Westfield Connecticut Post
| Location | Milford, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Address | 1201 Boston Post Road, Milford, CT 06460 |
| Opening date | 1960 |
| Owner | The Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 215[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,334,000 square feet (116,332 m²)[2] |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | westfield.com/connecticutpost |
Westfield Connecticut Post, originally the Connecticut Post Shopping Center and later the Connecticut Post Mall, 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[2] and is owned and operated by The Westfield Group. The mall currently houses over 215 retail stores. The 5 anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears, and Target. The mall also features a 16 screen movie theater, including an IMAX theater.
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[edit] History
The original, open-air mall was built by Sol Atlas[3] and opened in 1960,[4] anchored by a Caldor discount department store and a Stop & Shop supermarket at opposite ends.[5] In 1962, the sixth branch of the Alexander's department store chain opened.[6]
In 1981, the mall was made enclosed. The mall underwent a renovation in the late 1980s 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.[7][8]
A $118 million[9] 480,000-square-foot (45,000 m2)[10] expansion project took place in 2005–2006, adding:
- an additional level of parking
- a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2)[10] third floor to Macy's
- a large extension to the building with a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2)[10] movie theater (Connecticut Post 14 Cinema de Lux, replacing the Milford Fourplex, previously located in an adjacent building), a new food court, and two more anchors, Dick's Sporting Goods and Target.
[edit] Stores
[edit] Current anchors
- Dick's Sporting Goods (part of former Caldor)
- JCPenney (155,000 sq ft.) (former Alexander's)
- Macy's (225,000 sq ft.) (originally G. Fox, later Filene's)
- Sears (194,000 sq ft.) (former Stop & Shop)
- Target (part of former Caldor)
[edit] Movie theatre
The Rave Motion Pictures theater is a 14 screen theatre, including a 30-foot by 60-foot curved screen IMAX auditorium, with enhanced audio. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 was the first movie shown after the conversion was completed in November, 2010.[11] It is one of only four IMAX format screens in the state of Connecticut.[12]
[edit] Former anchors
- Alexander's (155,000 sq ft.)
- Caldor
- Filene's (225,000 sq ft.)
- G. Fox (225,000 sq ft.)
- Stop & Shop (194,000 sq ft.)
[edit] References
- ^ Westfield
- ^ a b "Largest Connecticut Shopping Malls". http://www.easternct.edu/~pocock/MallsConn.htm.
- ^ "Shopping Center Set for Milford", New York Times, July 29, 1956
- ^ International Council of Shopping Centers – "Fresh Start", by Debra Hazel – accessed January 27, 2007
- ^ Connecticut Post Center
- ^ "Alexander Chain Opens 6th Store", New York Times, August 21, 1962
- ^ Yale Herald Online – "New Haven sues Milford in latest Long Wharf mall battle", by Sangeetha Ramaswamy, 2000? – accessed January 27, 2007
- ^ New Haven Advocate – "Retail of Woe", by Carole Bass, 1998? – accessed January 27, 2007
- ^ Connecticut Post – link defunct
- ^ a b c New Haven Register – "Expansion of Milford mall off until spring" by Brian McCready, November 13, 2003 – accessed January 27, 2007
- ^ "IMAX comes to Milford, just in time for Harry Potter's newest adventure". The Connecticut Post. Accessed December 1, 2011.
- ^ "IMAX theatres". IMAX theatres within 100 miles of New Haven, Connecticut. Accessed December 1, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Westfield Connecticut Post website
- Milford Mall Westfield Connecticut Post (Boston Post Road)
Coordinates: 41°14′13″N 73°02′17″W / 41.236965°N 73.038087°W
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