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Mauricette Atencio
The owner of the Steeplegate Mall submitted plans to the city of Concord proposing to tear down most of the sprawling shopping complex as well the Regal Cinema next door, creating a large mixed-use development of retail buildings and 625 residential units in their place.
Steeplegate Mall Realty submitted to the city an application for a Comprehensive Development Plan, which is like a concept plan. It is scheduled to be heard by the Planning Board at its meeting in October.
Details are still in flux but the sweeping proposal would replace most vacant portions of the mall, leaving the JC Penney as a stand-alone structure and the current trampoline park as well as the current health club as another standalone. The Zoo Health Club would have to be moved to empty space most recently occupied by a charter school that was once part of the Bon Ton store. The Regal Cinema building would also be demolished.
A 173,000-square-foot retail building would be built approximately where the main entrance leading to the former food court with the large clock now stands. That is about one-third the size of the current mall. Several other stand-alone retail units are proposed in the plan, including one replacing the Regal Cinema. Most of the property would remain or be turned into pavement or buildings, with hundreds of parking spaces shown.
Steeplegate Mall was sold in 2016 to Namdar Realty Group of New York, which has been looking for alternate uses for the slowly emptying structure for years. The interior of the mall was shut in September 2022, evicting the five remaining tenants. The tenants that remain such as JC Penney, the Zoo Health Club, Hatbox Theater and a new pickleball complex, all have separate entrances.
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It will include new ceilings, floors, lighting, doors and signs, a renovated food court and a large play zone for small children, architect Nicholas A. Middleton, partner and CEO of CUBE 3 Studio LLC said. He said he expected the renovation to be complete by mid-November, in time for the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday.
The cinemas will have eight screens, including one large-format auditorium with a 2,000-square-foot screen and enhanced Dolby Digital surround sound, according to a press release. All of the rooms will have leather rocking chairs, wall-to-wall screens and Dolby Digital surround sound.
Vaughn-Holdridge The theater will also offer fresh popcorn with real butter and other food items such as chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks and hot pretzels, Mosher said in the release. It will also have a private party room people can book for events.
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