Eastfield Mall

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Eastfield Mall
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Eastfield Mall
Location Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°08′30″N72°29′12″W / 42.1416°N 72.4868°W / 42.1416; -72.4868
Opening dateApril 1, 1968
Closing dateJuly 15, 2023
Developer The Rouse Company [1]
OwnerMountain Development Corp.
No. of stores and services70+
No. of anchor tenants 3 (all vacant)
Total retail floor area 825,000 square feet (76,645.0 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in anchors)
Website eastfieldmall.com

The Eastfield Mall was a shopping mall in Springfield, Massachusetts, which was owned by Mountain Development Corporation, and was built in late 1967 by the Rouse Company. The three anchors, JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears closed in 2011, 2016, and 2018, respectively. The movie theater, Cinemark closed in 2020. The mall was managed by Mountain Development.

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History

Eastfield Mall opened in 1968 with three anchors, two of which were local department stores: Forbes & Wallace and Steiger's. [2] [3] 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. [4] In 1994, Filene's, whose parent company May Department Stores had bought Steiger's moved into their old space. [2] 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. The theater later became 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. [5] This store closed in 2008 following the chain's bankruptcy proceedings. [6] In 2009, Hannoush Jewelers opened a showroom in the space vacated by Steve & Barry's. [7] 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. [8] [9] The JCPenney store was later downgraded to an outlet store, and closed in 2011 when JCPenney eliminated its outlet store division. [10]

On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced that it would be closing the Eastfield Mall location as part of a plan to close 36 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2016. [11]

On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that its store would also be closing on September 2, 2018 as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide which left the mall with no store anchors. [12]

In late June 2020, Cinemark closed permanently. [13]

On April 5, 2023, it was announced that the mall would shutter in the summer of 2023 after almost 56 years. [14] The mall closed for good on July 15, 2023. [15] It was demolished from September 2023 to February 2024. The former Sears, which is separately owned, will be the only structure retained from the old mall. [16] [17]

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  2. 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. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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  11. ↑ "Macy's to close 3 Western Mass. Department stores". 7 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sears closing stores in Springfield, Peabody". 31 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Cinemark closes Eastfield Mall cinema in Springfield for good; trashes screens and speakers". 30 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Eastfield Mall expected to close this summer". WWLP. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  15. ↑ Maria Wilson (July 5, 2023). "Longtime customer speaks out following the closure of Eastfield Mall in July". Western Mass News . Retrieved July 17, 2023.
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