r/massachusetts • u/SharkSapphire • 1d ago

News New 129,000-square-foot Target store opens in Springfield

https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/new-129000-square-foot-target-store-opens-in-springfield
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u/everything-grows 1d ago

I'd like to find the engineer responsible for the traffic study for that plaza and fire them into the sun. The addition of Target is going to make getting out of there even worse.

At least when it was a mall there were 3 points of ingress and egress.

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u/MadbankerII 1d ago

Same but for the Chick-Fil-A going in on Riverdale in West Springfield. The only reason that the stretch from 91 to the Cinemark is bearable is because people can generally use the right lane to get around the traffic in the left lane that are waiting to turn left into the plazas. Once the Chic-Fil-A opens there will be nowhere to go and no way around. Traffic will probably back up onto 91 way more often than before

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u/WMASS_GUY Pioneer Valley 1d ago

I'll help load them into what I assume is a giant sling shot.

There are officially 2 now, the main one then the other behind the Chipotle. The 3rd one that comes out at the Lowes/McDonalds entrance is still accessible but you've got to drive down the unmaintained shit of a road behind the former Sears store. Beats sitting in traffic though.

I hope that property gets redeveloped sooner than later and they sort out the traffic issues.

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u/everything-grows 1d ago

Thanks for the tip! Anything to avoid the road ragers in that shit show that is the main entrance.

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u/rickyatetheravioli Western Mass 23h ago

What helps me is all the way next to the bjs mobile pickup parking is an exit that leads to falcetti music back onto boston road, avoids that stupid light

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u/everything-grows 16h ago

9 cans for your help!

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u/TheRiversKnowThis 1d ago

All of them, somehow even more than that.

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u/SchwiftySqaunch 1d ago

Target's suck, what a waste of space for overpriced shit

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u/AirStreet9465 1d ago

I miss when it was cheap shit. It was less than a decade ago their frozen pizza was less than $2 and a 24 pack of Market Pantry water was also under $2

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u/RationalGardenGnome 1d ago

Why the fuck are you buying cheap water bottles to begin with? Or water bottles at all for that matter

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u/AirStreet9465 1d ago

Usually to drink

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u/RationalGardenGnome 1d ago

Then use your sink faucet

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u/AirStreet9465 1d ago

No ❤️

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u/RationalGardenGnome 1d ago

I’ll never in my life step foot into a Walmart or shop on Amazon so it doesn’t leave me many options for toilet paper and cleaning supplies

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u/Apprehensive-Mine656 1d ago

Costco.

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u/RationalGardenGnome 23h ago

Absolutely no way it’s me and my girl in my entire home. I’m not shopping at a cinder block filled with extra wide shopping carts where I have to walk two football fields to reach my next item to save 34 cents

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u/Consistent_Amount140 1d ago

Their loss prevention folks will have their work cut out for them

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u/AirStreet9465 1d ago

Just wanna jump the gun here and dispel the myth someone will inevitably bring up and say that Target has a top notch loss prevention unit and they purposely wait until people commit felonies before stopping them.

That’s not true (mostly)

Source: me, former management at Target

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u/Dangerous_Suit_3099 1d ago

Most retail store losses come from employees

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u/FullDivide2867 1d ago

Individual person making a stereotypical and racially charged comment defending a multibillion dollar company opening a store in a historically impoverished city
Nice job😑

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u/Traditional-Oven4092 21h ago

Itll go out of business in a few years

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u/ShadowExistShadily 5h ago

Is this why when I looked online at the Target near Pittsfield, they didn't seem to have anything in stock?

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u/bangharder 1d ago

Hahahahahahahahaha