Mashpee Commons
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| Mashpee Commons | |
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| Location | Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Developer | Cornish Development Associates |
| Management | Mashpee Commons Limited Partnership |
| Architect | Duany/Plater-Zyberk Consulting Firm |
| No. of stores and services | 95 |
| No. of anchor tenants | Stop & Shop, GAP, Talbots |
| Total retail floor area | 278,946 square feet (25,914.9 m²) |
| No. of floors | 2 in Gap and a few others, mostly one though |
| Website | Mashpee Commons Homepage |
Mashpee Commons is located in Mashpee, Massachusetts. It is an open air shopping center that is bulit in the style of New England town centers. It is world renowned, winning many awards and recognitions over the years because of its style.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early Years
Mashpee Commons originally started out in the 1960s as any other shopping center would. There was known as the New Seabury Shopping Center. There was originally 62,000 square feet (5,800 m²) of retail floor area and a large, asphalt parking lot in front of it. Built in 1960, the tenants at the center were a food store, a home furnishing/hardware store, a bank, a restaurant and a theatre. The food store evolved into a Star Market over time until it was eventually closed around 2006 and divided up into shops. The theater lived on into today's Regal Cinemas.
[edit] Transformation
In 1986, the shopping center was bought. It was then developed over the years into Mashpee Commons. The original building took place in the Stop & Shop section of the development. Areas fronting Route 151 also were part of the original development. Over the years the old grounds for the travelling fairs were built up into shops and other places. Mashpee Commons now contains a library, a church, a Boys and Girls Club, a post office, a six-screen movie theatre, a number of restaurants, a senior center and elderly housing. In all, there is now 278,946 square feet (25,914.9 m²) of commercial tenants and 40 residential units above the retail space.[1]
[edit] Future
There are many plans in place concerning the future of the shopping center. The developers plan to add more housing and businesses as well as giving it a village style green. This is important because before there was ever a commons, there was no center of town in Mashpee. This can be traced to it being a reservation to the Wampanoag, who were very different from the white settlers.
[edit] Community Events
The owners of Mashpee Commons are really community oriented which has shown in their actions concerning the community. During verious stages of the year they host concerts, fireworks, Octoberfests, and many other things.
[edit] Tenants
- Aerosoles
- Alizee
- Ann Taylor
- Appleseed's
- Artists for the Arts
- Attorney David Barber
- Banana Republic
- Bank of America ATM
- Bayview Optometrics
- Beyond Beauty
- Bleu
- Blockbuster Video
- Bobby Byrne's Restaurant & Pub
- BodyWork
- Brahmin
- Cape Cod Business Brokers
- Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
- Cape Cod Toys
- Capeway Cleaners
- Century 21 Regan Realtors
- Chicos
- Chrisalis
- Claire Murray
- Coldwater Creek
- Color Me Mine
- Common Threads - Alterations
- CVS Pharmacy
- Details
- Elfstone Silver & Gold
- g Green Design Center
- GAP
- Ghelfi's Candies & Ice Cream
- Guertin Brothers Jewelers
- Hot Diggity
- Illusions Hair Salon
- In the Pink
- Irresistibles
- Kensington's at Mashpee Commons
- KMHudson Ltd.
- Kornerstone Kitchens
- Law Offices of Steven T. Snow
- Liberty Liquors
- M. Brann & Co. - unique accents for home & self
- Maiden Voyage
- Market Street Bookshop
- Mashpee Commons Florist
- Mashpee Commons Management
- Mashpee Post Office
- Mashpee Public Library
- Meredith's Bridal Boutique
- MOCEAN: Clothing that moves you!
- Mormor's
- Nantucket Natural Oils
- New Balance
- Origins
- Papermoon - Hybrid Japanese Cuisine
- Perfection Fence
- Picket Fences, a Children's Boutique
- Pottery Barn
- Puritan Cape Cod
- Purple Poppy
- Quintessentials
- Real Estate Associates
- Regal Cinemas
- Rosie Cheeks II
- Siena
- Soft As A Grape
- Sol Optics
- Sorbus
- Starboard Real Estate - Cape Cod, Inc.
- Starbuck's Coffee House
- Stenbeck & Taylor, Inc.
- Stop & Shop
- Suits You Swimwear
- Talbots
- Talbot's Woman
- TD Banknorth
- The Lili Pad
- The Mad Platter
- The Tea Shoppe
- The Uncommon Cafe
- The UPS Store
- The Write Choice
- Thomas J. O'Neill
- Tinder Box International
- Tracy Elise Beauty
- Trevi Cafe & Wine Bar
- Unique Boutique
- Village Trading Company
- Vineyard Vines by Puritan Cape Cod
- White House/Black Market
- Williams Sonoma
- Wireless City
- Woodruff's Art Center
- Zoe's Pizza
