The Maine Mall

The Maine Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in South Portland, Maine. It is the largest shopping mall in the state of Maine, and the second largest in northern New England, only behind The Mall at Rockingham Park.
Anchor stores are Best Buy, J. C. Penney, Macy's, Jordan’s Furniture and Round One Entertainment.
== History ==
In 1969, Jordan Marsh opened a freestanding store, which was the first Jordan Marsh in the state of Maine.
In 1971, the indoor shopping mall and Sears were added.
Porteous, a department store chain based in Portland, Maine opened in 1983 as part of a major mall expansion which doubled the size of the mall. This expansion also added J. C. Penney as well as the first Filene's in the state of Maine.
In 1994 the mall underwent a $6.5 million renovation that added a food court as well as Lechmere, Inc. and a larger Dream Machine, a video game and pinball machine arcade.
Porteous closed in 1996 and was replaced with a two-level structure, containing a Filene's Home Store on the lower level with Sports Authority on the upper level, made accessible by the only mall escalators in Maine, excluding department stores. Jordan Marsh was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1996; as a result, the former Jordan Marsh at Maine Mall became Macy's.
In 1997, F. W. Woolworth Company and Lechmere both closed; within a year, they were replaced by Linens 'n Things and Best Buy, respectively.
In 2003, General Growth Properties acquired the mall for $270 million.
In 2005, Federated Department Stores acquired the Filene's chain. Due to the presence of an existing Macy's at the Maine Mall, both the Filene's and Filene's home store were shuttered in 2006 to prevent overlap.
In late 2008, Forever 21 and H&M opened in the former Filene's Mens & Home first floor. Sports Authority remained in the former Filene's upper floor. 
In 2009, Linens 'n Things closed due to the liquidation of the chain.
In 2013, The Bon-Ton announced plans to open a store in the former Filene's space, which had been vacant since 2006. This was Bon-Ton's only store in Maine and joined Sears, Macy's, and JCPenney to become the mall's fourth full-line department store when it opened on September 12, 2013.
In August 2016, Sports Authority closed due to bankruptcy.
On June 13, 2017, it was announced that Bon-Ton would be closing its store in August 2017.
On December 6, 2017, it was announced that Round One Entertainment will be opening in the former Sports Authority space in 2018.
On May 28, 2019, Jordan's Furniture announced that it would be opening in the former Filene's/Bon-Ton space in Spring 2020.
On June 26, 2020, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 28 stores nationwide, including the store in the Maine Mall. The Sears store subsequently closed on September 13, 2020. Forever 21 also closed in 2020.
Olympia Sports closed in 2022 after the company liquidated it was replaced by Team Spirit.
Starbucks closed its mall store in January 2024.
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