Natick Collection
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| Address | 1245 Worcester Street Natick, Massachusetts 01760-1553 |
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| Opening date | April 27, 1966 |
| Owner | GGP Inc. |
| Architect | Beyer Blinder Belle (expansion) |
| No. of stores and services | 250 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,860,000 sq ft (173,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Public transit access |
 MWRTA: Routes 1, 4 and 11 |
| Website | www |
The Natick Mall (previously named the Natick Collection) is an upscale shopping mall, located in Natick, Massachusetts and owned by GGP Inc. The mall is a component of the Golden Triangle shopping district with the adjacent Shopper's World power center in Framingham, Massachusetts, both of which are situated between Massachusetts Routes 9 and 30.
The original facility became the first enclosed shopping mall in Greater Boston with its opening in 1966, and was demolished and replaced by a larger building in 1994. Following a significant expansion in 2007, the mall was brought to a total of 1,860,000 sq ft (173,000 m2) gross leasable area and is the largest mall in New England by number of tenants, with 250.
The Natick Mall was originally anchored by Filene's and Sears; it is anchored by Sears, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom. Previous anchors include J. C. Penney and Jordan Marsh; Wegmans is scheduled to open in the mall in 2018.
Construction of the original Natick Mall began in 1965, connecting two stand-alone locations of Sears and Filene's (both of which had opened in March and August 1965, respectively), with a 725,000 square-foot, one-story facility of twenty-five stores. The project would become the first enclosed mall in Greater Boston, and among the first built east of the Mississippi River. It was dedicated on April 27, 1966 with two smaller anchors on the north end of the mall, Woolworth's, Pray's Furniture, and a large fountain/entertainment area. Pray's Furniture was eventually replaced with a Boston Baby store, but after the closure of Boston Baby in the 1980s, the vacant space was redeveloped into an additional retail wing and food court. By the 1990s, the mall lost popularity, as it had been largely unchanged for almost 25 years. As a result, shoppers began commuting to other facilities in the region; in 1992, the Homart Development Company purchased the Natick Mall and the adjacent Shopper's World in Framingham. Initial plans called for the Natick Mall to become a power center and Shopper's World an enclosed facility; however, after resistance from the town of Framingham, the plans were reversed and developed on the opposite properties. The Natick Mall was demolished in June 1993 and replaced by a two-story building, which was opened on October 12, 1994 with a remodeled Filene's, a rebuilt Sears, a relocated Jordan Marsh, and the addition of a Lord & Taylor.
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