SPRINGFIELD — A year ago, the 43 mom-and-pop holdouts at Eastfield Mall were still scrambling to find new retail locations with just weeks to go before demolition began.
Demolition is over now, a huge swath of brown retaining the outline the mall held for 57 years. Today, the site on Boston Road is ready for construction beginning in the next few months, said Anton Melchionda, founder of developer Onyx Partners Limited, the company behind the 356,427-square foot Springfield Crossing
