New Harbour Mall

New Harbour Mall

Location	Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	41°40′20″N 71°09′27″W / 41.6722°N 71.1575°W / 41.6722; -71.1575Coordinates: 41°40′20″N 71°09′27″W / 41.6722°N 71.1575°W / 41.6722; -71.1575
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, at the intersection of Route 24 and Route 81. 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]

History

Harbour Mall opened in 1971 with discounters Bradlees and Grant City (the discount division of W.T. Grant) as its anchor stores,^[3] the latter of which was converted to Kmart following the 1976 closure of the Grant City chain. 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]

Major Stores

• Kmart (originally Grant City, which closed in 1976)
• Wal-Mart (originally Bradlees, which closed in 2001)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Parker, Paul Edward (2001-05-25). "Kmart, Wal-Mart Anchor New Fall River, Mass., Mall.". Providence Journal. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75006071.html. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
2. ^ Fasig, Lisa Biank (2002-06-18). "Wal-Mart, Kmart Vie for Customers in the Same Fall River, Mass., Mall.". Providence Journal. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87402414.html. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
3. ^ Grimaldi, Paul (2007-04-28). "New Harbour Mall Cinema 8 bought". Providence Journal. http://www.projo.com/massachusetts/fallriver/content/BZ_MOVIE_OWNER_04-28-07_T35E6UJ.27a0457.html. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
4. ^ "Westchester firms launch $1M mall revitalization". Real Estate Weekly. 1993-01-20. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n24_v39/ai_13376478. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
5. ^ "New Harbour Mall Cinemas". CinemaTreasures.org. http://cinematreasures.org/theater/12688/. Retrieved 2007-12-21. 
6. ^ Allard, Deborah (2007-09-18). "The End". The Herald News. http://www.heraldnews.com/archive/x1212854308. Retrieved 2007-12-21.