Dead Malls | Enfield Square Mall

In the age of the internet brick and mortar stores are anything but safe, this year the United States has seen an unprecedented number of closing of stores by retailers such as Sears, JCPenny and Macy's. The Enfield Mall is a prime example of this although this 788,000 square foot mall has not had the best luck over the years. Opening in 1971 it boasted stores such as G. Fox, Filene's and Steigers. Steigers closed its doors in 1994 and the space went unoccupied until 1997 with the addition of Sears. JCPenny shut its doors in 2000 and was replaced by a Macy's Mens and Home store.The begining of 2016 is when the mall went into an absolute free fall, Macy's made the announcement they would be closing its two anchor stores in the mall. Not a month later in February J.P Morgan Chase foreclosed on the mall as the owner defaulted on a $240 Million dollar loan. Over the next year smaller stores began to shutter in the mall along with Ruby Tuesday and Express. And then in 2017 after 20 years Sears shut its doors leaving Target as the malls lone anchor store.



Update 11/17/2018: On December 10th 2018 the Mall is scheduled to go up for auction on 10-X.com with a starting bid of $3.8 Million.

  

 Closed Radio Shack

 Macy's Men

 Macy's

Macy's

 Sears

 Sears

 Ruby Tuesday

 Former Macy's Mall Entrance

Enfield Square Mall 1970's

Have you been to this mall? What was your favorite store?

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Smiles Entertainment Center

Don't be fooled by the old signage "Smiles" is anything but. This once thriving entertainment center now looks like a scene out of Columbia Pictures feature film "Zombie Land". Complete with a Mini Golf Course, batting cage, full arcade and much more this true entertainment center was a staple in the community for over 35 years. In 2011 it's three decade run came to a halt when the economy was at an all time low, and just like that the family fun center was no more. It wasn't all fun and games here, the center has somewhat of a sinister past. In 2001 Smiles was host to a double stabbing where a party goer was stabbed three times, and most notable in 1994 when a gang battle erupted outside the center and a young boy was assaulted and others shot.  

Update: Location demolished in 2015

Photos by Michael Parisi of AbandonedCT.com

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Xpect Discounts to close their largest CT store

MGI the parent company of  Xpect Discounts has announced that it will be closing it's 48,000 square-foot supermarket location at 100 Newtown Road in Danbury, CT on March 1st. Xpect Discounts has had a major presence in Connecticut since the 1980's and offers a full line of grocery and offers Deep Discounts on Closeout merchandise. This is the fourth store to close in the district; Methuen, MA (2002) Derby, CT (2012) North Haven, CT (2013)

Milford, Cromwell, East Haven Stores will remain open as well as the distribution center and corporate office in North Haven. MGI also operates over 60 stores under the name "Marcs" in Ohio.

Xpect Discounts is one of two companies in the United States authorized to sell overstock Target merchandise

2/20/15- MGI anounced that all XPect Stores will vacate Connecticut in 12 months

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See our 2013 post on North Haven Xpect

CT Route 11

In Eastern Connecticut sits an under funded, deserted, and unfinished highway that goes by the official name of CT Route 11. While traveling this road to nowhere it is almost certain you will be alone with no fear of rush hour traffic. Originally proposed to be a direct route from Colchester to Interstate 95, this indirect Route drops you off in the small town of Salem. The year 1972 was the last year of construction leaving a half finished highway with a large unpaved portion complete with carved mountains, two overpass bridges and storm drains.

Plans to revive the construction have been brought up countless times over the years with proposed tolls to fund the project, but each attempt has failed.

Photo by Google Maps

Photo by Google Maps