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Hampshire Mall is a one-story shopping mall in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, with approximately 55 stores owned by the The Pyramid Companies. Current anchor stores include Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Steve & Barry's, and Target. There is a LaserStorm, a Lasertag facility in the mall. The mall is home to a roller skating rink.

History

When the mall opened in 1978 it was anchored by JCPenney, Steiger's and Kmart.

The Steiger's store was demolished in 1994 for Media Play. In 2003 the space was rebuilt and extended to house a Target store. Dicks Sporting goods opened in 2003. Originally the mall contained a six screen movie theater that existed from 1978-1999. This was then expanded to a 12-screen Cinemark movie theater in 2000.

A 45,000 sq.ft. Dick's Sporting Goods store opened in in early 2005, replacing a former Eastern Mountain Sports. Best Buy and Steve & Barry's replaced Media Play in early 2005.

Wal-Mart developers beginning in 2005 wished to build a new 212,000-square-foot Supercenter southeast of Hampshire Mall. However there have been various hindrances as a consequence of a bylaw designed to keep out large stores by restricting new stores to 75,000 square feet. After two years of negotiations, on November 20, 2007, a subdivision plan that exempted the planned Wal-Mart Supercenter from the current bylaw restrictions was approved. Developers have eight-years to get a site plan approved before the exemption expires. This would almost certainly mean the current store, attached to the east end of Mountain Farms Mall, would close.

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