This type of small shopping center is a common sight around New England: a department store, a supermarket and a couple of small stores. Wells is located between Biddeford and the NH border. It was a perfect area for Ames to open a store, an undeserved market. I was told that Globe could have been the first discount store at the Wells Plaza, however, a 1975 newspaper ad for Grant City mentions a Wells Plaza location. IGA used to be the supermarket anchor and has later been replaced by Shop’n save.