Another store at a quiet mall has decided to close.
The owner of The Moon Crystal said in an online post that she would be closing the shop located at the Enfield Square, and moving sales for now to the business website at www.themooncrystal.com.
“It is with a very heavy heart that we will be closing the shop” at the mall, the owner posted on Facebook.
“We are transitioning everything to our website www.themooncrystal.com and are currently looking for an affordable commercial space,” the owner wrote.
“I want to thank all of my customers, I have made many friends and have special bonds with many. I appreciate every single one of you,” the owner wrote, noting “we will be holding online classes in the near future, you can always reach out to me through the website, email at [email protected] or phone 860-698-6285.”
She said merchandise is on sale from “now till we close the doors.
“We will keep you updated on our journey for a new space along with classes etc. Items excluded from sale are commissioned pieces.”
The owner did not say online what prompted the decision to place the sales online and look for a new site.
Next act for major, but struggling CT mall: ‘Shoppertainment?’
But The Enfield Square mall — a shopping destination for decades after its opening in 1971 — lost all but one of its anchors in recent years and store vacancies took over hundreds of thousands of square feet of retail space.
Deterioration was so severe that the town threatened to shut down the enclosed mall last year, after partial roof collapses compromised sprinkler systems.
How a redevelopment in Enfield unfolds is sure to be well watched. Connecticut’s largest enclosed malls — some teetering on the brink, others appearing to be thriving — are looking to reshape themselves in a changing landscape where visitors are seeking more than just shopping.
A Nebraska company early this year proposed a massive redevelopment of the largely abandoned Enfield Square Mall. The company has similarly ambitious projects underway in its home state and in Utah, where local officials give it high marks for following through on its plans.
Woodsonia Real Estate Inc. had said at the time it wanted to demolish Enfield’s roughly 780,000-square-foot mall and build 450 upscale apartments, two hotels, several restaurants and 165,000 square feet of new retail space.
“Despite not being included in the most recent grant approvals made by the CIF board earlier this week, developers from Woodsonia remain determined to see this project through,” State Rep. Carol Hall said online in September.
An update on the project was not available late Friday.
Reporting by several Hartford Courant staffers is included in this post.
