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Atlas", "original_architect": null, "before_notes": "Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Connecticut Post Mall, a super-regional shopping center opened in 1960, is proposed for redevelopment with up to 500 housing units and new commercial space for office, medical, and lab science tenants.", "strategy": ["redevelop"], "new_use": ["civic", "healthcare", "housing", "office"], "share_retrofit": null, "status": "proposed", "year_retrofit": null, "developer": "Centennial Real Estate", "architect": null, "after_notes": null, "narrative": "The Connecticut Post Mall is a super-regional shopping center located at 1201 Boston Post Road in Milford, Connecticut. The center comprises 1.3 million square feet of leasable space and features 125 stores. It is the largest mall in the state of Connecticut.\n\n\n== General History ==\nInitial plans for the mall, originally named the Connecticut Post Shopping Center, were unveiled in 1957 by developer Sol G. Atlas. The plans proposed construction of an open-air center comprising 918,000 square feet of retail space featuring 80 stores, with surface parking for 5,600 cars.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Post_Mall", "zoning_change": "change to the city's zoning regulations to allow for the addition of up to 750 units of housing at the mall", "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": 2023, "planning_notes": "Approved by city's Planning and Zoning Board.", "wikidata_qid": "Q9095804", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Post_Mall", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "09170", "opp_score": 20.0, "opp_reasons": ["already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans", "1,300,000 sq ft GLA (large site)", "median rent $1,463", "housing in the record"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ct/milford-connecticut-post-mall/", "events": [{"year": 2023, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Centennial's request for an amendment to the city's zoning regulations was approved unanimously by the city's Planning and Zoning Board on October 3, 2023.", "source_id": 7447}], "sources": [{"id": 7446, "site_id": "n-b7837ea3d7", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Post_Mall", "title": "Connecticut Post Mall", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Connecticut Post Mall", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 7447, "site_id": "n-b7837ea3d7", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Post_Mall", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "Centennial's request for an amendment to the city's zoning regulations was approved unanimously by the city's Planning and Zoning Board on October 3, 2023.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [{"name": "Centennial Real Estate", "kind": "owner", "role": "developer", "year_from": null, "year_to": null}], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Connecticut Post Mall (Milford, CT) is proposed for redevelopment. 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