The Shops at Chestnut Hill

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The Shops at Chestnut Hill
Total retail floor area
470,094 sq ft (43,673.2 m2)[1]
No. of floors2 (3 in both Bloomingdale's locations)
ParkingFree ample parking
Websitewww.simon.com/mall/the-shops-at-chestnut-hill

The Shops at Chestnut Hill is a two-level enclosed shopping mall, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Massachusetts on Boylston Street (Route 9). As of 2022, the mall currently features two

Bloomingdales, as well as prominent brands Apple, Uniqlo, Crate & Barrel, Tiffany & Co., and Brooks Brothers
.

It is managed by Simon Property Group, who owns 94.4% of it. Bloomingdale's Women's store is located at the west end of the complex and the Men's Home & Furnishing store anchoring the east end. These are the only Bloomingdale's locations in Massachusetts.

History

The Shops at Chestnut Hill, formerly known as The Mall at Chestnut Hill, was built into the side of a hill in 1974 and as such had ground level access on both of its two floors. A 70,000 sq ft (6,500 m2)

General Cinema in 1975, later becoming the location of The Container Store and an AMC Theatres
, which closed in 2012). Filene's expanded in size to 186,000 sq ft (17,300 m2) in 1980 with the addition of a third floor, while the mall's Bloomingdale's home store added its own third floor and was reconfigured to include a men's department to complement a women's store it had opened across the street in 1978 at the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center.

In 1998 locally based S.R. Weiner & Associates assumed a long-term lease on the mall property from developer C&R Realty.[3] In December 2001 S.R. Weiner in its turn assigned management as well as sold part of its leasehold in the mall to Rodamco North America, N.V.[4] A few months later, with the break-up of Rodamco, Simon Property Group acquired management and an interest in the mall's leasehold.

The mall's structure and anchors remained essentially intact from 1980 until 2005, when

Federated Department Stores
(the owner of Bloomingdale's). In March 2006, Federated closed the Filene's store and spent the better part of the year renovating the space. In November 2006 Bloomingdale's relocated its Women's store from the adjacent Chestnut Hill Shopping Center to the former Filene's, thereby giving The Mall at Chestnut Hill a Bloomingdale's at both the east and west ends.

The mall was renovated in the fall of 2006 to coincide with the opening of the expanded Bloomingdale's. In addition to adding more chairs and sitting areas, a large handicapped-accessible elevator was installed in the central atrium close to the main, Route 9, entrance.

The Apple Store location moved from its original location into a much larger one, re-opening on March 26, 2016, sporting the newest Apple store design language.

The first Massachusetts location of

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana opened in December 2015 on the second level at the main entrance, at the location of the former Papa Razzi
. A Simon-operated Starbucks opened Summer 2016 nearby, at the same entrance.

Scenes for the movie Starting Over were shot in this mall's Bloomingdale’s in 1979.

References

  1. ^ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063761/000104746907001496/a2176251z10-k.htm [bare URL]
  2. ^ The New York Times, November 28, 1970, page 40, "Site in Boston Area; New Store is Set by Boomingdale"
  3. ^ The Boston Globe, November 5, 1998, page C9, "Newton firm to run Mall at Chestnut Hill"
  4. ^ The Boston Globe, December 22, 2001, page C1, "ECO/S.R. Weiner sells to Rodamco"

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