History
Built around 1975, Swansea Mall originally opened with two anchors: Sears and Edgars. The mall had a 4-screen movie theater. A third and fourth anchor, national discount department store Caldor and Rhode Island-based department store Apex, were added as part of a major expansion around 1979. Also, two out-parcels were located just south of the original mall, namely Toys R Us and Service Merchandise. The mall thrived from the late 70s and throughout most of the 80s.
Towards the end of the 1980s, Swansea Mall began to change: Swansea 4 Cinemas had closed by the middle of the decade, and original anchor Edgars went out of business in 1985 (it was replaced by Jordan Marsh, another local department store). In 1996, Jordan Marsh became Macy's. Caldor suffered damage in a fire in 1997, closed for a year to renovation, and ultimately closed its doors for good when the company went out of business in 1999.
In 2001, Walmart replaced the old Caldor location. Apex closed the same year.
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