- Mashpee Commons
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Mashpee Commons Location Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA Coordinates 41°37′1.51″N 70°29′23.62″W / 41.6170861°N 70.4898944°W Developer Cornish Development Associates Management Mashpee Commons Limited Partnership Architect Duany/Plater-Zyberk Consulting Firm No. of stores and services 95 No. of anchor tenants Stop & Shop, GAP, Talbots Total retail floor area 278,946 square feet (25,914.9 m2) No. of floors two in The Gap and a few others, mostly one Website Mashpee Commons Homepage Mashpee Commons is located in Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States. It is an open air shopping center that is built in the style of New England town centers. It is world renowned, winning many awards and recognitions over the years because of its style.
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History
Early years
Mashpee Commons originally started out in the 1960s as any other shopping center would. Then, it was known as the New Seabury Shopping Center. There was originally 62,000 square feet (5,800 m2) of retail floor area and a large, asphalt parking lot in front of it. Built in 1960, the tenants at the center were a food store, a home furnishing/hardware store, a bank, a restaurant and a theatre. The food store evolved into a Star Market over time until it was eventually closed around 2006 and divided up into shops. The theater lived on into today's Regal Cinemas.
Transformation
In 1986, the shopping center was bought and redeveloped over the years into Mashpee Commons. The original building at the site took place in the Stop & Shop section of the development, the east side of Route 151. Areas fronting 151 also were part of the original development. Over the years the old grounds for the traveling fairs were built up into shops and other places. Mashpee Commons now contains a library, a church, a Boys and Girls Club, a post office, a six-screen movie theatre, a number of restaurants, a senior center and elderly housing. In all, there is now 278,946 square feet (25,914.9 m2) of commercial tenants and 40 residential units above the retail space.[1]
Future
There are many plans in place concerning the future of the shopping center. The developers plan to add more housing and businesses as well as giving it a village style green. This is important because before there was ever a commons, there was no center of town in Mashpee. This can be traced to it being a reservation to the Wampanoag, who were very different from the white settlers.
Community Events
The owners of Mashpee Commons are really community oriented which has shown in their actions concerning the community. During various stages of the year they host concerts, fireworks, Oktoberfest, and many other things.
Tenants
- Absolutely Juiced
- Artists for the Arts
- Asia (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai Cuisine)
- Attorney David Barber
- Bank of America ATM
- Bayview Optometrics
- Beyond Beauty
- Bleu
- Bobby Byrne's Restaurant & Pub
- BodyWork
- Cape Cod Bear Factory
- Cape Cod Business Brokers
- Cape Cod Country Smiles Doll Shop
- Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
- Cape Kids
- Cape Mac Computers
- Capeway Cleaners
- Century 21 Regan Realtors
- Chico's
- Claire Murray
- Coldwater Creek
- Color Me Mine
- Common Threads - Alterations
- Cupcake Charlie's
- Cutrona Studios
- CVS Pharmacy
- Elfstone Silver & Gold
- g Green Design Center
- Gap
- Ghelfi's Candies & Ice Cream
- Hot Diggity
- Illusions Hair Salon
- In the Pink
- Jos. A Bank
- Kensington's at Mashpee Commons
- KMHudson Ltd.
- KMHudson Basics
- Law Offices of Steven T. Snow
- Liberty Liquors
- M. Brann & Co.
- Maiden Voyage
- Market Street Bookshop
- Mashpee Commons Management Office
- Mashpee Post Office
- Mashpee Public Library
- MOCEAN
- New Balance
- Ooh Ooh Shoes
- Origins
- Perfection Fence
- Pottery Barn
- Puritan Cape Cod
- Purple Poppy
- Real Estate Associates
- Red Balloon Toy Shop
- Regal Cinemas
- Roberto Coin
- Rosie Cheeks II
- Siena
- Soft As A Grape
- Sol Optics
- Starboard Real Estate - Cape Cod, Inc.
- Starbuck's Coffee House
- Stop & Shop
- Suits You Swimwear
- Talbots
- Talbot's Woman
- Talbots Petites
- TD Banknorth
- The Black Dog General Store
- The Lili Pad
- The Mad Platter
- The Tea Shoppe
- The Uncommon Cafe
- The UPS Store
- The Write Choice
- Thomas J. O'Neill
- Tinder Box International
- Tracy Elise Beauty
- Trevi Cafe & Wine Bar
- Trollbeads at the Commons
- Unique Boutique
- Verde Floral Design
- Village Trading Company
- Vineyard Vines by Puritan Cape Cod
- White House Black Market
- Williams-Sonoma
- Wireless City
- Woodruff's Art Center
- Zinnia
- Zoe's Pizza
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Categories:- Mashpee, Massachusetts
- Shopping malls in Massachusetts
- Shopping malls established in 1986
- Buildings and structures in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Visitor attractions in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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