National Retailer Will Close Store At Waterford Mall This Month

WATERFORD, CT — The Talbots at the Crystal Mall is closing, a store employee confirmed on Tuesday. The women's clothing store is scheduled to close June 30.

The news comes as the Crystal Mall has struggled to retain tenants in recent years. The last remaining anchor store, JCPenney, closed last year.

In February, Forever 21 and FYE said they would close. T-Mobile closed its location in the mall in January and is now located in the nearby Waterford Commons.

Other recent closures at the mall include Ice Imports, Bounce World, and Zales Jewelry.

The mall was sold at auction last year along with the former Sears anchor store space.

Namdar Realty Group, which owns the mall, has said the property could be redeveloped.

Related: More Stores Closing at Waterford’s Crystal Mall Amid Declining Tenants

Located at 850 Hartford Turnpike in Waterford, the mall was built in 1984 with additional construction in 1987. The two-story, 535,494-square-foot building sits on 82 acres.

Talbots is based in Massachusetts and has over 500 locations. The retailer still lists 11 locations in Connecticut open on its website in the following towns:

• Clinton
• Norwalk
• Essex
• Westport
• Ridgefield
• Canton
• Hamden
• South Windsor
• Southbury
• Glastonbury
• Westfarms

Talbots was founded in 1947 and has shifted its business to an ecommerce model in recent years. Sycamore Partners purchased Talbots for $391 million in 2012.

Talbots did not return a request for comment.

The news for malls lately has not been positive. Several stores at the Meriden Mall are also reportedly closing. That mall, like Waterford, is owned by Namdar.

A mall representative said they didn't know if Talbots was closing.

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