 The facility, originally built and owned by The May Department Stores Company opened in 1971.It original architecture was a two-level, dumbbell shaped shopping center with two anchor stores, the Connecticut-based G. Fox, which was also owned by The May Company chain, and JCPenney.Many of the original tenants of the mall were appropriately located to support the middle-class clientele of the Meriden and Central Connecticut area, including such iconic stores as Radio Shack, Spencer Gifts, Hickory Farms, Barricini Candy, Record World, Waldenbooks, CVS, Singer sewing machine store, a piano and organ store, a travel agency, a liquor store, and a tobacco store.