The Mall of New Hampshire

Mall of New Hampshire is a shopping mall on the southern fringe of Manchester, New Hampshire. Its major anchoring department stores are Filene's, JC Penney, Sears, and Best Buy. The mall has over 120 stores as well as a large food court. This was the first large-scale shopping mall in New Hampshire; initial construction of the mall was completed in August 1977 but it has since been dramatically expanded. IT underwent a huge expansion from late 1996 to early 1998. The mall was remodeled. Sears was expanded in 1997 and remodeled. An older Filene's was relocated to a newer wing of the mall in early 1997 and the old Filene's got demolished and rebuilt into a 2 level JCpenny in early 1998. Lechmere closed in 1997 and in 1998 it became Best buy and Kitchen Etc, that closed in 2004 and became A.C. moore in 2005. The food court in early 1998 was renovated and changed to a 700 seat food court

The mall is located just off the Willow Street exit (Exit 2) of Interstate 293, and has convenient access from the entire Golden Triangle of New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. The Mall draws a significant portion of its customer base from Massachusetts citizens wishing to avoid that state's 5% sales tax. In 2006, Filene's will become Macy's.

See also: List of shopping malls