The SoNo Collection is an upscale
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
in the
South Norwalk
South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August ...
neighborhood of
Norwalk, Connecticut
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. It was announced and originally developed by
GGP Inc.
GGP Inc. (an initialism of General Growth Properties) was an American Commercial property, commercial real estate company and the second-largest shopping mall operator in the United States. It was founded by brothers Martin Bucksbaum, Martin, Ma ...
(General Growth Properties) in 2017; it has been owned and managed by
Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties is a North American subsidiary of commercial real estate company Brookfield Property Partners, which itself is a subsidiary of alternative asset management company Brookfield Asset Management. It is responsible for the pro ...
, a subsidiary of
Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a Canadian multinational company that is one of the world's largest alternative investment management companies, with over US$725 billion of assets under management in 2022. It focuses on direct contr ...
, since its acquisition of GGP in 2018.
The mall opened on October 11, 2019, and is the fourth mall in
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. The mall has adopted a phased opening process, including interactive art installations and community gathering spaces. It features southern Connecticut’s only
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. () is an American luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901. The original Wallin & Nordstrom store operated exclusively as a shoe store, and ...
and Connecticut's only
Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's Inc. is an American luxury department store chain; it was founded in New York City by Joseph B. Bloomingdale, Joseph B. and Lyman G. Bloomingdale in 1861. A third brother, Emanuel Watson Bloomingdale, was also involved in the bus ...
as the anchor stores. It is located next to
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...
and
Route 7.
History
The SoNo Collection was a project announced in 2017 by mall developers General Growth Properties (GGP). GGP began construction on the mall in late 2017. A ground breaking ceremony was held on August 16, 2017. In August of 2018,
Brookfield Property Partners
Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is a global commercial real estate firm that is a publicly traded limited partnership and a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, an alternative asset management company. Its portfolio includes properties ...
acquired GGP, continuing the work on the mall. On October 18, 2018, work began on the Bloomingdale's anchor store.
See also
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References
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Brookfield Properties
Buildings and structures in Norwalk, Connecticut
Shopping malls in Connecticut
Tourist attractions in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Shopping malls established in 2019
Shopping malls in the New York metropolitan area
2019 establishments in Connecticut