Steeplegate Mall

Steeplegate Mall
Steeplegate Mall logo
Steeplegate Mall's clock tower and main entrance leading to the food court in 2017
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LocationConcord, New Hampshire, United States
Address270 Loudon Road
Opening dateAugust 1, 1990 (1990-08-01Tmdy)
Closing dateApril 2022 (2022-04Tmdy) (excluding three exterior access-only anchor tenants)
DeveloperHomart Development Company
ManagementColliers Properties
OwnerOnyx Partners Ltd.
No. of stores and services3 (open), 60 (spaces)
No. of anchor tenants1 store and 2 non-traditional anchors
Total retail floor area481,722 square feet (44,753 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20201109215935/http://www.steeplegatemall.com/

Steeplegate Mall is a largely shuttered[2][3] enclosed shopping mall in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Opened in 1990, it has struggled with high vacancy rates throughout its existence.[4] It is slated to be torn down and replaced by a mixed-use development.

As of June 2024, its only remaining businesses are JCPenney (the only business from opening day and traditional retailer still operating), a trampoline park that opened in 2018,[5][6] and a health club that opened in 2019.[7] During the mall's decade of decline prior to 2024, it also featured several other non-traditional tenants including a live performance theater that operated from 2016 to 2024,[8] a short-lived charter school from 2018 to 2020,[5] and a pickleball club from 2022 to 2024.[9]

The mall opened with four large retail anchor stores, a food court with a 630-square-foot (59 m2) mosaic,[10] and room for about 62 storefronts, depending on layout. Following the interior's closure on April 22, 2022, after the mall's owners evicted the few remaining interior businesses, only six businesses with exterior entrances plus the later-opened pickleball club remained open.[6][9] In 2023, new owners proposed to tear most of it and an adjacent movie theater down and build a large mixed-use development with apartments and some retail.[11] In January 2024, all but three of the remaining businesses were evicted for the re-development project; only JCPenney, the health club, and the trampoline park remain as they hold long-term leases.[12]

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  4. ^ Townsend, Matt (November 21, 2014). "A Dying Mall in Concord, New Hampshire". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Willingham, Leah (September 5, 2018). "In a former department store, Capital City Charter School opens to students". Concord Monitor.
  6. ^ a b Duckler, Ray (April 23, 2022). "Once upon a time, the Steeplegate Mall changed lives". Concord Monitor. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Andrews, Caitlin (March 27, 2019). "The Zoo gym coming to Concord's Steeplegate Mall". Concord Monitor. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Andrews, Caitlin (November 22, 2018). "In Concord, a changing mall heads into holiday shopping season". Concord Monitor. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Rynston-Lobel, Ryan (January 24, 2023). "Pickleball at the mall: One of the fastest-growing sports in America has embedded itself in Concord". Concord Monitor. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "IN CONCORD, A NEW MALL AND HIGH HOPES". The Boston Globe. 1990-08-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference September 2023 redevelopment proposal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference November 2023 orders to vacate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).