Companies offering low-priced merchandise move into central Maine even as traditional stores shrink their footprint.

AUGUSTA — The city’s first shopping mall, which ushered in a new era when it was built, is now positioned for the next era as that retail model fades and the heart of the Capital City redevelops.

AUGUSTA — Kmarts in Augusta and Auburn are expected to close by the end of year, marking the last of the beleaguered stores’ locations in Maine. Staff at the Augusta Kmart declined comment ...

After the Maine Turnpike was extended to Augusta in 1955, the face of the city changed. Big Victorian homes and elm trees that lined Western Avenue, a main thoroughfare from the turnpike to Water ...

Auburn developer George Schott, who owns the Auburn Mall and other commercial properties in Maine ... city of Augusta’s deputy development director, said the existing tenants of the shopping ...