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HISTORY The Rhode Island Mall opened in 1968 as the Midland Mall, which was then the first two-level enclosed shopping mall in New England. The larger Warwick Mall opened just to the north of the Midland Mall in 1972, but until the mid-1990s these two mid-sized malls co-existed peacefully. As each mall had space for fewer than 100 stores, both malls were able to operate without much overlap between them and their proximity reinforced the Warwick area as a premier shopping district for southern New England. The Midland Mall's long-time anchor stores were Sears and G. Fox , and the mall also hosted one junior anchor in a Cherry & Webb store on the first level. The Midland Mall was extensively renovated and re-branded as the Rhode Island Mall in 1984. The Greenhouse Cafes food court, the first of its kind in the area, also opened around this time. CURRENT STATUS In 1988, on the first level and Kohl's on the second. These stores do not have any inside access to the mall, which caused many of the mall's remaining tenants to vacate. Only 14 stores in the mall are occupied. |
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