CENTER FOR SHOPPING
Address: Main Street
City: Sanford, ME
Opening Date: 1989
The Center for Shopping was built in 1989. It was the first new shopping center in the area for years back then. It was anchored by Ames and Shaw's supermarket. Ames already had a store downtown and Shaw’s was located at the Sanford Plaza. Both moved to the new shopping center looking for larger space and more modern stores.
In December 2001, Ames closed 54 stores including 2 in Maine: Falmouth and Sanford. Shaw's announced it would relocate their store to the former Ames site. The vacant store was demolished and a large and modern supermarket was build. The former Shaw’s however, was then still vacant.
In 2004, Marshalls opened in about half the former supermarket. Dollar Tree has opened in the other half later. Marshalls closed in 2016 after it relocated its store to the new The Ridge development in Rochester NH.
On November 1st 2019, Olympia Sports announced the closing of 76 stores including the Sanford location. Smitty's Cinema eventually relocated in part of the former Walmart across the street
Actual tenants
Shaw's
Subway
Pizza Hut
Bank of America
Sally Beauty
Dollar Tree
H&R Block
Planet Fitness
AT&T
Bull Moose
Closed
Ames
Fleet Bank
Marshalls
Fashion Bug
Olympia Sport
Smitty's Cinema
Pet Life
Other stores ?
Old aerial view of the plaza showing the original Shaw's anchor space on the left hand side and the Ames department store on the right.
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