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| Location | Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°08′30″N72°29′12″W / 42.1416°N 72.4868°W /42.1416; -72.4868 |
| Opening date | April 1, 1968 |
| Closing date | July 15, 2023 |
| Developer | The Rouse Company[1] |
| Owner | Mountain Development Corp. |
| No. of stores and services | 70+ |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 3 (all vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 825,000 square feet (76,645.0 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in anchors) |
| Website | eastfieldmall |
TheEastfield Mall was a shopping mall inSpringfield, Massachusetts, which was owned by Mountain Development Corporation, and was built in late 1967 by the Rouse Company. The three anchors,JCPenney,Macy's, andSears closed in 2011, 2016, and 2018, respectively. The movie theater,Cinemark, closed in 2020. Dave Thompson and John McGrath were the final property managers who led the property through the subsequent acquisition to Onyx Partners LTD. The property closed to the public in the Summer of 2023, and demolition began soon after. The property is being renamed Springfield Crossing and will function as an open air shopping center that includes dining options. The Eastfield Mall was one of two retail malls that was owned and sold by Mountain Development.
Eastfield Mall opened in 1968 with three anchors, two of which were local department stores:Forbes & Wallace andSteiger's.[2][3] The third anchor store,Sears, also opened with the mall. Forbes & Wallace closed in 1975, leaving the space vacant; it was eventually sold toJCPenney, which moved into the former space.[4] In 1994,Filene's, whose parent company,May Department Stores, had bought Steiger's, moved into their old space.[2] This store becameMacy's in 2006 afterMay was purchased byFederated Department Stores (Macy's parent company at the time). The 16-screen movie theater was added in August 1999 and was initially aShowcase Cinemas. The theater later became owned byCinemark.[5]
The addition of aSteve & Barry's clothing store in 2006 put the mall at full occupancy for the first time since 1978. The store displaced nine smaller retail outlets, of which only two relocated within the mall.[6] This store closed in 2008 following the chain's bankruptcy proceedings.[7] In 2009, Hannoush Jewelers opened a showroom in the space vacated by Steve & Barry's.[8] In 2004, the mall implemented a teen escort policy, stating that any customer under the age of 15 must be with an escort after 5:00 PM.[9][10] The JCPenney store was later downgraded to anoutlet store and closed in 2011 when JCPenney eliminated its outlet store division.[11]
On January 6, 2016, Macy's announced that it would be closing the Eastfield Mall location as part of a plan to close 36 stores nationwide. The store closed in April 2016.[12]
On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that its store would also be closing on September 2, 2018, as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide, which left the mall with no store anchors.[13]
In late June 2020, Cinemark closed permanently.[14]
On April 5, 2023, it was announced that the mall would shutter in the summer of 2023 after almost 56 years.[15] The mall closed for good on July 15, 2023.[16] It was demolished from August 2023 to February 2024. The former Sears, which is separately owned, will be the only structure retained from the old mall.[17][18]
The former Eastfield Mall location is now being redeveloped into the new Springfield Crossing, which is expected to open in summer 2025.[19][20][21]