Emerald Square

Shopping mall in North Attleborough, Massachusetts

New England Development
The Pyramid Companies

OwnerKohan Retail Investment Group^[1]
Summit Properties USANo. of stores and services126No. of anchor tenants4 (1 closed)Total retail floor area1,022,435 square feet (94,987 m²)^[2]No. of floors3Websitehttps://shopemeraldsquare.com

Emerald Square is a shopping mall in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The mall is anchored by JCPenney and two Macy's stores. There is one vacant anchor that was formerly Sears. The mall also features staples like H&M, Forever 21, and Hollister.

History

Originally opened in 1989 as a joint venture of New England Development and The Pyramid Companies, Emerald Square's original anchors included JCPenney, Sears, and G. Fox.,^[3] with Lechmere added in 1992. The G. Fox store was renamed Filene's in 1993,^[4] while Lechmere was closed in 1997 as a result of chain liquidation. Lord & Taylor bought the vacant location in 1998 and doubled the space.^[5] A carousel was installed in the food court in 1999.

Meanwhile, Pyramid had sold its interest in the mall in 1998 to New England Development,^[6] which turned around and sold most of its shopping mall portfolio to a joint venture led by Simon Property Group in 1999. Lord & Taylor was repositioned and closed this location entirely in 2004. The space converted to Filene's, which had opened a separate Men's & Home store in 2005. In 2006, Filene's stores became Macy's, as well as the Home & Men's stores. At this time, the mall was accompanied by other stores on Route 1 across and down the street like Toys R Us, Target, Circuit City, Babies R Us, Lowe’s, and others. It became a busy shopping area.

On January 29, 2021, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 23 stores nationwide. The store closed on April 18, 2021.^[7]^[8] Kohan Retail Investment Group bought the mall in September 2022.^[1]

List of anchor stores

Name	No. of floors	Year opened	Year closed	Notes
Filene's	3	1993	2006	Replaced G. Fox
Filene's Men's and Home	2	2005	2006	Replaced Lord & Taylor
G. Fox	3	1989	1993
JCPenney	3	1989
Lechmere	2	1992	1997
Lord & Taylor	2	1999	2004	Replaced Lechmere
Macy's	3	2006		Replaced Filene's
Macy's Men's and Home	2	2006		Replaced Filene's Men's and Home
Sears	3	1989	2021

References

^ ^a ^b Reilly, Tom (September 15, 2022). "New York state company new owner of North Attleboro mall, town manager says". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063761/000104746907001496/a2176251z10-k.htm ^{[bare URL]}
^ "CURTAIN-RAISER SET IN N. ATTLEBOROUGH". The Boston Globe. August 10, 1989. p. 53.
^ "MAY MERGES N.E. OPERATIONS IN BOSTON; G. FOX STORES WILL BE MELDED INTO FILENE'S". Business. The Boston Globe. September 12, 1992. p. 8.
^ "Lord & Taylor parent buys Lechmere space". The Boston Herald. July 31, 1998.
^ "Five Bay State malls put up for sale by Pyramid Cos". Boston Business Journal. April 8, 1998. Retrieved June 10, 2006.
^ "Sears closing store in North Attleboro's Emerald Square mall".
^ "Sears and Kmart closing more stores. Is your location closing in 2021? See the updated closure list". USA Today.