Westgate Mall (Brockton, Massachusetts)
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The Westgate Mall is the oldest fully-enclosed shopping mall in Massachusetts, located in the city of Brockton 20 miles south of Boston. The 600,000 square foot mall opened in 1963 and was substantially renovated in 2000, reversing a trend of nearly a decade of decline wherein nearly all of the stores had vacated the center. Nearby malls, including South Shore Plaza and Silver City Galleria, dominated the market in the past 15 years, but the Westgate Mall today has repositioned itself as a smaller, more convenient alternative and as a result business has improved. The center also has substantial development on its outlots, including nearby outlets of Lowe's, Papa Gino's, a former Chuck E Cheese, Texas Roadhouse Modell's and a cinema turned into Dick's Sporting Goods and Toys "Я" Us and Wal-mart.
Current Anchors and major stores
- Macy's moved from old 73,000 sq.ft. space in 2006 to 140,000 square foot Filene's
- Sears newly cosntructed in 2000
- Marshalls
- Best Buy opened late 2003
- Old Navy
Former Anchors
- Bradlees 112,000 sq.ft. closed early 2001, demolished and rebuilt into 140,000 squaer foot Filenes in 2003
- Child World closed in 1992
- Jordan Marsh Opened 1977, 73,000 square feet, became Macy's in 1996, relocated to Filene's in 2006.
- Filene's opened in 2003, relocated in 2006 due to macy's aquision.
