Burlington Mall: Is It a Dead Mall? I'm Honestly Not Sure... Burlington, Massachusetts.

[@tuukkatuukka]

In 1995 or 96, I had a friend who worked security at night. When the mall closed, he would let us in and we could roller blade all night. Thank You Dave !!

[@evoz4489]

That's cool AF!

[@tuukkatuukka]

@evoz4489 Thank you sir. My childhood friend Dave was incredibly generous and giving. We has absurd foolish stories throughout HS and beyond. I miss him.

[@spocker]

That’s one of the busiest malls around. Two reasons, it’s at the intersection of two busy highway’s, and within a 15-20 minute drive from some of the wealthiest towns in the state. It’s pretty much busy every weekend, for weekday lunch, and weekday evenings.

[@DigitalIslandboy]

@@spocker don't forget the free parking, you can take your time and not have to worry about getting back to the vehicle before you have to pay more money.

[@spocker]

@ Good point. Plenty of free parking, unlike shopping in the city. I hadn’t thought of that.

[@remyd8767]

This area is thriving. Not just this mall, but the surrounding stores, plazas, and restaurants.

[@jeremyanderson1139]

When I go there usually, it's pretty packed. The Burlington Mall is far from a dead mall as it's still thriving.

[@topgammar3763]

It looks dead to me.

[@stanleydolan5609]

@@topgammar3763 four years of Bidenomics may just put it under , unfortunately part of his legacy.

[@bostonman8347]

@@topgammar3763 Its dead early hours... usually after 4pm its packed; or lunch hour

[@waynebrowne1063]

@@topgammar3763it 11:00 am on a weekday. Most malls are extremely quiet then.

[@paulcbrady]

I grew up in Bedford and often went to the Burlington mall as a child and later a teen. The mall as it is today (I was there last weekend) is still really active and nowhere near being a dead mall. In fact, it had a bunch of stores that I never see in most malls because they’re the first stores to leave when the mall is dying. Compare it to say the Solomon Pond mall where there is not a single restaurant other than what’s in the food court, and Burlington mall looks super active. Not only does the Burlington Mall have multiple restaurants outside the food court, but they’re all high-end nice restaurants. All of the Solomon Pond mall’s restaurants closed.

[@ben2058]

this is one of the few malls in MA that is thriving. They are constantly adding on to it but if you go on the weekends it is usually packed.

[@pizzaface817]

idk if you mentioned it but Paul Blart was filmed at this mall for the chase scene

[@richiebarrettjr3629]

Yes it does

[@jennifermalone7481]

Yes it is !

[@KOTJBee]

The Burlington Mall used to have a Rainforest Cafe, Disney Store, and Burberry but not anymore.

[@acutemadness]

I thought the Disney store came back i remember there was one at Arsenal mall

[@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert]

The Rainforest Cafe was where we celebrated my pregnancy with our now 13 year old boy.

[@John-gf7kj]

Rainforest cafe location was a Herman's Sporting Goods in the 80s

[@DigitalIslandboy]

I thought it had Lord and Taylor's too?

[@John-gf7kj]

@@DigitalIslandboy it did

[@rl8429]

Primark & Sears did coexist in this mall at one point. Similar to South Shore Plaza, Sears reduced their store size to the first floor to make way for Primark. Sears made this joint venture with Primark for a few of their other locations before.

[@FezCaliph]

This place during Christmas as a child was truly magical. Sad places don’t decorate like they used to in general.

[@John-gf7kj]

This mall does very well and its usually very busy and very safe. I have been going there since I was a kid and now I take my kids there. A lot of cash flows through the mall to justify the high end stores and remodel - as example note that black SUV in front of you at the end of the video is a Aston Martin DBX ~150k+

[@riproar11]

By the looks of that Aston Martin with the douched-out matte black finish, the driver is someone of poor character to ever do that to an Aston Martin.

[@ThomasJones-ij6hv]

​@riproar11 so you leave your Asyton Martin stock? 😂

[@markleshane9314]

Lease vehicle does not mean you own it.

[@paulkrafve109]

I think the Burlington mall is the best mall in Massachusetts

[@bombkirby]

Natick takes the cake with all the entertainment places in it like Puttshack and Level99.

[@owensweetland342]

I recall shopping here early 2000s. Filene's, Lord & Taylor plus 3 other anchor stores. Rainforest Cafe. Legal Seafood. A Coach store. Just a great place to shop.

[@rl8429]

11 AM is when the stores barely open, no wonder there aren't that many people. Mall opens at 10.

[@bostonman8347]

yep its packed after 4pm and weekends all day

[@DigitalIslandboy]

Anyone who remembers Burlington Mall back in the day would remember. The other store the family *HAD* to hit up in Burlington which was a small distance from this mall was the "Building 19" discount clearance store.

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

19 1/2 🤣 I walked to the mall growing up and Simon's Park. I remember when it was one floor and they started the massive remodel. That side of town is crazy now.

[@ddivincenzo1194]

Please don't make me cry!! Building 19 closed in 2013 and I still miss it. I went there every Friday PM and still have many treasured bric a brac to remember it by. I also still have a bumper sticker that states: "If you think this car is a mess, you should see where I shop (insert Building 19 logo)".

[@ddivincenzo1194]

@@stayathomecichlidmom3579 All of them had a fraction.

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

@ddivincenzo1194 Idk why but I still can't believe or maybe don't want to believe how much things have changed. I loved Filene's basement and PaperRamma, Butchers Pride

[@yeahhoo86]

I live in New Hampshire, near another Simon Mall, Pheasant Lane, but use to live in Massachusetts, and frequented the Burlington Mall especially when my mother worked at the Macy's. The Burlington Mall is the crown jewel of Simon malls in the Greater Boston Area. The mall has always done well and is why they continue to re-invest in it. I would like to see Simon do much more to invest in its other malls such as the Pheasant Lane Mall (Nashua, NH), The Mall at Rockingham Park (Salem, NH) in and the Mall of New Hampshire (Manchester, NH)

[@DigitalIslandboy]

You're correct, the hall at the beginning was inside the Sears. Part of the Sears space also contained the Sears Tire/car maintenance shop where you could either service your car, service your yard tools like lawn moers, assemble your new bicycle, or put air in your bike tires etc. while you shopped or ate in the food court etc. My mom used to have them rotate the car tires before the winter while shopping.

[@zaxxon25]

That's all been converted to a small standalone group of stores ... Cafe Nero is there

[@ruby055]

This Mall is fine. It's part of the 4 Malls that support Metro Boston including Natick, South Shore in Braintree and North Shore in Peabody. These 4 are pretty much ok. Natick will struggle the most because it's the furthest from route 128. It also has competition from Chestnut Hill and Dedham shopping areas

[@jimmyjay689]

Cambridgeside Galleria

[@felix121984]

True, Natick Mall is hard to navigate.

[@johnbonetti7458]

burlington mall is so nice, i always loved both burlington and natick malls when i lived in boston

[@jmebabs]

I was an extra in Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The scene when the bad guys took over the mall and we had to run around crazy on the second floor while Paul played guitar hero haha

[@kenhowell8403]

I was in the mall last fall for the firs time in many, many years. I just barely recall the single story version of the mall. My favorite stores were Jordan Marsh and Filenes. Sears was always worth a visit too. If I recall correctly, the fountains were at either end of the mall. One in front of Sears and one in front of Jordan Marsh. Wasn't there also a Brighams or Friendlys near Sears?

[@danielfife348]

It's still thriving and always one of my favs

[@blueburygeminitheemoprince6175]

There was still a Sears on the bottom floor when Primark opened in 2016 and the Sears at the Burlington Mall closed completely in 2018. (First the top level of Sears closed in 2015 then the bottom level of Sears closes in 2018)

[@maria-wu7us]

I consider this mall to be the best in MA right now for the average shopper and last time I was there I had a hard time finding parking. It was a weekend earlier this year and I had never seen it so packed in years. I actually worked around there for years, the area is thriving. There is so much industry, housing and grocery shopping options around that I don't see this mall dying anytime soon. In fact it has gotten better since the pandemic and they were going to open a UNIQLO last time I went which is a good sign. Across the street from the mall is also one of the largest and nicest Barnes and Noble in the area. The Natick Barnes and Noble cannot compare.

[@WhatsCookingTime]

Wow I remember the old Burlington Mall with those cool ceilings. Being a little kid with my mom shopping there

[@u2keaneshaped]

Burlington Mall is thriving in 2024; good anchor stores and as you had mentioned, it's a mid to high end which caters to many people, especially given the location in MA where there are wealthy communities and the proximity to local highways makes it easily accessible. It gets especially busy during lunch hour, and very busy on weekends. It's funny you found one of the elevators broken down, it's nearly always the case that one of those two are shut down for repair! Unfortunately for this mall, those are the only two elevators outside of the anchor stores (Nordstrom and Macy's) so families with strollers or those in wheelchairs are really out of luck when it comes to accessibility. Also, the Cheesecake Factory by Macy's is ALWAYS busy.

[@SandraBugler-vq6co]

I used to roam that mall on my lunch break (always went over time allotted) when it was just one floor. I loved it. Then in the late 80's the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua was built. That was much closer for me.

[@darrenp1549]

Usually VERY busy...... High end stores and midrange mix. Doing very well.

[@alex1vid]

Yeah that used to be Sears (where you entered). That Sears even had an autocenter too that is now a Crate & Barrel I think. But it's a pretty popular mall. A lot around it. There used to be a Rainforest Cafe and get this - a Mrs. Fields Cookies there! Other shops it used to have were a Disney Store and I believe a WB one too & Johnny Rockets but those are of course all gone. This mall though I went to for the first time in a while in a recent holiday season and what struck me in general were the amount of 'junk stores' - stores dedicated to burning money with pop-culture and nostalgic items. Stores that sell overpriced vinyl records, etc. I think there were like 4 or 5 in this mall alone.

[@georgef551]

The pillars in the hallways used to have square trapezoid patterns on top of them where they meet the trusses, but those are not here anymore as I watch this. I guess they wanted to remove the "West Orange Pavilion" look to the place.

[@EricFosterMedia]

I grew up around here and have been to this mall when it was 1 floor. Very cool to see it profiled.

[@johnny5.56]

This mall isn't anywhere close to being dead. What are you talking about...

[@SavSpdDemon]

Been to Burlington Mall countless times, it's really good.

[@RickBerg-b9k]

This mall used to have a Dyer Leather with the best selection of leather coats I’ve ever seen.

[@DigitalIslandboy]

When I was going there last year (I worked in Lexington, MA) area the mall was a lot busier. Still lots of teens going inside esp. to the third floor food court (which was packed.) My main grouse is I can never figure out where the MBTA 350 bus picks up and drops off outside the mall. So I always have to walk around the outside of the whole mall to ask people where they saw the mbta pick up and drop off going in the correct direction. Usually I just cave in and order Uber or Lyft.

[@copyright-ur1sf]

10:18 there used to be a huge fountain about 15 feet in front of the escalators. The water jet would reach the 2nd floor. They took it out maybe around 1995. The photo at 10:08 looks exactly like a mini one that used to be in front of Sears. It also was taken out I'd say between 1995-2000.

[@DigitalIslandboy]

Yes. Burlington Mall had a HUGE water jet water fountain that I believe had smaller ones around it that would spray a while and then booooom the center one would blast upward.... I used to always want to see the center one spray again, and again, and again.

[@bikdav]

Great video. You are right about that entry way. It was a big SEARS store. I frequently visited that mall since my middle school years. I witnessed the second level being built. Usually on the weekdays, what you’re seeing is what it is. On the weekends, it’s far more crowded than this - even outside of the holiday seasons. I don’t remember a Stop and Shop there. But, I could be wrong. A lot of tenants have come and gone over years and for various reasons. But, that’s true of other malls. My memory is foggy concerning the water fountain, but I think it was about where you thought it might have been. By the way, if I remember correctly, Macys bought what remained of Jordan Marsh.

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

I remember walking to the Burlington mall when it was only one floor and a rectangle. Bradlees was across the street, and nothing but Victoria Station and Chili's was on the other side of Middlesex. Now it's just nuts on that side of town. Thankfully, the commercial is separated from the residential, completely different feel growing up and living here.

[@rosemarykacoyannakis3702]

One minor note. I enjoy your videos but at some point could you document the directory plan, map, as it exist in the mall at the time of your visit. It gives us a quick lay of the land for the rest of your walk. Thanks.

[@albertseabra9226]

Eleven AM, on a Thursdsy morning? Ir was quite early, and I didn't catch the months. Just before X-mas or Thanks- Given, looked a little ali a. But during a regular month, it would be quite normal. Ir was a great place to relax, mostly during the Winter or in a muggy Summer day

[@Jane413]

Oh yes, Spencer Gifts is that old of a store. I remember shopping in there when it was at the Natick Mall when I was a teenager or in my 20s. I'm 67.

[@JG11099]

Yeah, that hallway at the beginning was build inside of what used to be the Sears space. Actually strangely enough, the women's restrooms down that hall are the are in the exact same place that they were located in Sears. They have the same layout and configuration and everything, they just built a new door on the opposite side of the room and updated the fixtures. Not very interesting I know, but it's something I noticed 😅

[@SWTE728]

I'd say the Simon-esque look present at this mall is fairly typical for the malls we have here in the UK, in fact it'd probably be above average by our design standards (we do have a lot bigger a proportion of live malls though). The coffee shop at 18:20 is Caffe Nero which is actually a fairly large British chain, however the biggest coffee chains in the UK are Costa and Starbucks, with Costa having only recently moved into the US. Appreciate the close-up of the original Build-A-Bear store design at 32:27, worth having the air-con broken if it means keeping that nice old design!

[@seanhayes9056]

Some more history to add. The FYE use to be in the bottom floor near Macy's. They shut down until a couple of years ago when a new person bought the brand and reopened. This mall has changed a lot from over the years and a handful of stores shifted locations. Back in 08 I use to have the blueprints to this mall. And thanks to this video I wish I still saved them.

[@donnadrane4977]

Burlington Mall is not a dying mall. I’m there every weekend supporting the economy! Seriously, parking is so difficult on the weekends, and even during the week there are areas you cannot park in. It has high end stores such as Nordstrom, Macys, Michael Kors and Coach. This mall is higher end than Northshore Mall, and only upstaged by Natick Mall. I consider Burlington Mall to be my mall of choice.

[@MoniqueFromPlymouth]

23:00 Its hard to tell in this food court if some of the storefronts (like K Style and Regina Pizzeria) are just closed but opening in the later hours, or closed permanently. Regardless, the food court look like (to me) it only has one or two vacant storefronts, so I would tend to believe the Burlington Mall is not dead, but thriving if it has this many food places. A dead mall would be lucky to have three food places to offer at most in their food court.

[@HarrisonHanson-hy7or]

This used to be a favorite mall for me mainly bc the N.Rack around the corner is AWESOME usually. But than the actual Nordstrom’s in that mall is just as crappy as the one in Braintree w Braintree being 1/2 the drive for me. Than Natick beat this mall out for me bc their Nordstrom’s is AHHHH-MAZING!!! plus there’s also a N. Rack around the corner of Natick mall. Your just there extremely early in the middle of the week too so I’d say that’s standard for almost any mall.

[@SlowST]

Fun fact Paul Blart Mall cop was filmed here(the first one)

[@FezCaliph]

Sad that it’s still pretty unrecognizable now. The mall has changed so much since then 😞

[@rl8429]

45:21 To the left was once the Sears Auto Center. It's now multiple shops and restaurants.

[@caseykasemrocks]

was this the mall where Paul Blart: Mall Cop was filmed?

[@darkmya19]

yes one of them they filmed in other malls in massaschuetts

[@erikthorstensen5185]

As someone who lives in Burlington, about a mile from the mall. I'll tells a few things about it. The Primary opened above the Sears when Sears was still a thing. Like I said I'm from Burlington, and I have zero interests in that place anymore. Is way to high end now. I consider it the Lexington mall,in Burlington. Its a tourist trap on the weekends, especially in the winter. And I'm shocked the Johnny Rockets isn't there anymore. Since I'm commenting before I finished the video. The malls claim to fame. It was the primary filming location for the movie Mall Cop.

[@bewarethedecks]

I remember the Burlington Mall back before all of the renovations. If my memory is correct, the fountains were in the end sections (near Sears & Jordan Marsh). I don't remember the Stop & Shop. There was a 2-screen General Cinemas movie theater where, I believe, the food court now is. The theater closed when the multi-screen complex opened across the street. I haven't been to the Burlington Mall since the Microsoft Store closed a few years ago. I think "The North Face" store is where the Microsoft Store used to be. But, yes, the Burlington Mall, from what I can see when I drive past it, seems to be holding up quite well at a time when walk-around malls are failing. I know of four walk-arounds in the area that were dead in the water, closed, became strip malls, reopened and are now doing quite well for themselves. One of them is just east of the Burlington Mall. It is called the Middlesex Commons. Another is the Meadow Glen Mall in Medford. That mall was originally a 2-screen drive in theatre. As a walk-around mall it was in bad shape. Now as a strip-mall, it is doing quite well. The third mall is the Woburn Mall. The last time I went in before the renovation, only a few of the stores were open (including Market Basket). Now that the mall was changed & expanded, it also looks to be doing very well. The fourth is an "*". That would be the Assembly Square Mall in Somerville. The original mall was across the street from industrial-based establishments such as Graybar. The area was completely transformed into the high-end retail stores there today. The old K-Mart anchor is long gone. Staples is still there, and all of the high-end shops, movie theater, business offices & apartments are across the street. The last time I went to the Staples (a while back), I had a tough time finding a parking spot.

[@freebrook]

The Lord and Taylor wing was added on to the mall when Lord and Taylor came in. The whole wing plus the store.

[@Cotelw8345]

It is not a dead mall. Really busy on a Tuesday I want yesterday. Burlington is a major hub near Boston it should be okay. They are shifting high profile stores near where sears was to increase flow. The mall has the nicest Jc penny snd Macy’s besides North shore mall in the area.

[@Paquette011]

I remember the two giant fountains they had on each end of the mall after the remodel was done in 88. They were massive and the first time they were turned on they almost blew out the glass window above until the height was adjusted.

[@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert]

I remember when the Burlington Mall used to have a York Steakhouse and a Magic Pan restaurant.

[@TinyIslandMaine]

Bring back York Steak House 😊

[@waynebrowne1063]

@@TinyIslandMaine York steakhouse was so good!!

[@MrMmaver]

The Burlington Mall gets a lot of lunchtime traffic from the nearby office parks. A lot of big tech companies have campuses in the area. As a result it gets weirdly busy at unusual times, but very quiet other times. It also has one of the only ChickFilAs in Boston suburbs so it's not uncommon to see a huge line there while the rest of the food court is empty.

[@Benkpink]

The smell of this mall. (It’s the only not dead mall I went to)

[@btt449]

Where the food court is now, that use to be on the first floor and there was no second floor above it or that whole wing. Also there was an Eric Fuch's Hobbies right across from that food court where Legal Seafood entrance inside is.

[@skree_fpv436]

Erich Fuch's was my favorite store at the Burlington Mall when I was a kid. I was sad when it left.

[@markbunnell5288]

For those who do not know about the Burlington Mall it was used for filming in 2008 for the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop with Kevin James, it had a budget of 26 million and make 183.6 million world wide, have to say it was a very funny movie

[@brianc1481]

I was in there the other day.. Columbus Day 2024 at around 1pm, for the first time in a long time. I was really surprised at how busy it was. I actually made a comment that it reminded me of the 90s... minus the packs of juvenile delinquents everywhere.

[@RickBerg-b9k]

The South Shore Plaza in Braintree is the biggest mall in New England with 2.16 million sq feet of retail space. It was referred to as a plaza, because originally all the stores had entrances outdoors, with no indoor mall, later it was built into a mall, but continued to be referred to as a plaza.

[@pamelaaverrett5848]

Nice mall! Was that LED lights in the ceiling of the first section?

[@blueapples]

A few quick comments ... Right now for the holidays the mall is very busy. One thing I give them credit for is they always have a very "authentic" looking Santa for kids to get their pictures with. Compared to most food courts, Burlington's has usually featured several eclectic choices, like a cupcake stand where you could get your cupcakes shot full of ice cream. The restaurant with Indian food has been there for years, and the last time I was there I saw a place that serves Korean street food. There's also the only Chick-fil-A in the surrounding area. There are a couple of restaurants that are accessible only from the outside of the mall, like The Friendly Toast. Where The Friendly Toast is (on the floor beneath the food court) there used to be a cinema. I disagree that the new wing has better ambience than the rest of the mall. The ceilings are plain and to me it feels closed off and a little claustrophobic. Because Primark is upstairs, though, they didn't have much choice.

[@jefffuller9918]

I had to research this mall. We have a Burlington Mall here in New Jersey.

[@dsandler92]

I go there all the time I live nearby busy on weekends Jordan Marsh was converted to Macys in 1996 never closed Mall was renovated the last few years they moved escalator near food court closer to mall and removed another escalator and squared the food court outside entrance that used to be round

[@EduardoTheManDD]

Burlington mall is still poppin, you just happened to go on a work day.

[@fatrat6820005]

Me and my friends you use ride are bikes to the Burlington mall from Woburn in the 80s

[@Patriot64]

In the 70's and 80's, Burlington Mall was the place to shop. It was so crowded, finding parking was practically impossible, especially at night. I have excellent memories of it. It was a good place to be and it was SAFE for everyone!!!Look at the historical pictures. Men, woman and kids were all dressed very well. I miss those days 😐

[@felix121984]

Wow Burlington Mall was not even a luxury Mall then !

[@Patriot64]

@@felix121984 I know. It was an awesome, Safe place to shop.

[@MattLong90]

PAUL BLART MALL COP WAS SHOT HERE.

[@cubehire3653]

I've been going to the Burlington mall for decades. It was certainly better when it had the giant anchor stores Felines, Sears, Lord and Taylor and Jordan Marsh. It's still has Jordan marsh sort of speaking with Macys. That mall would be hurting without that store. It is a sin what happened to Sears but that's another story. As I understand it, the Burlington mall and the surrounding shopping areas were all gravel pits repurposed into shopping areas. There used to be a busy movie cinema located at the mall I hated to see that go. I was shocked to learn that there was a Stop & Shop there before my time. I remember as a teenager visiting the records stores and the Spencer gifts store with all the black light posters. There was a really good sporting goods store that also closed. I hope the malls survive in some form. I don’t want to be left with only Walmart, Target and Amazon.

[@Jane413]

What happened to Sears is their own doing. I'm not sorry after so many rip-offs and bad service I got from them. I could make a list but that would be boring.

[@MattMcIrvin]

While it's lost anchor stores, and the upper level can feel quiet, I vote for "very not dead". Burlington Mall is probably the busiest mall in the northern half of the Boston metro area. I haven't seen it packed to Christmas-in-the-1990s levels in a long time, but the parking lot does fill up and there are usually more people there than in the video. Turning the Sears location into a whole mall area with smaller shops was an interesting choice and it seems to have paid off.

[@dlewis9760]

The concept of indoor malls will survive. The industry opened way too many of them because everyone wanted in for the "Easy Money". We baby boomers aged out and we drove the creation of these places. Not gone or retired we have less reasons to hit these places as frequently as we did in our prime. I expect it will be quality and not quantity that keeps some open. The consumer will just have to travel a bit farther.

[@slapshot22]

Cinema I & II was located where the food court is now. Around the time they built the second floor, General Cinema (now AMC) Burlington opened across the street with 10 theaters, so they closed and gutted the old cinema. Waterstone's bookstore was on the first floor, and the food court was opened above it on the second floor. The original mall entrance there wasn't very big; I don't even remember if there was a food court at the time. I am surprised that there's no second-floor entrance to Macy's. But when Jordan Marsh was there, it actually had a third sales floor. I think it's just Macy's store offices now.

[@OffYourBackBJJ]

depends on the time of day you go here. especially holiday season right after work its always packed.

[@BostonElevatorDude]

That is my local mall. What you are starting at is the entirety of the old Sears store. I do like the array of stores but tis a shame of what that all replaced :( | The mall sure had it's fair share of renovations since at least 2020 which I do like the new renovations. It's basically what you'd expect from Simon

[@timmuller1567]

I worked at that Sears when I was in high school in the early 1980's.

[@abandonedmass2333]

A dead mall hell no

[@JDonahue79]

In this mall today, I think it's doing pretty well. Yes like the natick mall, it has a wing where there are some vacant storefronts and we have some broken escalators, other than that, it's a healthy mall. And yes, and out of service escalator or two and a few vacant storefronts is normal. By the way, there is a fondue restaurant moving into the entrance next to the cheesecake factory.

[@OriginalSwagGaming]

3:23 gives huge pheasant lane vibes the way the center is and the roofing

[@nickroyalprince2163]

4:12 where Frank Pepe’s pizza is currently located that space was formerly occupied by UNO’s Chicago Pizza. They closed in either 2019 or 2020. Frank Pepe’s I believe moved in around late 2020 or early 2021.

[@GinaBoudreau]

I grew up not far from this mall. Obviously in the 80's-90's it was packed. I remember it well. Moved about an hour from here after getting married. The first time I went here in over 20+ years was about 2 weeks ago on a Sunday and it was packed. I just have lost to thrill of mall shopping now. Same stores, same crap. Maybe I'm getting old. lol I'd rather shop online. Sign of the times.

[@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert]

Also, it was the coolest place to have your picture taken with Santa Claus in Massachusetts!

[@markwalsh6620]

The large water fountain in the hall was right in front of EU Wurlitzer ,Spencer Gifts and Friendly's Restaurant. I was there a lot back in there 70's ....Tx FB

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

Brigham's not Friendly's.

[@blanton1624]

I have a very low opinion of Simon as a company but to give them due credit, they have the shopping center business cornered and seem to be stable. You can be assured that if Simon owns it, it is not a dead mall. Simon will dump any declining malls asap! Nice video.

[@TheNBAonTNT]

This is where they filmed Mall Cop

[@lovewins4436]

Cambridge Mall has always been my favorite ❤

[@MooseBme]

Cool, THANKS!

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

This is my childhood mall

[@MG-yw3im]

Sears had an auto center there as well.

[@TravelsByTransit]

I live in the Boston area. From what i've heard, it's one of the nicest malls that doesn't have all designer stores.

[@SevenFortyOne]

My company's office is about a mile up the road from that mall. I've always wondered what was in that mall but have never had time to check it out so thanks for sharing!

[@MutedGrowl]

This can’t be true. How long have you worked there? I’m remote now but previously I worked a mile away and everyone would go to mall for lunch or shop often.

[@SevenFortyOne]

@@MutedGrowl I've been at my company for about a year and a half. I've now been there once to do some Christmas shopping but really am not a mall guy. One of my coworkers would go there to grab lunch once in a while but I usually bring my own lunch. I also only go in once a week since I live 80 miles away so I don't have as much opportunity to go there as someone who lives closer.

[@madgoose2k]

This mall gets very busy. Extremely light day and time.

[@erikthorstensen5185]

If you do flea markets. Try the swap meat at New England Dragway in Epping New Hampshire. Usually the last Sunday of the month,unless there's a major event planned like the NHRA New England nationals usually in June.

[@evoz4489]

I live in Lowell, but take the bus down to the mall just to get away from the "grit". The town of Burlington has done a superb job creating not only the space for this retail mecca, but even outside of the mall on Cambridge Street. and the surrounding area, there is SO MUCH to choose from in terms of shops and restaurants. There's even a little "neighborhood across from the mall that has some apartments, more restaurants and a big Wegman's store that boasts a really nice "food court" of it's own. In back of the mall, yet another variety of shops and eats, namely Tavern In The Square. Pheasant Lane in Nashua and Rockingham Mall in Salem, both in NH but not far, can't even compare. There's talk of casinos at the NH malls...totally a bad decision in my opinion. But yeah, I would so move to Burlington if I had the green. It's a safe place.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

DEFINITELY a healthy mall, but risks up ahead. But with that number of floors, I worry about this place by the end of the decade... Foot traffic is lacking, I hope the owners know what they are doing. Nice history, nice looking place.

[@donnadrane4977]

This mall is far from in trouble. It’s always busy and parking is atrocious. In fact, even during the weekday a certain parking lot in front of Nordstrom is filled within thirty minutes of the store being open. I’m at this mall at least once a week and parking is my biggest frustration.

[@julietierney2516]

I hadn't been there for a long time. Went a few months ago - and it was really quiet.

[@TheJimbob1603]

They need some real stores ..... stores that sell stuff we need: a hardware store, a grocery store, a movie theater, post office, DMV office, a liquor store, a CVS; and a Walmart, Costco, and Home Depot could be the anchor stores. Throw in a realtor or two, a couple dentists, a 'quickie health-stop', a garden nursery, a car dealer, a hobby shop, and an internet cafe. I guarantee a mall with these stores would rock!

[@kayleniaintgonnatellyou6039]

This mall is right down the road from a lot of that.

[@NexxisStudio]

There are 2 Auntie Annes pretzel shoppes! One on the ground floor and the other on the 2nd floor!

[@markleshane9314]

Back in the early 90’s there was a movie theater at the now Food Court.

[@genegjr]

why is it in every mall the same stores like E.G Zumiez our local mall has one of those store I noticed that store in the video and they both looked the same on the outside stores in every mall are kind of set up the same way nationwide im just wondering bcuz I noticed when you showed JC Pennys they look the same on the inside but different on the outside