Malls · New Hampshire

Bedford Mall

Imported, unreviewedClosedBedford, NH

Opened 1969.

Status nowClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Site size266,875 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit yearNot yet retrofittedstatus reported

Walkability9.8 of 20EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Finance and pipeline

Closed per a 2014 list or a Wikipedia category, unchecked

This site: …closed import, no source · all sites with this

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/148998371815200 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.bedfordbodyworks.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 75,025 on 293 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $2,165/mo zillow · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $127,593 census-acs · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 293 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.25 cdc-svi · all sites with this

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Now

Status	ClosedEsri 2014 layer reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Bedford Mall” and “Bedford” (31 hits, first 31 sampled, 1 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (strong)	HERITAGE PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST INC	26	2002-06-05 to 2007-03-20	8-K 18, 10-K 4, 10-K/A 2, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	BRADLEY OPERATING L P	4	2004-12-22 to 2006-03-30	10-K 2, 8-K 1, 10-K/A 1

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	2, 4, junctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	29: 650 MANAGEMENT CORP; BEDFORD AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER; BEDFORD SHOPPING MALL; CVS PHARMACY 0741; DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK SPECIALTY CAREEPA FRS
Census tract 33011002902	5,913 people, 655 per sq mi; median household income $127,593; median gross rent $1,834; 24% renters; 0.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 9.8 of 20; 48 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.86; 43,949 jobs within 45 min by car; 11% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Hillsborough County (NH), 2024	349 units in 5+ unit buildings, 96 in 2–4, 427 single-family; 2023: 786 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.25; socioeconomic 0.06; housing and transport 0.72; 3% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	3 within 10 km, 3 within 25 km: Central Retail Park (4.7 km); Manchester Stormwater Park (4.7 km); Shoppes at Buckland Hills (4.7 km)computed
Overture Maps	place Bedford Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 21,401 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.bedfordbodyworks.com (alive) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -3% (6,109 → 5,913); median income +22% ($104,132 → $127,593); renters 12% → 24%; median home value +64% ($290,900 → $475,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 50.3); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: ice storm, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	2 LIHTC properties, 68 units: Kensington Woods (41 units); Colby Court (27 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	24,869 jobs in 1,453 establishments; average annual pay $47,507; employment location quotient 1.26; employment -1.0% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	8,193 jobs; 1,473 in retail trade, 643 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 33011002902)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 52th income percentile as adults; -0.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (291 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 38% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 2.0%; median family income $133,512; 37 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Bedford School District (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	149 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	238 county-logged events: 149 thunderstorm wind, 37 hail, 34 flash flood, 18 flood; $2,472,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 03110, 2026-09	median list price $1,187,500 (+28.9% on the year); 43 active listings; median 59 days on market; 19% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,488 establishments (-6%); 27,200 jobs (+1%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $517,347 (+2% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr); typical rent $2,165/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	444 (2000 = 100); +2.6% 1 yr, +58% 5 yr, +99% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	75,025 vehicles a day on 293 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 5,177 trucks; 14 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Bedford Mall opened in 1969 as a regional shopping center with approximately 28 stores and 266,875 square feet of gross leasable area. The record shows no further events after opening, and the site is currently listed as closed. No additional details about its operational history or closure are provided.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed, and the record does not identify the current owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

- No zoning or land‑use information is provided in the record.
- No public incentives or redevelopment programs are mentioned.
- Open question: what reuse or adaptive‑use plans have been considered for the site?
- Need to verify ownership and any pending entitlements.

For a developer

- Site size: 266,875 sf GLA.
- Control and ownership are unknown per the record.
- Entitlement stage and any existing approvals are not documented.
- Context layers (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints) are not supplied; market signals show county grew 3.3% 2018‑23 and median rent $1,532, with an opp_score of 20.

What we do not know yet

- Exact date and cause of closure are not recorded.
- Anchor tenant losses or competition impacts are not specified.
- Current ownership, control, and any liens or debts are unknown.
- Zoning, floodplain, transit, and environmental conditions are absent from the record.
- The opp_reasons include a model‑extracted note (“closed or demolished per category only, +0 until sourced”) that lacks verification.

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Similar sites

Fairfield Commons Mall, Glen Allen, VA · Malls · similar GLA (335,000 sq ft); opened 1968
Signal Hill Mall, Statesville, NC · Malls · similar GLA (357,900 sq ft); opened 1973
North Park Mall, Villa Park, IL · Malls · similar GLA (333,596 sq ft); opened 1973
Muscatine Mall, Muscatine, IA · Malls · similar GLA (328,000 sq ft); opened 1971

Elsewhere on the web

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

Pages with photos

Bedford Mall - Aktuelle 2021 - Lohnt es sich? (Mit fotos) tripadvisor.de
Bedford Mall’s future seen as a ‘power center’ - NH Business … nhbr.com
BEDFORD MALL - Updated Jun… yelp.com
Bedford Mall (2025) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Reviews) tripadvisor.com
Bedford Mall - TFMoran tfmoran.com

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Multifamily screen

closed or demolished per category only, +0 until sourced
county grew 3.3% 2018–23
median rent $1,532

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	1969Esri 2014 layer
Gross leasable area	266,875 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	28Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Bob's Stores, Staples, Marshalls, Linens 'N Things
Address	South River Rd. & Rt. 3
County	Hillsborough
Census division	1 · New England
Notes	Listed as a closed mall in Esri's 2014 Closed_US_Malls layer (Directory of Major Malls data). Current status to be checked.

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Timeline

1969 Opened

Sources

Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Bedford Mall, Bedford, NH." Record m-16163ee044, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nh/bedford-bedford-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_bedfordbedfordmall,
  title = {Bedford Mall, Bedford, NH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nh/bedford-bedford-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-16163ee044, 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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NowEsri 2014 layer

Securitised debt and public filersSEC EDGAR full-text search, 2026-10-20

Site contextpublic APIs, see origins; tract and county figures sit at different geographies and are not directly comparable

Summary, model-writtenwritten from this record only, not reviewed by a person