Steeplegate Mall facts for kids
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Steeplegate Mall's clock tower and main entrance leading to the food court.
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| Location | Concord, New Hampshire, United States |
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| Address | 270 Loudon Road |
| Opening date | August 1, 1990 |
| Developer | Homart Development Company |
| Management | Colliers Properties |
| Owner | Namdar Realty Group |
| No. of stores and services | 20 (Open) 60 (Spaces) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 and 2 non-traditional anchors |
| Total retail floor area | 480,000 square feet (45,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Steeplegate Mall is a large indoor shopping center in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. It first opened in 1990. Over the years, it has had many empty stores.
Today, its biggest store is JCPenney, which is the only original large department store left. The mall also has a trampoline park that opened in 2018 and a health club that started in 2019. A special school called a charter school was also in the mall from 2018 to 2020.
When it first opened, the mall had four big main stores. It also had a food court with a large mosaic design and space for about 62 other shops.
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History of Steeplegate Mall
How Steeplegate Mall Started
The Steeplegate Mall opened on August 1, 1990. It was built by a company called Homart Development Company. The mall was 480,000 square feet big.
It started with four main stores: Sears, JCPenney, Sage-Allen, and Steinbach. These big stores are often called "anchor stores" because they attract many shoppers, like an anchor holds a ship in place.
Changes in Stores Over Time
Over the years, some of the original stores closed or changed. Steinbach closed its store by 1999. Sage-Allen became a store called The Bon-Ton in 1999. The old Steinbach space was split between a second Bon-Ton store and a Circuit City electronics store. Circuit City closed in 2009.
In 2011, the company that owned the mall changed. It was then owned by Rouse Properties. By 2015, a group of banks owned the mall. Today, Colliers International helps manage it.
In January 2015, Old Navy, another main store, closed its doors.
New Owners and New Ideas
In May 2016, a company from New York called Namdar Realty Group bought Steeplegate Mall. They paid $10.4 million for it.
The new owners started trying new things to bring people to the mall. They wanted to have more than just regular shops and food places. For example, Hatbox Theater, a place for live plays, opened in 2016. VIP Bounce Houses and Laser Tag also opened that year in the old Old Navy spot.
In April 2018, both Bon-Ton stores closed. Later that year, a charter school called Capital City Charter School moved into one of the old Bon-Ton spaces. However, the school closed in 2021. Also in November 2018, an Altitude Trampoline Park opened in the old Circuit City space.
In 2019, a health club called The Zoo opened in another former Bon-Ton store. This meant that all five main spaces in the mall had a tenant again. However, in 2019, True Confections Candies & Gifts, a candy store that had been in the mall for a long time, moved out. They said fewer people were visiting the mall.
On February 6, 2020, Sears closed its store at Steeplegate Mall. This left JCPenney as the only traditional anchor store still open.
Gallery
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Steeplegate JCPenney exterior
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Steeplegate Sears exterior as it appeared in July 2017
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The mall's previous logo
Images for kids
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The mall's east end on July 31, 2021; all businesses and other tenants were permanently closed.
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The mall's food court on July 31, 2021, with no tenants. Tables and chairs were removed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
