Connecticut Post Mall

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The Connecticut Post Mall (previously named the Connecticut Post Shopping Center and Westfield Connecticut Post) 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 and is partially owned and operated by Centennial Properties. The mall currently houses over 215 retail stores. The anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's, Sears, and Target, plus Boscov's would be opening in the former JCPenney space. The mall also features a 14 screen Cinemark (formerly Rave Cinemas), including an IMAX theater.

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History

The original, open-air mall was built by Sol Atlas and opened in 1960, anchored by a W. & J. Sloane furniture store and a Stop & Shop supermarket at opposite ends. In 1962, the sixth branch of the Alexander's department store chain opened. Following an early fire at the west end of the mall, a Caldor discount store was built as the new anchor.

In 1981, the mall was enclosed. The mall underwent a renovation in 1990 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.

A $118 million 480,000-square-foot (45,000 m²) expansion project took place in 2005-06, adding:

an additional level of parking
a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) third floor to Macy's
a large extension to the building with a 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m²) movie theater (Connecticut Post 14, replacing the Milford Fourplex, previously located in an adjacent building. Was Cinema De Lux, later a Rave Cinemas, now a Cinemark), a new food court, and two more anchors, Dick's Sporting Goods and Target.

In December 2015, Westfield sold Connecticut Post in a $1.1 billon deal involving 5 malls.

On March 17, 2017, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing their store as part of the company closing 138 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 31, 2017. On January 11, 2018, it was announced that Boscov's would be opening in the former JCPenney space in October 2018. Dave & Buster's has also announced it would be opening in the mall in late 2018.