anchor stores, Connecticut-based G. Fox, which was also owned by The May Company chain, and JCPenney. Original tenants also included Radio Shack, Spencer Gifts, Hickory Farms, Barricini Candy, Record World, Waldenbooks, CVS, a Singer sewing machine store, Bakers Shoes, Chess King, Child World Keyboard, a piano and organ store, a travel agency, Mall Liquor's, and C. B. Perkins 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 in-house restaurants. The mall also featured an incline ramp-escalator in the center court.[citation needed]
A 1993 renovation added a two-level wing anchored by a new Sears department store and 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 Filene's, thusly Meriden Mall's G. Fox was rebranded as Filene's.[citation needed]
The Westfield Group acquired the mall in 1997.
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, with an additional 30 stores, creating a cross-shaped floor plan. 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 built adjacent to Sears facing Lewis Avenue. The renovation was completed in 1999.
In 2005, Lord & Taylor shuttered their location due to repositioning. Westfield quickly moved to replace the vacancy with Dick's Sporting Goods.
During 2006, Filene's announced that all locations would rebrand as Macy's, including at Meriden Mall.
In 2014, Boscov's was announced as a replacement for JCPenney with an expanded and completely remodeled structure. The location was Boscov's first in Connecticut as well as the New England region. Boscov's opened in November 2015.