In October 1966, a 60,000 sq.ft. J.M.Fields store opened at the site of the future Newington Mall. In 1973 the store was expanded to 90,000 sq.ft. The Newington Mall groundbreaking ceremony happened in May 1973.  In 1974 a fully completed mall was inaugurated with another anchor store: Montgomery Ward. The mall was anchored by Porteous, Montgomery Ward, JM Fields department store and JM Fields supermarket plus about 60 mall stores.

In 1978 Bradlees opened in the former JM Fields. Shaw's supermarket took the JM Field Food space. Toys 'r' us opened a free-standing store in a corner of the property in the mid 80's. Back then, the mall had nearly 70 stores, a Bickford's restaurant and a McDonald's in the parking lot. 

The mall started to struggle with the 1983 opening of the adjacent Fox Run Mall and later when the nearby Pease Air Force Base closed. In 1991, Shaw's relocated to the newly built Durgin Square. The majority of the mall stores closed in the 1990's. Many companies operated branches in both malls in Newington creating an overlap. In 1992, one of the anchor stores closed (Porteous). In July 1994, owners of the Fox Run Mall acquired the Newington Mall. In March 1995, mall officials told the remaining half-dozen tenants to leave. Montgomery Ward and Bradlees were the only stores left in the once prosperous mall.

In November 1995, a proposal was made to demolish and redesign the vacant mall. A new plaza was built between the two anchor stores. In October 1997, Montgomery Ward closed along with 48 other Wards stores in the U.S. Meanwhile, MVP sports, Bed & Bath and Hoyt's Cinema opened. There was still the former Wards to fill along with a couple of newly built spaces. The center became known as «The Crossing Fox Run». Wards was razed in spring 1998 and rebuilt as new retail space.

After a couple of months, Michaels Crafts opened (1998) along with Old Navy, Pet Quarters and Kitchen Etc. Best Buy (1998), Barnes & Nobles (1999) and Old Navy (in 2000) opened in the rebuilt Montgomery Ward space. IHOP and Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse opened new restaurants outparcel. 

On December 26 2000, Bradlees went out of business meaning the owners had to look for a new store to fill the 80,000+ sq.ft vacant space. Kohl's eventually opened an expanded store there in the spring of 2002. MVP sports was renamed Decathlon USA. The store then closed when the company decided to shut down 14 of its 18 U.S. stores.

Dick's Sporting goods opened on the right side of Kohl's to fill the gap left by the departure of Decathlon USA. Kitchen Etc. went out of business and their store closed in fall 2004. LongHorn Steakhouse opened on the site of the former Midas in front of Kohl's. Kitchen & Company replaced Kitchen ETC. Staples eventually moved to the former Decathlon space. Bickford's closed, was demolished and has been replaced by Jared Jewelry Showroom.  Woodcraft moved out in 2009 and has been replaced by a Five-Below store. Pet Quarters closed in 2011. Old Navy renovated its storefront in July 2012. In September 2012 the Pet Quarters space was filled by Trader Joe's.