Comments on: Aroostook Centre Mall; Presque Isle, Maine

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:13:35 +0000

Here is the list of stores currently in the mall (some were deleted because they closed!) as of Februrary 17th:

Acadia Medical Supply (207) 769-2100
Armed Forces Career Center x4 Marines, Army, Navy, Airforce
B. Dalton (207) 764-4656
Bath & Body Works (207) 760-9016
Card $mart (207) 768-5800
Chopsticks (207) 764-6633
DEB (207) 760-9415
Expect More Dollar Store (207) 768-3185
Fashion Bug (207) 764-8537
FYE (207) 764-5979
Gene’s Electronics (207) 764-7500
Houlton Farms Dairy (207) 764-8635
JCPenney (207) 764-2663
Kay Jewelers (207) 764-3351
Kmart (207) 764-3351
Lowe’s Home Improvement Center (207) 554-3030
Maurices (207) 760-9006
Nail Citi (207) 762-6006
Olde Rustic Attic (207) 764-5969
Olympia Sports (207) 764-5211
Payless Kids (207) 764-4929
Payless ShoeSource (207) 764-4929
Rent-A-Center (207) 764-6513
Rocky Mountain Sports (207) 764-8500
Ruby Tuesday (207) 764-2874
Sears (207) 768-2080
Staples (207) 764-4414
The Shoe Dept (207) 764-4140
Tim Horton’s (207) 760-8198
Trader Joe’s (207) 768-3183

Yes, that’s it! Claire’s recently closed leaving another empty store

By: Variety House

Variety House — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:28:38 +0000

Great site! I lived in Maine for quite a while, and when I heard they were building this thing it seemed like an answer to a question nobody asked. It was hard to pull for the thing when one was wondering if anybody involved in the project had bothered to study a map; still, I hoped for the best…in vain it seems.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:55:10 +0000

I agree with everyone else, The place needs to grow and have clothing stores that has quality and names that will fit the taste of young population. We don’t need to travel way down south just to get quality clothing. It’s so nice that Hampton Inn is coming to the city it may attract some retail store to start their business where people from nearby county could stay overnight for shopping.

By: BP

BP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:09:57 +0000

At least Aeropostale should come up here, i think out of the 3 (AE, Aero and Old Navy), that would be the one that would found up here. I’ve even found a perfect place for it in the mall, right near JCPenny like where it is in the Bangor Mall. You would see easily 3x the traffic and people there, especially the opening day. It would do VERY WELL here. It’s not too urban-ish like Abercrombie & Fitch and would fit in this mall.

Anyone interested in bringing Aeropostale to the Aroostook Centre Mall?
i might be going out on a limb here but I feel it could do well.

By: Kelz

Kelz — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:28:54 +0000

The Aroostook Centre Mall is just horrible, plain and simple! I live here in Presque Isle and I rarely go shopping there. Usually I just go to JcPenney or Sears, The rest of the stores in the mall are pretty useless to me, I think if we had stores like American Eagle, Aeropostale, Old Navy etc…we would see alot more traffic going on! I know I personally make a trip to Bangor every few months for some shopping, and I know many people from this area that do as well because they ‘can’t find anything up here.’

I also think a Target would be nice to bring here as well. Walmart needs some competition! K-mart is no competition thats for sure! Oh well what can ya do….. as for me I will keep taking my trips to Bangor where I know I can find the things we like

By: Hanna

Hanna — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:25:37 +0000

Maybe the mall would make it if they employed a new manager who was trained in the business of running a successful mall.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:38:14 +0000

Good point
i was under the assumption a long time ago that this mall was really nice, when they first opened I remember them having such stores such as Spencer’s, B Moss, Hallmark, KB Toys was nice…, their all gone, and when I go into the mall now, it’s jus depressing, no clothing stores for guys at all, Maurice’s does a good job for girls. Going to the Bangor Mall not only fills my expectations, but makes me really jealous that we can’t have even a few more stores. I would love for them to put a reatiler in that old Porteous space, i don’t see anything going in soon though… in fact I was just in last week, and an original business, The Mad Hatter closed! There’s just nothing left, and it won’t be too long before Lowe’s closes becuase of the lack of people, and the eventually this mall. Sad…

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:39:51 +0000

Having been from Presque Isle originally and lived both outside of Maine and in Maine’s more populous southern region, everything about Presque Isle is entirely about perception.

People in the area still have not come to the conclusion that they are on their own and in control of their own destiny. It is NOT a destination area nor will it ever be. It is however, the largest population area for more than a couple hundred miles within the United States. Yes, Fredricton, NB is a good 2 1/2 hour drive away, but the purpose of the mall in Presque Isle was never truly to bring Fredrictonites to Presque Isle, not when the Bangor Mall is not that much further. There are however, a good 150,000+ Canadians living within an hour drive of the Aroostook County border. Presque Isle is so far away from ANY community larger than it that it must have everything to remain self sufficient (hospitals, colleges, and shopping facilities).

Presque Isle’s biggest weakness is its own people not advertising itself properly to potential visitors and investing businesses. Case in point, most people even in the State of Maine don’t realize the mall exists let alone that it is one of the top five largest enclosed single shopping mall facilities in the state.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:21:41 +0000

I just wondered why they will not build TJ Maxx, Target Mall in which Aroostook county will benefit because Canadian Dollar is at par with the US Dollar in that case, it will be good for Aroostook county’s economy and people here doesn’t need to travel for 3 to 4 hours going to Bangor.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:12:36 +0000

The Aroostook Centre Mall might not be as cool as other malls, but it doesn’t help that you put it down. It serves its purpose and as a native of Presque Isle I enjoy spending an afternoon here and there at the mall. It has what it needs and the stores in it are run and owned by people we know and the money stays in the county supporting our economy.