Westgate Mall (Brockton)

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Westgate Mall is a shopping mall in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. It is the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the state.

The 600,000 square foot mall opened in 1963 and was substantially renovated in 2000, reversing a trend of nearly a decade of decline wherein nearly all of the stores had vacated the center. Nearby malls, including South Shore Plaza and Silver City Galleria, dominated the market in the past 15 years, but the Westgate Mall today has repositioned itself as a smaller, more convenient alternative and as a result business has improved.

The center also has substantial development on its outlots, including nearby outlets of Lowe's, Papa Gino's, a former Chuck E. Cheese, Texas Roadhouse, Modell's and a cinema turned into Dick's Sporting Goods and Toys "Я" Us and Wal-Mart.

The mall's original south anchor store, originally a Boston-based Gilchrist's, and later a Jordan Marsh and Macy's, was torn down. Construction started on a new 12-screen multiplex cinema (replacing the old south anchor store) in the spring of 2008. The theatre should be completed by mid-2009.

[edit] Anchors

Best Buy (30,012 sq. ft.)
Macy's (140,000 sq. ft.)
Marshalls (28,000 sq. ft.)
Old Navy (22,625 sq. ft.)
Sears (126,806 sq. ft.)

[edit] Former anchors

Bradlees (112,000 sq. ft.)(closed early 2001, demolished for Filene's)
Child World (closed in 1992, now Marshalls)
Filene's (opened in 2003, converted to Macy's in 2006)
Gilchrist's/Jordan Marsh (73,000 sq. ft.) (Gilchrist's opened in 1963, closed in 1975. Jordan Marsh opened 1977. Converted to Macy's in 1996, closed 2006 as Macy's moved to former Filene's. Store razed. Being replaced by 12-screen cinema)