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A new pizza place has opened in Springfield! Tower Pizza recently opened their doors at Tower Square in Springfield. The business had their soft opening on Monday 01/20. An official grand opening is planned for February 3rd at 11am. The new pizza shop is Puerto-Rican owned, resulting in a mix of Italian-American and Latin-fusion cuisine under the same roof. The restaurant has traditional pizzas like cheese, pepperoni, meat lovers, veggie, buffalo chicken, and other. The menu also has sandwiches, Puerto Rican specialty calzones, empanadas, aranitas, tostones, mofonguitos, and more. The new restaurant also offers catering services. Find them online at https://www.facebook.com/TowerPizzaMB The pizza shop is located at 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA They are open Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm.
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Take a look at the new The Ground Round restaurant coming soon to Shrewsbury! The restaurant will be located at 271 Grafton Street in Shrewsbury; the former Bauhinia restaurant. The restaurant is in the midst of renovations with plans to open very soon! The new Shrewsbury location marks a return of the brand to Massachusetts and the region, Ground Round previously operated a location at 225 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury that closed in 2004. The chain has four franchised locations in Ohio and three in North Dakota. The restaurant serves casual American cuisine including (but not limited too) burgers, steak, chicken, Tex-Mex options, salads, pastas, and more. The restaurant will serve lunch and dinner. The owners of the Shrewsbury location, Joe and Nachi Shea, are the owners of the brand; with the other locations in Ohio and North Dakota as franchisees. 
The Picklr will host a soft opening of their new Westfield location tomorrow, January 18th. A grand opening is planned for February 1st according to their website.
The new pickleball facility is located at 415 East Main Street in Westfield, inside The Westfield Shops. The new facility replaces a former Bonton department store. This is the perfect chance to: -Enjoy FREE open play – YES! You heard that right, FREE pickleball! -Explore the facility and see what The Picklr is all about. -Chat with our team and get answers to any questions about memberships, programs, or events. The Pickleball club features 8 indoor courts, ai coaching, a proshop, leagues, tournaments, drop-in play, and much more. Players can reserve courts on the facilities app. Memberships are available for the club for just $109 a month as part of their founder membership promotion. The price of membership is subject to increase when this promotion ends. There is a new grab & go Italian option in Agawam! The Saucy Mama Grab & Go Kitchen is NOW OPEN at 1 Cooper Street in Agawam. The resutant is family owned and operated with a deep rooted love of Italian-American cuisine! The restaurant offers grab & go meals, quick lunches, and catering services. The restaurant also has a mobile food trailer for private events. The lunch menu includes grinders, salads, hot meals/apps, personal sicilian pizza, and a rotating specials menu. I've attached their current menus to this post; make sure you follow their social media (tagged above) to stay up to date with the newest food offerings! The restaurant is open: Monday thru Friday 10am-6pm  
Athleta is closing their location at The Longmeadow Shops in Longmeadow! The store will close at the end of January.
The store is currently liquidating according to a post by the shopping center. The store is located at 724 Bliss Road. The store opened in June 2021. Athleta is a chain of Women’s activewear stores owned by Gap Inc, parent company to Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, and Intermix. The post from the shopping Center reads “Athleta will close at the end of the month. They are having a store fixture sale. If you are interested in tables, nesting benches, hangers, and hardware INQUIRE IN STORE. Everything is sold as is, no delivery option, and all sales are final.”
Pickleball Kingdom is coming soon to Holyoke Mall at Ingleside! The exact location of the new indoor pickleball facility is not yet known. The mall has a number of vacant spaces including Sears, the former Alex Baby & Toy, former Christmas Tree Shop / Bob's Stores, or the soon-to-be vacant Burlington. We reached out to mall owner Pyramid Management Group for comment, they did not respond to our inquiries. One space it could be is the former Sears was recently put out to bid for contractors; the plan is to gut the space for a new tenant; the tenant was not identified in the plans. Pickleball Kingdom is a chain of indoor pickleball facilities across the U.S.. They currently have 60 locations, the closest location is currently in New Jersey. This is the second indoor pickleball facility coming to the area. We recently broke the news of a new facility coming to Springfield Plaza called Pickle Ball City. Check out that post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15ENGpiCGr/ What else would you like to see open at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside? Comment below!  Projects to watch in 2025! Springfield has a few great projects that will take shape in 2025, take a look at some information below! -The redevelopment of the former Eastfield Mall in Springfield is underway. Numerous tenants have signed on to the Springfield Crossing project including Target, BJ's Wholesale, La-Z-Boy, Petsmart, Chipotle, Hobby Lobby, Carter's, Skechers, and Chick Fil A. Look for vertical construction to begin soon with a fall 2025 opening. Check out our post on it here: http://www.theconnecticutscoop.com/.../new-tenants... -We expect an update on the redevelopment of the former Sears near Springfield Crossing (former Eastfield Mall). We are hearing that Market Basket has expressed interest in the site; though nothing formal has been submitted. Stay tuned for more information in 2025. -The development of condos at 'The Fort' in Springfield. The owners of the building plan to add condos in the upper levels of the building above The Fort and The Student Prince Cafe. OPAL Real Estate Group and The Yee Family are working with Winn Development on a $50 million redevelopment above the restaurant. They estimate it could house 50 or more condos. Any other developments that we should add to our list? Comment below! A new Pickleball facility is coming soon to Springfield! Pickleball City is coming soon to Springfield Plaza in Springfield, 1277 Liberty Street, the former Savers store. The new facility will feature a number of indoor regulation pickleball courts, pro shop, and other ancillary amenities! This would be Pickleball City’s second location. They have another location planned for Newington, CT. The space has sat vacant since Savers closed their doors in 2019. The plaza is home to Stop & Shop, Ocean State Job Lot, FunCity, Rocky’s, and others. No timeline has been announced for the project.  A new marketing flyer for the new Springfield Crossing development in Springfield, Mass now depicts anchor stores including wholesale club and department store! -Target plans to occupy a new 148,000+/- square foot space! This would be Target's first Springfield location. The next closest location is in Holyoke at the mall. -BJ's Wholesale Club plans to occupy a new 106,000 +/- square foot space, this was formerly depicted as another strip of junior anchor spaces. The wholesale club has an existing location in Chicopee. -Hobby Lobby will occupy a 56,000 square foot space! The closest Hobby Lobby store is currently at the mall in Holyoke. -Petsmart will occupy an 18,000 square foot store space at the development. The closest Petsmart is now in Chicopee. -La Z Boy Furniture is planned to occupy a new 15,300 square foot space next to Petsmart. La Z Boy currently operates a comfort studio in West Springfield; its unclear how this would be affected by the new location. -Smaller tenants that are shown in the project's lease plan include Carter's, Skechers, Chipotle, Chick Fil A, and BJ's Gas. More retail space is available in 4 other multi-tenant buildings to be part of the development. According to the marketing flyer, the development will open in Fall 2025 with Target and BJ's Wholesale as the main anchors! The Sears portion of the property is privately owned and is not part of this project. The site was once home to the Eastfield Mall. A notable change since our last update is the removal of a number of depicted tenants including Old Navy, Burlington, Five Below, EbLens (now closed), and Ulta. It's unclear if their deals fell apart or if they found location elsewhere.  See the marketing flyer below. 
The Place 2 Be in Springfield has been evicted from their location at Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The trendy brunch restaurant occupied roughly 6,000 square feet including a patio and event space.
"There was an eviction today and the property owner is in control of the premises,” said B. John Dill, CEO of Colebrook Realty Services. Colebrook manages the Basketball Hall of Fame. Sheriffs from Hampden County carried out the eviction on Monday, the result of a month’s long eviction case between the owner and The Place 2 Be. “The Hampden County Sheriff’s Office carried out a court-ordered eviction of The Place 2 Be on behalf of the landlord for non-payment of rent,” said Sheriff spokesman Robert Rizzuto. “The court order was issued on Sept. 13, and despite dialogue between the landlord and tenant since then, an agreement was not reached before the final execution of the order on the morning of Monday, December 9, 2024.“ The Place 2 Be has 3 operating locations; one in Downtown Hartford, New Haven, and West Hartford. Their original of Franklin Avenue in Hartford is listed as temporarily closed. The restaurant has a bakery planned for West Hartford, a new TP2B planned for Texas, and a new Mediterranean restaurant planned for Glastonbury. The restaurant recently reopened their seafood restaurant, Raw* Bar, in Hartford. The Place 2 Be is based in Hartford, part of The Statement Group. |
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