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The original Natick Mall was developed by businessmen William Lane, Stephen Mugar, and John Brennan. Construction began in 1965, connecting two stand-alone locations of Sears and Filene's (which had opened in March and August 1965, respectively), with a 600,000-square-foot (56,000-square-meter), single-level shopping venue with 30 in-line stores.
Shopping centres with anchor stores have consistently outperformed those without one, as the anchor helps draw shoppers initially attracted to the anchor to shop at other shops in the mall. [5] Thus, a mall which loses its last anchor is often considered to be a dead mall.
Warwick Mall LLC 15 Natick Mall: Natick, Massachusetts: Massachusetts: 1,695,884 [7] 214 Nordstrom, Macy's, Dave & Buster's, Level 99, Shopper's Find (temporary anchor) 1966 Brookfield Properties Retail Group 16 Holyoke Mall at Ingleside: Holyoke, Massachusetts: Massachusetts 1,600,000 [8] 151
To me, a bunch of box store don't equal a mall. A mall needs to be enclosed under one roof. 24.150.188.125 01:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC) I have never been there, but the square footage numbers are all from the International Council of Shopping Centers. Maybe the mall's wiki page can help explain. MrKIA11 00:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Because of the size and complexity of the area, Framingham and Natick cooperatively operate it as a single distinct district with similar zoning. The area was formed with the construction of Shoppers World in 1951. Shoppers' World was a large open air shopping mall, the second in the US with parking surrounding the exterior of the mall. [2]
The original mall's tenants were moved into the Shopper's World complex in 1993, and the mall torn down. A new, modern two-story Natick mall with over 200 stores was built and opened in late 1994. After tenants were moved to the new Natick Mall, the original Shopper's World closed in August, 1994, and demolition occurred in the following months.
Natick appears on the Family Guy episode "Da Boom" when the family sets out to the town after Peter reveals that there is a Twinkie factory there (Natick did contain a Hostess factory until 2007 when the Natick Mall expanded into the collection). He eventually starts a town on the ruins of the community, renaming it New Quahog.
Its first store opened at Natick Mall in Natick, Massachusetts on January 21, 2008. [2] On November 6, 2013, Abercrombie & Fitch announced it would close Gilly Hicks' retail stores, but continue the brand's online operations. [3] Gilly Hicks was resurrected in 2017 due to customer demand focusing in younger women. [4]