Westfarms Mall

Westfarms Mall is a two level, 1.3 million square foot upscale shopping mall located astride the borders of Farmington, and West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened in 1974 and was expanded twice, first in 1982 with the opening of Lord & Taylor. It was expanded more substantially again in 1996 with the addition of Connecticut's first Nordstrom location and around 20 additional shops. The mall is currently owned by Taubman Company. [ [http://www.taubman.com/leasing/leasing_overview.html Taubman Properties: Overview] ]

This mall is home to many upscale stores and restaurants such as Tiffany & Co., Coach, Metropark, Brooks Brothers, Abercrombie and Fitch, Aldo, California Pizza Kitchen, Sephora, Christian Bernard, Nine West, Victoria's Secret, Bare Escentuals, MAC, Ann Taylor, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Apple Store, Pottery Barn, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Au Bon Pain, and Rainforest Cafe. Westfarms also offers a variety of lower bracket stores such as American Eagle Outfitters, Express, H&M, Hollister, FYE, Forever 21, Gap, Steve Madden, and Aerie, The mall includes four anchor stores, Nordstrom, Macy's (two locations), J.C. Penney, and Lord & Taylor.

By the end of 2008 Louis Vuitton and Cole Haan will be opening boutiques inside the mall.

Two of Westfarms' original anchor stores, G. Fox & Co. and Sage-Allen, were the dominant local department store chains for generations. The G.Fox store converted to its sister Filene's division in 1993 and after Sage-Allen's demise, its space became the Filene's Men's & Home store in 1995. Both locations are now rebranded as Macy's.

From its grand opening in 1974 until 2002, the mall's center court featured lavish waterfall-style fountains and a small stage area, taking up much of the center court area. A 2002 renovation removed all of the water display and gave the space a more open look.

External links

* [http://www.shopwestfarms.com/ Westfarms Mall's website]

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