The Brass Mill Center is a shopping mall locate in Waterbury, Connecticut. The mall and its accompanying complex, the Brass Mill Commons, are 1.1-million-square-feet and cost $160 million to build. The mall was constructed on the old site of the Scovill Brass Works, which is from where the name 'Brass Mill Center' is derived. Before construction began, 118,000 tons of contaminated soil and 63 vacant and deteriorated buildings were removed from the site. The construction of Brass Mill Center essentially replaced the older Naugatuck Valley Mall, built in 1969 and located on the city's northeast suburban side. In the process, the Filene's (originally a G.Fox & Co. store) and the Sears stores relocated to Brass Mill Center. Naugautuck Valley Mall was demolished in 2000.