Westfield Meriden
| Location | Meriden, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Address | 470 Lewis Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451 |
| Opening date | 1971 |
| Owner | Westfield Group |
| No. of stores and services | 142 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 894,435 sq ft (83,095.7 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 4,065 |
| Website | Westfield Meriden |
Westfield Meriden, originally the Meriden Square Mall, and later Westfield Shoppingtown Meriden, is a shopping mall located in Meriden, Connecticut. At almost 900,000 square feet, Westfield Meriden is Connecticut's seventh largest mall, housing over 140 shops. As of October 2015, the mall's main anchor stores are Macy's, Sears, and Boscov's; in addition to the junior anchors of Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, Old Navy, and T.J. Maxx. The Westfield Group acquired the mall in 1997.
Westfield Meriden is located along Interstate 691 and Connecticut Route 71, very close to the geographic center of the state.
The facility opened in 1971, originally a two-level, dumbbell shaped shopping center with two anchor stores, G. Fox and JCPenney. A 1993 renovation added a two-level wing ending at a new Sears department store and also included a new food court, creating a "T" shaped floor plan.
In 1993, the G. Fox chain merged with Filene's, and Filene's expanded and took over the G. Fox store. In 2006 the Meriden location became a Macy's.
The mall was expanded again in an ambitious renovation announced in 1997. The renovation saw an extra floor area of 147,425 sq ft (13,696.2 m2) added to the center, as well as an additional 30 stores, creating a "+" shaped floor plan. The new anchor, built opposite Sears, was Lord & Taylor, as the Westfield Group came through putting forth a $38 million revitalization and expansion plan. In addition to its new anchor, a parking garage was also built beside the Sears on the end of the mall facing Lewis Avenue. The renovation was completed and officially opened in 1999.
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