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Connecticut mall to add 80,000-square-foot indoor amusement park in former Bob’s Stores

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Category: Leasing Updates

Date: September 24, 2026

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills is preparing for a new indoor amusement park in the former anchor space occupied by Bob’s Stores and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Plans filed with the town show different attractions on each floor. The lower level is slated to include bumper cars, a go-kart track, slides and other recreational facilities, as well as four party rooms. Plans for the upper level show trampolines, obstacle courses and an arcade area, among other attractions.

With the planned amusement park, the Shoppes at Buckland Hills would join malls across Connecticut with large-scale entertainment tenants.

Read more at CT Insider.

80,000-Square-Foot Young People’s Entertainment Complex Planned For Buckland Hills Mall

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Category: Leasing Updates

Date: September 10, 2026

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills mall has found an anchor tenant to take over a 2-story vacancy, and conversion work is already underway for the new 80,000-square-foot children’s entertainment complex filling the space.

Plans show that ALI Dream Land would occupy approximately 40,000 square feet on the lower level targeting the younger crowd with elements like party facilities, soft-play areas, climbing apparatus, slides, bumper cars, and a kart track. Apex Adventure Park would take up the other 40,000 square feet on the upper level and will target older children with similar elements plus arcade features.

Read more at Patch.