Bangor Mall
Location | Total retail floor area 653,000 square feet (60,700 m2)[2] | |
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No. of floors | 1 |
Bangor Mall is a 60-acre (24 ha) shopping mall in Bangor, Maine, United States.
Located off the Stillwater Avenue exit on Interstate 95, it serves as a shopping center for the surrounding Bangor area. Current stores include JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods. Previous anchors include Sears, which closed in 2018; Macy's (originally Filene's, which opened in 1998), which closed in 2017 and became Furniture, Mattress and More in 2018; and Porteous, which closed in 2003 and became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004. The former Sears space now stands condemned for building code violations after a convicted fraudster attempted to convert it into a used car dealership.[3]
Bangor Mall is managed by Namdar Realty Group, which acquired the mall for $12.6 million in 2019 after Simon Property Group defaulted on an $80 million loan.[4]
Built in 1977 on a former
In 1998, Filene's opened its store in the mall during the 1996-1998 renovation.
As of 2023[update], the mall is at risk of closure and dying due to declining sales and increased competition from online retailers.[7]
References
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
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- ^ Valigra, Lori (April 19, 2019). "Bangor Mall sells for $12.6 million, well below assessed value". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ Varney, Simon (October 10, 1990). "The Bangor Mall turns twelve". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- ^ McCord, Tom (January 14, 2010). "Bangor slowly rediscovers the value of its past". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- ^ Dave (January 24, 2023). "The Future Of The Bangor Mall: Uncertain". www.denvermart.com. Retrieved July 31, 2023.