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.
17-488: Eastfield Mall opened in 1968 with three anchors, two of which were local department stores: Forbes & Wallace and Steiger's . 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. In 1994, Filene's , whose parent company May Department Stores had bought Steiger's moved into their old space. This store became Macy's in 2006 after May
34-577: A complex of six buildings, taking up the entire city block. Forbes & Wallace was considered Springfield's leading retail establishment. In the 1940s through the early 1970s, Forbes & Wallace also ran several other department stores in Massachusetts and New York State under their original nameplates. In Massachusetts, stores were operated in nearby Holyoke as McCauslan Waklen, and in Northampton as McCallum's. McCallum's former location
51-585: A long period of decline. It closed in 2001 and was eventually torn down. The site is now a successful plaza featuring Home Depot, Staples, Sleepy's, a party shop and some other stores, anchored on the Bradlees side of the old mall with a Wal-Mart Super Center and ringed by Friendly's, Applebee's and a 99. Forbes & Wallace also had branch stores at the Eastfield Mall in Springfield, MA and opened
68-462: A retailing giant. That year, the company moved into a new huge quarters specially built for them. Denholm's held a reputation as the biggest store of its kind in New England outside Boston and Providence, Rhode Island . In 1954 with Harry F. Wolf of Shrewsbury, Mass. as president from 1946-1966 (ref. The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store) the old victorian style facade from 1882
85-617: A small store at the Manchester Parkade in Manchester, CT. The Eastfield Mall location served Springfield's affluent eastern and southeastern suburban areas and was a very popular shopping destination. The Manchester, CT location was not as successful, as it was located in a small shopping center some distance from Forbes & Wallace's normal trading area, and it competed unsuccessfully with the established Hartford, CT department stores G. Fox & Co. and Sage-Allen Co. After
102-610: Is now the site of the successful indoor Thornes Marketplace, which took over the vacant space in the late 1970s. The Boston Store in downtown North Adams, MA was also part of the Forbes & Wallace chain. In New York State, Wallace's department store in downtown Schenectady, NY, with branches in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, NY was also operated by Forbes & Wallace until it closed in 1975. Forbes & Wallace also operated 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m ) store at Fairfield Mall , now
119-462: The Eastfield Mall location as part of a plan to close 36 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2016. 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. In late June 2020, Cinemark closed permanently. On April 5, 2023, it was announced that the mall would shutter in
136-521: The demise of Worcester, MA-based Denholm & McKay Company in 1973, Forbes & Wallace briefly operated a store at the Auburn Mall in Auburn, MA in the former Denholm's location. In 1970, it had a skywalk connecting it to the new 30 story Bay State West. Bay State West had a retail court which was also connected to Springfield's other leading private department store, Steiger's. In 1976 the store
153-543: The great store went into decline.(Ref. The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store). In 1971, Denholm's opened its first and only branch at the Auburn Mall , just south of Worcester in Auburn, Massachusetts . In 1969, Gladdings Department Store of Providence merged with Denholm & Mckay. Both stores closed in 1973 due to bankruptcy. The store in downtown Worcester was converted into an office complex, but still bears
170-504: The mall. This store closed in 2008 following the chain's bankruptcy proceedings. In 2009, Hannoush Jewelers opened a showroom in the space vacated by Steve & Barry's. 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. The JCPenney store was later downgraded to an outlet store , and closed in 2011 when JCPenney eliminated its outlet store division. On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced that it would be closing
187-508: The site of Home Depot , in Chicopee, MA. Forbes & Wallace and the now-defunct Two Guys were the low-rent mall's two anchor stores. The Forbes & Wallace at Fairfield Mall was closed in the mid-seventies, replaced by now-defunct Caldor . Two Guys, at the opposite end of the mall, also closed and it was replaced by now-defunct Bradlees . The mall, then faced with competition from the new and massive Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, went into
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#1732790132223204-426: The summer of 2023 after almost 56 years. The mall closed for good on July 15, 2023. It was demolished from August 2023 to February 2024. The former Sears, which is separately owned, will be the only structure retained from the old mall. The former Eastfield Mall location is now being redeveloped into the new Springfield Crossing which is expected to open in summer 2025. Forbes %26 Wallace Forbes and Wallace
221-768: Was a department store located in Worcester, Massachusetts . The store was a dominant retailer in Central Massachusetts . The store was popularly known as Denholm's or the Boston Store . The company was founded by William Alexander Denholm in 1870. Denholm purchased the dry-goods business of Finley, Lawson, & Kennedy located on the corner of Main and Mechanic street in Worcester. He partnered with Bostonian William C. McKay, which proved to be very successful. In twelve years Denholm and McKay had grown into
238-512: Was an American department store chain based in Springfield, Massachusetts . The Forbes and Wallace Store was constructed by partners Alexander B. Forbes and Andrew Brabner Wallace in 1873 at the corner of Main and Vernon (now Boland) Streets, Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1896 Forbes retired and Wallace became sole proprietor. In 1905 the Store consisted of eight floors and had grown into
255-690: Was closed and the buildings remained vacant until demolition in 1982. In 1987, Monarch Place was constructed on the store's former site. Denholm %26 McKay Company (Redirected from Denholm & McKay Company ) Department store in Massachusetts, US Denholm & McKay [REDACTED] Industry Retail Founded 1871 Defunct 1973 Fate Bankruptcy Successor Forbes & Wallace Headquarters Worcester, Massachusetts Products Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Website None Denholm & McKay Co.
272-486: Was purchased by Federated Department Stores (Macy's parent company at the time). The 16 screen movie theater was added in August 1999 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
289-405: Was replaced with a new ultra-modern one, which remains mostly the same today. In 1963 Harry Wolf also has the first escalator installed in the city of Worcester to make shopping easier for customers. (ref. The Story of Worcester's Premier Department Store). Wolf was a perfectionist and one of the main reasons the store was so successful and profitable all those years. Sadly in 1966 with Wolf's passing
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