Malls · Massachusetts

New Harbour Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedClosedFall River, MA

Opened 1971. Closed 2016. Redeveloped in 2017.

Status nowClosedextracted, unreviewed

documented

from 1971 to 2016

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size385,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit year2017extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability15.2 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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New Harbour Mall — Exterior view of a strip center with visible storefronts and parking lot. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Marcbela, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile12 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

Kmart

This site: Kmart wikipedia · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 45,173 on a counted road fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -10% census-cbp · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $2,072/mo zillow · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +102% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +74% census-acs · all sites with this

Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

This site: …index 15.2 epa-walkability · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: SouthCoast Marketplace is a power center extraction · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

This site: SouthCoast Marketplace is a power center extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Closedextracted, unreviewed documented from 1971 to 2016 en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented replaced the New Harbour Mall en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	SouthCoast Marketplace is a power centerextracted, unreviewed documented SouthCoast Marketplace is a power center en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2017extracted, unreviewed reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	9: BROOKS 881; CARL J FERREIRA DMD; CHIPOTLE 3711; EMPIRE FORD FALL RIVER; NEON MARKETPLACEEPA FRS
Census tract 25005640100	5,682 people, 4,251 per sq mi; median household income $80,197; median gross rent $1,051; 22% renters; 6.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 15.2 of 20; 107 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 141 m; land-use mix 0.68; 53,219 jobs within 45 min by car, 8,784 by transit; 12% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 3 schools, 8 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 2 civic, 18 food and drink; 7 cycleway segments, 14 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Bristol County (MA), 2024	260 units in 5+ unit buildings, 89 in 2–4, 514 single-family; 2023: 121 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.73; socioeconomic 0.54; housing and transport 0.46; 21% below 150% of poverty; 12% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 2 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 9,995 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	9,890 since 2015; 1,381 in the last 12 months (+9% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-05 with 252Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +21% (4,688 → 5,682); median income +74% ($45,982 → $80,197); renters 36% → 22%; median home value +72% ($219,100 → $377,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 40.3); expected annual loss $767,844; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	30,846 jobs in 1,861 establishments; average annual pay $42,225; employment location quotient 1.39; employment -2.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	2,312 jobs; 1,210 in retail trade, 529 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 25005640100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 43th income percentile as adults; 0.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (571 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 7% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 15.7%; median family income $60,683; 497 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Fall River School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Atlantis Charter School; Letourneau Elementary School; Henry Lord Community SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	178 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	220 county-logged events: 98 thunderstorm wind, 56 flood, 26 flash flood, 19 hail; $1,041,600 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 02721, 2026-09	median list price $434,000 (+18.9% on the year); 27 active listings; median 75 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,966 establishments (-10%); 33,520 jobs (-3%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $545,691 (+4% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $2,072/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	508 (2000 = 100); -3.3% 1 yr, +56% 5 yr, +102% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	45,173 vehicles a day (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 1,996 trucks; 18 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1971 as an enclosed mall, New Harbour Mall operated until its closure in 2016. The site was redeveloped and the SouthCoast Marketplace power center opened in 2017, replacing the former mall.

Why. The record does not specify the reasons for the mall’s closure or redevelopment.

Where it stands. The site currently hosts the SouthCoast Marketplace power center (opened 2017), but the record does not identify the controlling owner or entity.

For a planner

Precedent: conversion of an enclosed mall to a power center retail format.
Policy tools used: not stated in the record.
Open questions: long-term adaptability of the power center and any needed infrastructure upgrades.

For a developer

Site size: approximately 385,000 sq ft of GLA.
Control: ownership/developer not specified in the record.
Entitlement stage: redevelopment completed in 2017, suggesting entitlements were secured.
Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental constraints are mentioned in the record.
Market signals: opportunity score is 0.0 due to retrofit already built, closed/demolished status, and modest county growth (3.5% 2018‑23).

What we do not know yet

Owner/developer identity and current control are not provided.
Reasons for the original mall’s closure are not stated.
Exact demolition or site preparation timeline is not detailed.
Fields such as year_closed, year_retrofit, after_notes, status, strategy, and new_use are marked as extraction and unreviewed.
Context‑layer data (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints) are absent.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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Niagara Square, shopping centre · Malls · similar GLA (390,000 sq ft); opened 1977; closed 2017
NOHO West, North Hollywood, CA · Malls · similar GLA (452,000 sq ft); opened 1968; closed 2016

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: New Harbour Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

New Harbour Mall commons.wikimedia.org
New life for the New Harbour Mall? 'Major' announcement coming Tue… heraldnews.com
New Harbour Mall: Fall River, Massachusetts … deadmalls.com
New Harbour Mall Tour - Fall River, MA - Dead Mall youtube.com
Out with the old in with the new wbsm.com
New Harbour Mall In Fall River, MA: From Bradlees And Kma… bestattractions.org
New Harbour Mall in Fall River target of $50M redevelopment … pbn.com
New Harbour Mall; Fall River, Massachusetts - Labelscar: Th… labelscar.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
county grew 3.5% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened	1971Esri 2014 layer
Closed	2016extracted, unreviewed documented from 1971 to 2016 en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	385,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	25Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Wal-Mart, Kmart
Address	81 & 24
County	Bristol
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Background

SouthCoast Marketplace is a power center in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, at the intersection of Route 24 and Route 81. The center opened in 2017 and replaced the New Harbour Mall, an enclosed shopping mall that was located at the site from 1971 to 2016.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1971 Opened
2016 Closed
2017 SouthCoast Marketplace opened

Sources

Wikipedia: New Harbour Mall · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
6 quoted sentences
from 1971 to 2016
SouthCoast Marketplace is a power center
from 1971 to 2016
replaced the New Harbour Mall
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "New Harbour Mall, Fall River, MA." Record m-bd280b1e55, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/fall-river-new-harbour-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_fallrivernewharbourmall,
  title = {New Harbour Mall, Fall River, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ma/fall-river-new-harbour-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-bd280b1e55, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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