Address: Woodbury Avenue,
City: Newington NH
Opening date: 1983
Mall closing date: Tentatively in February 2026 (Demolition: May 2026)
Website: mallatfoxrun.com
Fox Run Mall opened in 1983 next to the existing Newington Mall which had opened 10 years earlier. Back then, the mall was anchored by Sears, Filene's, JCPenney and Jordan Marsh. The mall proved to be a big competitor to its neighboor which started to struggle in the late 80's and early 90's. Over the years, several smaller stores relocated to the newer Fox Run Mall and Newington Mall started to loose its appeal.
The nearby Pease Air Force Base closed officially in March 1991 adding to the economic struggle of that period. Newington Mall lost Shaw's, smaller stores and later anchor store Porteous in 1992. In July 1994, owners of the Fox Run Mall acquired Newington Mall. which was eventually converted into a big-box open-air shopping center.
Meanwhile, back to the Fox Run Mall, Jordan Marsh stores merged with Macy's East in 1994 and stores were converted into Macy's stores in 1996. Not much changed at Fox Run Mall until another merger happened in 2005-2006, this time with Federated Department Stores and May Company. The result was that several Filene's department stores were converted into Macy's stores. For Run Mall's Filene's was converted into a Macy's Men and Home store and the exiting Macy's was now only women. Below is the former Filene's.
On October 15th, 2018, Sears filed for Chapter 11 and announced the closure of 142 stores (79 Sears) including Newington's Sears location. As of late December 2018, the store closing sale is well under way with several parts of the store already empty. The store should closed for good mid-January 2019. On November 1st 2019, Olympia Sports announced the closing of 76 stores including the Fox Run Mall location. In November 2022, the former 127,000 sq.ft. Sears property was sold for $11.5 million.
In 2023, Torrington Properties eventually purchased the mall. (It had already acquired the adjacent Newington Park shopping center in 2021) In February 2025, JCPenney announced the closing of a couple of stores including the Newington location.
Torrington acquired the JCPenney lot which will gives them full control on the property. They have plans to redevelop the property into a modern concept away from the glory days of enclosed shopping malls. In August 2025, it was announced that the mall would be razed. The demolition could begin in February 2026. The half billion-dollar project is slated to include a big box store, smaller stores, and restaurants and should be entirely commercial/retail based. No residential is proposed on site. Claire's is already holding a store closing sale.
The mall's replacement is currently called Seacoast Landing. The current site plan shows two large big box stores and four pad sites. A separate zone along Woodbury Ave. is showing retail and office buildings. The Current Chick-Fil-A appears to be the only remaining building of the current retail complex.
Actual tenants
Macy's
Aeropostale
Claire's
Mens Wearhouse
Sunglass Hut
H&M
Lids
Torrid
Pac Sun
Spencer's
Zumiez
& more!
Closed
Filene's
Jordan Marsh
Sears
Olympia Sports
Shorty's
Buffalo Wild Wings
GameStop
GNC
Zales
JCPenney
Fox Run Mall plan in the mid 90's
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