Hampshire Mall

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Hampshire Mall


image_width = 300
caption = The interior of Hampshire Mall
location = Hadley, Massachusetts
address = 367 Russell Street, Hadley, MA 01035
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opening_date = 1978
closing_date =
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owner = [http://www.pyramidmg.com/home/default.asp Pyramid Management Group]
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number_of_stores = approximately 55
number_of_anchors = 5
floor_area = convert|435000|sqft|m2|0
floors = 1
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website =
footnotes = [http://www.hampshiremall.com/ Mall website]
[http://www.pyramidmg.com/portfolio/hampshire_mall.asp Pyramid's page on this mall]

Hampshire Mall is a one-story shopping mall in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 55 stores owned by the The Pyramid Companies. Current anchor stores include Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Steve & Barry's, and Target. There is a LaserStorm, a Lasertag facility in the mall. [Nance, Scott (1995, June 8). Laser game called high-tech 'hide and seek'. Daily Hampshire Gazette,(1) p. 13. Retrieved December 23, 2007] The mall is home to a roller skating rink. [ [http://www.rinktime.com/skating_rinks/ma/interskate_91_north_skating_rink_arena_hadley_ma.cfm|Interskate 91 North Roller Skating Rink Hadley , MA - Hampshire County] ] [cite web
last =Carrol
first =Sally
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coauthors =
title =Nontraditional mall offers enjoyable alternative
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publisher =The Boston Globe
date = 2004-02-15
url =http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/08/11/nontraditional_mall_offers_enjoyable_alternative/
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accessdate = 2007-12-23]

History

When the mall opened in 1978 it was anchored by JCPenney, Steiger's and Kmart.

The Steiger's store was demolished in 1994 for Media Play. [Yurko, Chris (1994, July 27). Hadley getting store: Media Play will use Steiger's space. Daily Hampshire Gazette,(1) p. 1. Retrieved December 23, 2007] In 2003 the space was rebuilt and extended to house a Target store. Dicks Sporting goods opened in 2003. Originally the mall contained a six screen movie theater that existed from 1978-1999. This was then expanded to a 12-screen Cinemark movie theater in 2000. [Kay J Moran (2000, November 9). New Hadley mall theaters go high-tech. Daily Hampshire Gazette,p. B1. Retrieved December 23, 2007]

A 45,000 sq.ft. Dick's Sporting Goods store opened in in early 2005, replacing a former Eastern Mountain Sports. Best Buy and Steve & Barry's replaced Media Play in early 2005.

Wal-Mart developers beginning in 2005 wished to build a new 212,000-square-foot Supercenter southeast of Hampshire Mall. However there have been various hindrances as a consequence of a bylaw designed to keep out large stores by restricting new stores to 75,000 square feet. After two years of negotiations, on November 20, 2007, a subdivision plan that exempted the planned Wal-Mart Supercenter from the current bylaw restrictions was approved. Developers have eight-years to get a site plan approved before the exemption expires. [ [http://www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/storytmp.cfm?id_no=68366 Hadley planners OK smaller Home Depot BY M. ELIZABETH ROMAN STAFF WRITER, The Hampshire Gazette Originally published on: Wednesday, November 21, 2007] ] This would almost certainly mean the current store, attached to the east end of Mountain Farms Mall, would close. [ [http://www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/storytmp.cfm?id_no=67846 Wal-Mart, Home Depot on Hadley agenda tonight BY M. ELIZABETH ROMAN STAFF WRITER Hampshire Gazette article Originally published on: Tuesday, November 20, 2007] ]

See also

* Mountain Farms Mall - across the street and competing with the Hampshire Mall

References

External links

* [http://www.hampshiremall.com/content.asp?contenttype=Mall_Info Official website]
* [http://thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/2007/04/hampshire-mall-hadley-massachusetts.html A History of Hampshire Mall]