LOWELL, Mass. — A beloved shopping destination inside a historic mill building in Lowell has announced that it will close its doors permanently.
Mill No. 5, an indoor “streetscape” located on the fourth and fifth floors of a salvaged mill building built in 1873, shared the news in a Facebook post on Thanksgiving Day.
“It is with extremely heavy hearts that we must announce that Mill No. 5 will close its doors permanently at the end of January 2025,” operators of the space wrote in the post. “We want to thank our community for over a decade of support. We are heartbroken, to say the least.”
The Lowell Sun reported that the building was being donated to the attached Lowell Community Charter Public School.
The mill features a movie theater, yoga studio, cafe, soda fountain, and several independent shops. It will remain open during the holiday shopping season.
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