New Harbour Mall

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New Harbour Mall
Facts and statistics
Location Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Opening date 1970
No. of anchor tenants 2
No. of floors 1

New Harbour Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in 1970, the mall is noted for being the only shopping center in the United States to feature rival department store chains Kmart and Wal-Mart as its anchor stores.[1][2]

[edit] History

Harbour Mall opened in 1971 with discounters Bradlees and W.T. Grant as its anchor stores;[3] by 1976, its W.T. Grant store was among several to be converted to Kmart. Except for the addition of a movie theater in 1984, Harbour Mall remained largely unchanged until a 1993 renovation which added skylights, new entrance canopies, and re-designing of the common mall areas.[4]

Bradlees closed its doors in 2001 with the demise of the chain; within a year, Wal-Mart opened up in the former Bradlees space, thus making New Harbour Mall the first shopping center in the United States to feature both Kmart and Wal-Mart.[1]

The mall's movie theaters closed in September 2007.[5][6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Parker, Paul Edward (2001-5-25). Kmart, Wal-Mart Anchor New Fall River, Mass., Mall.. Providence Journal. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  2. ^ Fasig, Lisa Biank (2002-6-18). Wal-Mart, Kmart Vie for Customers in the Same Fall River, Mass., Mall.. Providence Journal. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  3. ^ Grimaldi, Paul (2007-4-28). New Harbour Mall Cinema 8 bought. Providence Journal. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  4. ^ Westchester firms launch $1M mall revitalization. Real Estate Weekly (1993-1-20). Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  5. ^ New Harbour Mall Cinemas. CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  6. ^ Allard, Deborah (2007-9-18). The End. The Herald News. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
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