Category: Retail

Surprise, surprise! Malls are back — and they are quite different from the malls we knew, with decayed department-store anchors, food courts and rows of chain stores that made them all look alike.

Hanover, MA Rockland Trust has promoted Patrice Pimental and Leah Rogers-Curto to senior vice president, retail market managers. In these expanded leadership roles, Pimental will oversee retail banking operations across the South Shore, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Greater Boston, while Rogers-Curto will lead branches throughout the North Shore, Merrimack Valley, and Southern New Hampshire.

Auburn, MA NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs has completed the sale of the 10,268 s/f retail property located at 773 Southbridge St.. The property sold for $725,000.

Lynnfield, MA Rivian, the American automotive and technology company, is now open at MarketStreet, bringing its interactive retail and community-focused showroom experience to Boston’s North Shore.

Portland, ME DeStefano & Associates, Inc. (DAI) has started construction on a new Aroma Joe’s at 1 Exchange St. in Portland, ME, and completed construction of two additional projects in Maine:

Millbury, MA The Shops at Blackstone Valley have four new brands opening in 2027 — Caffè Nero, Topcoat Nail Bar & Spa, Lovesac, and First Watch — continuing the momentum at the premier open-air shopping destination.

Portland, ME According to East Brown Cow and Old Port Square, Veranda Kitchen & Bar has signed a lease at Suite 103, 425 Fore St. in Old Port. The family-owned restaurant group has signed a seven-year lease for the 1,381 s/f space.

Falmouth, MA CORE, one of the largest integrated commercial real estate firms in Northern New England, brokered a second location for Maine retailer Aristelle. The new store opened in September.

Westport, CT Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate’s (SCRE) Dan Neaton has represented Boot Barn in leasing its fifth Connecticut retail location. The nation’s western and workwear retailer has finalized a lease for a 14,600 s/f space at 581 Hartford Pke., situated within the Killingly Commons shopping center.

Southport, CT Rick Ste. Marie has joined Vestian, a global commercial real estate firm focused exclusively on occupier representation and corporate real estate services, as executive

Concord, NH Aaron Huntley and Jake Mabardy of Horvath & Tremblay have completed the sale of a 7-Eleven in Concord, New Hampshire. Horvath & Tremblay exclusively represented the seller to complete the transaction at a sale price of $2.15 million.

Ansonia CT Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate (SCRE) represented Investor Michael Berkowitz in the $8.3 million purchase of Ansonia Landing Shopping Center from a KIMCO-led Partnership. The 91,447 GLA shopping center is located at 100-172 Division St.