Bradlees also took advantage of the liquidation and closure of competitor Caldor shortly after its emergence from bankruptcy and purchased several of its former stores.
:For the defunct chain store, see Caldor.
The mall was expanded in 1988 to include a Caldor, a new JCPenney store to replace the old one, and a second level which would house the ten-screen movie theater.
The West Shore Plaza was also built into this area with the island's only Burlington Coat Factory (before this, it was a flea market, Bradlee's Store and Caldor before that) as the anchor store.
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In 1998, Caldor closed in a wave of underperforming stores (in 1999, a year later, the whole chain would be closed), and became a Bon Ton store.
At argument, Thornton's estate was represented by Nathan Lewin, and Caldor by Paul Gewirtz.
Many former J.M. Fields locations in the Northeast became either Kmart, Jefferson Ward (later Bradlees), or Caldor stores.
A third and fourth anchor, national discount department store Caldor and Rhode Island-based department store Apex, were added as part of a major expansion around 1979.