Shops at Billerica

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = The Shops at Billerica | image = | location = [[Billerica, Massachusetts]] | opening_date = {{ubl|1975 as Billerica Mall|2011 as The Shops at Billerica}} | number_of_stores = 20 | number_of_anchors = 4 (2 open, 2 vacant) | floor_area = {{convert|306876|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | floors = 1}}

[[File:The Shops @ Billerica panorama.PNG|thumb|392px|A panorama shot of The Shops at Billerica]]

'''The Shops at Billerica''' (formerly known as '''Billerica Mall''') is a strip mall and former enclosed [[shopping mall]] located in [[Billerica, Massachusetts]]. It was built as part of a series of malls including the Woburn Mall, and the Mystic Mall. Anchor stores include [[Burlington (department store)|Burlington]] and [[Big Lots]]. The property is currently going under a massive redevelopment, although the timeline for completion is unknown. In February 2022 redevelopment plans were approved, and ground officially broke March 28, 2022. A site plan can be found here:<ref>{{cite web | title=Site Plan | url=https://www.town.billerica.ma.us/DocumentCenter/View/8556/Billerica-Mall-Renderings | access-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>

==History== The Billerica Mall thrived in the 1970s up to the early 1990s. In 1998, The Billerica Flick closed down and the space is now a Dollar Tree. In 2005, [[Burlington Coat Factory]] closed off their mall entrance. [[Home Depot]] tried to locate there and rebuild the mall, but a group called "Billerica First" defeated this proposal in 2007. In 2009, Billerica gave RD Management 1 year to remodel the mall or it would be shut down. Consequently, RD Management announced that the mall would converted ("[[de-malling|de-malled]]") into a [[strip mall]]. In the summer of 2009, a workers' tools created [[carbon monoxide]] which caused the entire mall to be evacuated and aired out. In February 2010, the roof by [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] collapsed and the mall had to be shut down temporarily.

In mid-2011, RD Management began to add exterior-accessible store fronts and refinished the exterior of the mall with a new tan color scheme.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} A new sign was installed. On the new sign the mall was renamed "Shops at Billerica".{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

On November 7, 2019, [[Sears]] announced that Kmart would be closing as part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. The store closed on February 16, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/07/kmart-sears-store-closings-96-stores-set-shutter-february-2020/2521653001/|title=Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list|first=Kelly Tyko and Nathan|last=Bomey|website=USA TODAY}}</ref>

==Redevelopment==

In mid-2020, RD Management announced plans to redevelop the site. The plans include demolishing the existing [[Market Basket]], reducing the size of the former [[Kmart]] space, constructing a new tenant building across from the existing one, and constructing a multi-story residential component where Market Basket currently stands. The redevelopment plans were approved in early 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/02/23/billerica-mall-renovation-project-approved-by-planning-board|title=Billerica Mall renovation project approved by Planning Board|date=February 24, 2021}}</ref>

On June 10, 2022, it was announced that Market Basket would be closing on June 11, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-10 |title=This Mass. Market Basket location will close its doors this weekend |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/market-basket-closing-store-in-billerica-massachusetts/40253531 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=WCVB |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110809194723/http://www.topix.com/.../billerica.../sorry-no-sales-soaked-flooding-forces-billerica-mall-to-close-doors www.topix.com sorry no sales soaked flooding forces Billerica mall to close doors] *[http://www.labelscar.com/massachusetts/billerica-mall Billerica Mall; Billerica, Massachusetts] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110505185524/http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_17973531 As mall prepares to greet 2 new stores, one that got away still haunts Billerica - Lowell Sun Online] *[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/10745 Billerica Flick in Billerica, MA - Cinema Treasures] *[https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/02/23/billerica-mall-renovation-project-approved-by-planning-board/ Billerica Mall renovation project approved by Planning Board] *[https://www.rdmanagement.com/properties/shops-at-billerica/ Shops At Billerica | RD Management LLC]

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Billerica, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Shopping malls in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Strip malls]]