{{short description|Shopping mall in Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = SouthCoast Marketplace | image = New Harbour Mall.JPG | image_width = 250px | caption = New Harbour Mall in 2010. | location = [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], United States | address = | coordinates = {{coord|41.6722|-71.1575|display=inline,title|region:US-MA_type:landmark}} | opening_date = 1971 (New Harbour Mall) <br/>October 7, 2017 (SouthCoast Marketplace)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allard |first1=Deborah |title=Opening day is set for Fall River's Market Basket: Here's a sneak peak[sic] |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20171003/opening-day-is-set-for-fall-rivers-market-basket-heres-sneak-peak |work=Herald News |date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004022200/https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20171003/opening-day-is-set-for-fall-rivers-market-basket-heres-sneak-peak |archive-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> | closing_date = January 2, 2016 (New Harbour Mall) | developer = | manager = | owner = CEA Group | architect = | number_of_stores = 26 | number_of_anchors = | floor_area = {{nowrap|{{cvt|377,000|sqft}}}} | floors = 1 | parking = | website = {{URL|southcoastmarketplace.com}} | footnotes = }} '''SouthCoast Marketplace''' is a [[Power center (retail)|power center]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], United States, at the intersection of [[Massachusetts Route 24|Route 24]] and [[Massachusetts Route 81|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.
New Harbour Mall was noted for having once been the only shopping center in the United States to feature rival [[department store]] chains [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]] and [[Walmart]] as its [[anchor store]]s until 2013.<ref name="beam1">{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75006071.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516224134/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75006071.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-16 |title=Kmart, Wal-Mart Anchor New Fall River, Mass., Mall. |access-date=2007-12-21 |last=Parker |first=Paul Edward |date=2001-05-25 |work=Providence Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87402414.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516224235/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87402414.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-16 |title=Wal-Mart, Kmart Vie for Customers in the Same Fall River, Mass., Mall. |access-date=2007-12-21 |last=Fasig |first=Lisa Biank |date=2002-06-18 |work=Providence Journal}}</ref> The mall closed its doors on Jan 2, 2016 to undergo a $50 million renovation by the CEA Group, and was demolished and replaced by SouthCoast Marketplace.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://news413.com/2024/02/16/massachusetts-has-lost-another-once-thriving-mall/ | title=Massachusetts Has Lost Another Once-Thriving Mall | website=news413.com | date=2024-02-16}}</ref>
==History== '''Harbour Mall''' opened in 1971 with discounters [[Bradlees]] and Grant City (the discount division of [[W.T. Grant]]) as its anchor stores,<ref name="harbour1">{{cite web |url=http://www.projo.com/massachusetts/fallriver/content/BZ_MOVIE_OWNER_04-28-07_T35E6UJ.27a0457.html |title=New Harbour Mall Cinema 8 bought |access-date=2007-12-21 |last=Grimaldi |first=Paul |date=2007-04-28 |work=Providence Journal}}</ref> the latter of which was converted to [[Kmart (United States)|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 [[Skylight (window)|skylight]]s, new entrance canopies, and re-designing of the common mall areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n24_v39/ai_13376478 |title=Westchester firms launch $1M mall revitalization |access-date=2007-12-21 |date=1993-01-20 |work=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref>
The mall's movie theaters closed in September 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/12688/ |title=New Harbour Mall Cinemas |access-date=2007-12-21 |work=CinemaTreasures.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldnews.com/archive/x1212854308 |title=The End |access-date=2007-12-21 |last=Allard |first=Deborah |date=2007-09-18 |work=The Herald News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228030418/http://www.heraldnews.com/archive/x1212854308 |archive-date=2008-12-28 }}</ref>
In its final years, the New Harbour Mall was largely empty except for its anchor stores.<ref name="hn1">{{cite web |last1=Allard |first1=Deborah |title=Time has taken its toll on New Harbour, Swansea malls |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150605/NEWS/150607341 |website=The Herald News, Fall River, MA |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, a reporter for the Fall River's ''[[The Herald News|Herald News]]'' described the mall's interior as "Dark, depressing and almost eerie, with most of its store spaces shuttered and empty."<ref name="hn1"/> Among the few interior stores left in the mall at that time were [[Payless ShoeSource]] and [[Rainbow Shops|Rainbow]], with other previous tenants such as [[GNC (store)|GNC]] and [[RadioShack]] having already closed their locations in the mall after Walmart relocated to a new, larger store elsewhere in Fall River in 2013.<ref name="hn1"/> The interior of the mall was closed on January 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Kevin P. |title=Doors officially close at New Harbour Mall |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20160112/doors-officially-close-at-new-harbour-mall |website=The Herald News, Fall River, MA |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=en |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524190546/https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20160112/doors-officially-close-at-new-harbour-mall |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kmart, the last remaining anchor tenant, closed its store in the mall in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Towne |first1=Shaun |title=Fall River Kmart to close in late May |url=https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/fall-river-kmart-to-close-in-late-may/1044518420 |website=WPRI |access-date=24 May 2019 |date=1 March 2016}}</ref>
Following its conversion from the New Harbour Mall to SouthCoast Marketplace, the property is now a [[Retail park|power center]] with no indoor mall sections.<ref name="scherald">{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Kevin P. |title=Work begins to transform former New Harbour Mall |url=https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20160822/work-begins-to-transform-former-new-harbour-mall |website=The Herald News, Fall River, MA |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=en |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524185515/https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20160822/work-begins-to-transform-former-new-harbour-mall |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nunes |first1=Rachel |title=New businesses set to open at SouthCoast Marketplace |url=https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/southcoast-marketplace-continues-to-grow/1082427900 |website=WPRI |access-date=24 May 2019 |date=24 October 2017 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524185514/https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/southcoast-marketplace-continues-to-grow/1082427900 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The anchor tenants of the plaza, according to the official website, are [[Market Basket (New England)|Market Basket]], [[T.J. Maxx]], and Picture Show Theaters. All of which opened in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pobzeznik |first1=Marcia |title=Market Basket to open in Fall River, Mass. |url=https://www.newportri.com/4cea71a3-0e69-5fd7-86b4-f58da76103ef.html |website=The Newport Daily News |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=en |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524185514/https://www.newportri.com/4cea71a3-0e69-5fd7-86b4-f58da76103ef.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other tenants include [[PetSmart]], [[Staples Inc.|Staples]], [[Old Navy]], [[Ulta Beauty]], [[Supercuts]], [[Five Below]], [[Qdoba]], [[Five Guys]], [[Starbucks]], [[Burger King]], [[Chick-fil-A]], and [[Jersey Mike's Subs]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shopping |url=http://southcoastmarketplace.com/shopping/ |website=SouthCoast Marketplace |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dining & Entertainment |url=http://southcoastmarketplace.com/dining-entertainment/ |website=SouthCoast Marketplace |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Shopping malls in Massachusetts}} {{FallRiverMA}}
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