Hampshire Mall gets more dead by the day. The only thing continually attracting people is Target, which was a really smart thing to put as an anchor considering there are 5 colleges in the area and the other nearest Target is in Holyoke. This is a very accessible mall for everyone at the 5 colleges as it is right on the bus route B43. There is not too much parking for the main mall but then again most people who do go to this mall strictly go for Target anyway, which has ample parking.
JCPenney is still open, but there is hardly ever anyone there. When you walk inside the actual mall, there are a couple of holistic health supplement stores and massage places, as well as a Planet Fitness gym. Planet Fitness seems to attract a lot of people, but since UMass has an on-campus gym free to all students, it does not get the college student business that it probably could have gotten.
There are small arcades throughout the mall, a movie theater, a roller rink, an Escape The Room, and a brand new bowling alley. There are a couple places to eat, but no chain restaurants. Outside the mall (connected but not accessible through the mall) there is a pet store, and a Dick's Sporting Goods. Trader Joe's also has an outpost near the mall. The only other chain stores surviving in this mall besides Target are American Eagle, JoAnn Fabrics, and Bath and Body Works.
The mall remains clean and well maintained despite its lack of business, and there aren't any shady characters hiding around usually. It is a pleasant mall to visit but it is just rather small and usually empty. The mall tries to host events like craft fairs and entertainment days to attract customers, but it doesn't seem to work.
Mountain Farms Mall across the street seems to be doing well enough, with Walmart generating most of its business. The shopping center itself is prosperous due to the fact that many of the stores there are the only ones in the area for miles (Barnes and Noble, Old Navy, Whole Foods, etc). There is a Panera which attracts many college students, an EMS, Famous Footwear, Michael's, The Paper Store, and various other stores. Seems that this "mall" (really an outdoor shopping center) does more business than Hampshire Mall, which makes sense given that there are more stores.
Brian Florence's Commentary:
(Posted way back in March of 2001)
This is the mall that seems to be bringing in the bucks in Hadley, MA.
It's also a notorious mall, built right next door
to the Mountain Farms Mall consequently
crushing it. The enclosed Mountain Farms Mall is about 50% converted into
a Big Box
strip mall plaza complete with Wal Mart. The only remaining business
in the mall is the movie theatre, and I am skeptical if it is still
operational.
The Hampshire Mall, however, boasts a more modern look. You can tell it
was constructed in the late 70's and remodeled sometime in the 80's. The
mall is clean and well kept. The food court is designed like a downtown
for a more outdoor "downtown cafe" feeling.
This mall is anchored by K Mart, JC Penney, and hosts an expanded
movie theatre.
Okay, I might know nothing about Hadley, Massachussetts, but I know enough about business (the bare minimum here) to know that you do NOT put two businesses of the same type in the same vicinity. You know one is going to cannibalize the other
Leon Cranson’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2020
Not covered is the indoor Go Cart racing and recent move of the Faces store from Downtown Northampton to the mall. Also to clear up the Dicks Sporting Goods store is accessible from inside the Mall.
Austin Ballard’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2020
Personally I wouldn't consider this Mall dead, though it's essential function has changed considerably in the community since it opened back in 1978. The Target and JC Penney are the malls two big anchors, while the Best Buy added back in 2006 has recently left. A bunch of strip malls along route 9 as well as stand alone stores have continued to add competition to this Mall and neighboring old Mountain Farms, which itself is no longer an indoor Mall, being converted to outdoor back in 2003-4.
Leon Cranson’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2019
This mall is still active although increasingly it is transitioning to entertainment. The latest addition being a bowling alley. The cinemark theater expanded a few years back and they lost some of ths food court. Anchor stores are now JC Penny and Target. New strip malls on the other side of Rustle at are eating in on both the Hadley and Mountain Farms malls (mall in name only now)
Other Email Contributions:
David Viola’s Commentary:
User submitted Sep 2006
Ok guys, I think it is time to update some info regarding the Hampshire Mall in Hadley, Massachusetts. I have been looking at the same entry regarding this mall for the past 4 years now. So much has changed at the Hampshire Mall. K-Mart is gone being replaced with a brand new Target, Trader Joe's has joined the list of quality along with Dick's sporting Goods and Best Buy. Foot traffic has made a remarkable turnaround from what it used to be like several years ago and it has become a great place for the local college kids to frequent. You mentioned that if we had pics to let you know. Well, I have tons of them. Just let me know how to get them to you.
I believe that if you are going to list a center in your directory then you should be obligated to update the status now and then because great things happen very quickly in the retail development world.
Thanks for your time and I hope to see an update in the near future.
Dave Viola
General Manager
Hampshire Mall
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Samantha Bradley’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2021Okay, I might know nothing about Hadley, Massachussetts, but I know enough about business (the bare minimum here) to know that you do NOT put two businesses of the same type in the same vicinity. You know one is going to cannibalize the other
Leon Cranson’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2020Not covered is the indoor Go Cart racing and recent move of the Faces store from Downtown Northampton to the mall. Also to clear up the Dicks Sporting Goods store is accessible from inside the Mall.
Austin Ballard’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2020Personally I wouldn't consider this Mall dead, though it's essential function has changed considerably in the community since it opened back in 1978. The Target and JC Penney are the malls two big anchors, while the Best Buy added back in 2006 has recently left. A bunch of strip malls along route 9 as well as stand alone stores have continued to add competition to this Mall and neighboring old Mountain Farms, which itself is no longer an indoor Mall, being converted to outdoor back in 2003-4.
Leon Cranson’s Commentary:
User submitted in 2019This mall is still active although increasingly it is transitioning to entertainment. The latest addition being a bowling alley. The cinemark theater expanded a few years back and they lost some of ths food court. Anchor stores are now JC Penny and Target. New strip malls on the other side of Rustle at are eating in on both the Hadley and Mountain Farms malls (mall in name only now)