Present Day
Rhode Island Mall is a dead mall, and has been listed on Deadmalls.com. Its anchors include Kohl's, Wal-Mart, and Sears. (Sears was the final anchor store that actually opened into the mall, but began leaving their gates down permanently in 2011, finally closing access off via a partition wall in March, 2011.)
Rhode Island Mall also has five detached buildings in the parking lot occupied by Toys "R" Us, Wendy's, Chuck E Cheese's, On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina and Sears, which operates an automotive tire sales and service center in the fifth building.
The interior of The Rhode Island Mall still appears to be viable. Despite the lack of storefronts in the mall, the fountain in the center of the mall, as well as the elevator and escalators, continue to operate on a daily basis. The mall also continues to staff a maintenance and custodian crew as well as a 24-hour security detail provided by IPC International Security.
As of April 30, 2011, Management had closed access to the mall
On November 14, 2012, Winstanley Enterprises, LLC. of Concord, MA and Surrey Equities, LLC. of New York, NY announced they had purchased the mall for $38 million. A formal statement released by Adam Winstanley, a Principal of Winstanley Enterprises said, “There is a rich history with this property, and we are very excited to breathe new life into the development by putting together a plan that will once again position the mall as a vibrant part of Warwick’s retail hub.” Design and permitting will take place over the next 6-9 months.
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