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Westfield Connecticut Post, originally the Connecticut Post Shopping Center and later the Connecticut Post Mall, is a three-story shopping mall, located on the Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Milford, Connecticut. It is currently the largest mall in the state of Connecticut〔 and is owned and operated by The Westfield Group. The mall currently houses over 215 retail stores. The 5 anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears, and Target. The mall also features a 14 screen Rave (formerly Cinema De Lux) movie theater, including an IMAX theater. ==History== The original, open-air mall was built by Sol Atlas〔"Shopping Center Set for Milford", ''New York Times'', July 29, 1956〕 and opened in 1960,〔(International Council of Shopping Centers – "Fresh Start" ), by Debra Hazel – accessed January 27, 2007〕 anchored by a W. & J. Sloane furniture store and a Stop & Shop supermarket at opposite ends.〔(Connecticut Post Center )〕 In 1962, the sixth branch of the Alexander's department store chain opened.〔"Alexander Chain Opens 6th Store", ''New York Times'', August 21, 1962〕 Following an early fire at the west end of the mall, a Caldor discount store was built as the new anchor. In 1981, the mall was made enclosed. The mall underwent a renovation in the late 1990s which added the Skyview Cafe food court, and lost anchor Alexander's. The Mall strongly opposed the proposed rival New Haven Galleria mall at Long Wharf, filing over 15 lawsuits.〔(Yale Herald Online – "New Haven sues Milford in latest Long Wharf mall battle" ), by Sangeetha Ramaswamy, 2000? – accessed January 27, 2007〕〔(New Haven Advocate – "Retail of Woe" ), by Carole Bass, 1998? – accessed January 27, 2007〕 A $118 million〔(Connecticut Post ) – link defunct〕 〔(New Haven Register – "Expansion of Milford mall off until spring" ) by Brian McCready, November 13, 2003 – accessed January 27, 2007〕 expansion project took place in 2005–2006, adding: * an additional level of parking * a 〔 third floor to Macy's * a large extension to the building with a 〔 movie theater (Connecticut Post 14, replacing the Milford Fourplex, previously located in an adjacent building. Was Cinema De Lux, now a Rave Cinema owned by Cinemark ), a new food court, and two more anchors, Dick's Sporting Goods and Target. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westfield Connecticut Post」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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