- Emerald Square
Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Emerald Square
caption =
location =North Attleborough, Massachusetts
opening_date = August 10, 1989
developer = New England Development &The Pyramid Companies
manager =Simon Property Group
owner =Simon Property Group - 49.1%
number_of_stores = 155
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = 1.022 million ft² [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063761/000104746907001496/a2176251z10-k.htm]
floors = 3
parking =
website = [http://www.simon.com/mall/directory.aspx?ID=335 simon.com/mall/directory.aspx?ID=335]Emerald Square is a large three-story indoor shopping mall in
North Attleborough, Massachusetts with over 170 stores and restaurants. The mall is located off Interstate 295 andUS 1 and is one of the largest malls inNew England . Anchored by JCPenney, Sears andMacy's in three locations each, it is managed and co-owned bySimon Property Group . It includes many stores such as Hollister Co, Abercrombie and Fitch, H&M, Bath and Body Works, Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, CVS, many sport stores, Verizon and many others unnamed.History
Originally opened in 1989 as a joint venture of New England Development and
The Pyramid Companies , its original anchors included JCPenney, Sears andG. Fox . [The Boston Globe, August 10, 1989, page 53, "CURTAIN-RAISER SET IN N. ATTLEBOROUGH"] In 1992Lechmere opened as a fourth anchor store. The G. Fox store was renamedFilene's in 1993, [The Boston Globe, September 12, 1992, Business Section, page 8, "MAY MERGES N.E. OPERATIONS IN BOSTON G. FOX STORES WILL BE MELDED INTO FILENE'S"] while the Lechmere was shuttered in 1997 when the entire chain was liquidated.Lord & Taylor bought the former Lechmere location in 1998 and expanded the space by half before opening its own store in 1999. [The Boston Herald, July 31, 1998, " Lord & Taylor parent buys Lechmere space"]Meanwhile Pyramid sold its interest in the mall in 1998 to its partner New England Development, which turned around and sold most of its shopping mall portfolio to a joint venture led by
Simon Property Group in 1999. Lord & Taylor closed in 2004, with its space being assumed by Filene's, which opened a separate Men's & Home store in 2005. In 2006 the Filene's stores were renamed Macy's, as well as the Home & Men's stores. These were renamed Macy's Home & Men's Store.Anchors
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JCPenney (188,950 ft²)
*Macy's
**Macy's Women's (184,932 ft²)
**Macy's Men's & Home (120,838 ft²)
*Sears (156,352 sq. ft.)ee also
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North Attleborough, Massachusetts References
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1998/04/06/daily5.html "Five Bay State malls put up for sale by Pyramid Cos."] , "Boston Business Journal", April 8, 1998, retrieved June 10, 2006External links
* [http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=335 Emerald Square]
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