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CambridgeSide, Cambridge, MA

  CambridgeSide is a one million square foot mall that was developed and is still owned by New England Development and is located in the East Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, MA. CambridgeSide is a pretty popular mall due to it's close proximity to Harvard Square and Downtown Boston and also just because the stores here cater to many different types of demographics. CambridgeSide opened in 1990 with three floors of shopping and has recently consolidated itself down to only two floors of stores and restaurants. The original anchor stores were Filene's, Lechmere, and Sears. Lechmere closed in 1997 when the whole chain went bankrupt and became Best Buy on level one and half of level two. The other half became Border's which. closed in 2011 and then became T.J. Maxx. The third floor became Macy's Home Store which closed in the spring of last year. Filene's which closed in 2006 and immediately became Macy's. Sears was the most anchor closure only closing in Decem