A conceptual drawing of Seacoast Landing — the Torrington Properties incarnation of what will replace the Mall at Fox Run in Newington — shows a mix of stand-alone buildings with three anchor stores, pads for six retail/commercial interests, a medical building, and a retail/office collection of six more buildings.
The drawing is part of an online marketing effort being carried out on Torrington’s behalf by Atlantic Retail, a Boston-based commercial real estate company that specializes in retail properties and tenant and landlord representation.
The marketing material introduces Seacoast Landing as an “81 acre premiere regional retail destination.”
No retailers have been named as occupants of the buildings. Residential is not part of the conceptual plan. Indeed, residential development in commercial zones is prohibited by Newington zoning.
Unlike the current Fox Run, Seacoast Landing is not envisioned as an enclosed mall with long concourses and a food court. The buildings are separated, each with dedicated parking.
Collectively, the new buildings encompass about 627,000 square feet. The Chick-fil-A restaurant is shown as a pre-existing part of what will become Seacoast Landing.
Here is how Atlantic Retail breaks down the square footage by building:
A conceptual drawing of Seacoast Landing in Newington shows a mix of stand-alone buildings with three anchor stores, pads for six retail/commercial interests, a medical building, and a retail/office collection of six more buildings.
Anchor 1: 236,600
Anchor 2: 152,000
Anchor 3 (Flexible): 24,000
Medical: 16,200
Seacoast Landing Retail: 129,002
Seacoast Landing Office: 48,352
Pad Site A: 4,000
Pad Site B: 4,000
Pad Site C: 4,000
Pad Site D: 3,000
Pad Site E: (Flexible) 3,500
Pad Site F: (Flexible) 2,500
Chick-fil-A: 5,790
Torrington Properties gained full ownership of Fox Run in December 2024, having paid some $66 million for the retail properties that sit between the Spaulding Turnpike on one side and Woodbury Avenue on the other.
With full control of the property, Torrington announced its intention to Newington officials that it intends to demolish all of the Fox Run buildings in a $500 million redevelopment effort.
Torrington hasn’t communicated its plans to the public by way of media statements, but its representatives have been in frequent contact with the Newington selectmen, town planner, building inspector, and Planning Board members, as evidenced from meeting minutes over the last several months.
The engineering consultant for the project is Greg Mikolaities of August Consulting, a former co-founder of Appledore Engineering in Portsmouth who, in 2017, founded August Consulting to provide strategic real estate development and business consulting services.
Mikolaities met with the Planning Board on Oct. 27. He relayed to officials, according to minutes, that the demolition permitting process was ongoing and that the actual demolition work would start the first quarter of 2026 and end during the second quarter 2026, while proceeding with site plan approvals in February and March 2026.
Discussion regarding the demolition process included questions about traffic impact, separation of materials (metal from concrete, for example) and how much of the material might be recycled for reuse in the project.
Mikolaities said the small lots were designed for banks, restaurants and retailers, and there was discussion with planners whether the lots would be sold or leased. He told planners that Chik-fil-A was leasing its site, and others may also lease or buy their own lots.
The promotional material from Atlantic Retail offers an overview of the perceived benefits of the site, including the fact that it is in New Hampshire, which has no sales tax, versus Maine to the north with a 5.5% sales tax and Massachusetts to the south with a 6.25% sales tax.
The material says 7 million people annually visit the Seacoast region, where Newington and Seacoast Landing are located. In addition, it says there are 10.7 million annual visits to the Woodbury Avenue retail corridor and that Rockingham County gained the largest population growth for all counties in New Hampshire since 2020.
Other NH malls under redevelopment
Elsewhere in New Hampshire, a third stage project is planned for The Ridge that will more than triple the size of the first two phases of the shopping center and mixed-use development in Rochester. In Concord, meanwhile, a major revitalization of the mostly-empty Steeplegate Mall has stalled.
The Ridge, owned by Waterstone Properties, is located on Route 11. Its phase one development, which opened in 2016, was largely retail, with Market Basket, a New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet, Marshalls, Old Navy, Starbucks, Stonewall Kitchen, Petco, Famous Footwear, ULTA Beauty, and Hobby Lobby among its occupants.
Its phase two project, which is currently under construction, calls for luxury apartments, restaurants and retail.
For phase three, Waterstone told the Rochester officials recently it envisions a large venue for concerts, weddings and other events, plus a health campus, more retail, housing, entertainment and a trail system that connects the development to downtown Rochester via a trail system.
In Concord, the improvements imagined for the Steeplegate Mall are currently stalled. The original mall, built in 1990, encompasses 563,500 square feet, with an additional 27,300 square feet dedicated to a cinema.
Onyx Partners, owner of the property since 2023, proposed a mixed-use development that integrates residential, retail, and entertainment elements. Three multistory apartment buildings would accommodate approximately 600 residential units.
Planned demolition and redevelopment have faced legal challenges from a neighbor, a dispute was resolved in late 2024 when the developer purchased the neighboring property. A lawsuit was also filed by one of the tenants, JCPenney, which challenged the demolition and renovation plans.
Now, the entire mall property is up for lease as retail or office space. The nearby movie theater, hoped to be a Whole Foods, is up for sale or lease.
“I really, really wanted to get this project to a ‘yes,’” City Councilor Judith Kurtz said to the Concord Monitor. “I really felt we were headed in that direction, then it just fell apart.”
A conceptual drawing of Seacoast Landing — the Torrington Properties incarnation of what will replace the Mall at Fox Run in Newington — shows a mix of stand-alone buildings with three anchor stores, pads for six retail/commercial interests, a medical building, and a retail/office collection of six more buildings.
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