County Fair Mall (New Minas)
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 Interior, August 2026 | |
| Location | New Minas, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°3′58.9″N 64°26′35.6″W / 45.066361°N 64.443222°W |
| Address | 9256 Commercial Street, New Minas, NS B4N 4A9 |
| Opened | October 1974 |
| Renovated |
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| Management | Crombie REIT |
| Owner | Crombie REIT |
| Floor area | 271,091 sq. ft. |
| Floors | 1 |
Public transit | Kings Transit |
| Website | www |
County Fair Mall is a shopping mall in New Minas, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located on Commercial Street, the main big-box shopping area for the Annapolis Valley. Behind the mall, Nova Scotia Highway 101 includes a interchange, connecting to the mall from Granite Drive. It is one of two malls in the region, the other being Greenwood Mall.
History
County Fair Mall opened for business in October 1974.[2] It featured multiple anchor tenants including Dominion, Sears and Zellers County Fair.[3]
Dominion left the Nova Scotian market in 1985 after the chain was purchased by A&P.[4] The space was later occupied by SaveEasy, then Sobeys in the late 1990s.[5]
Zellers left the mall on March 16, 2013, remaining vacant for multiple years.[6] On August 11, 2016, the end section of the store was filled in with Value Village, while the rest of the store remained empty.[7]
Sears shuttered on November 30, 2016, leaving another anchor tenant vacant. The store is still empty as of 2026.[8]
Tenants
There are approximately 52 tenants spaces located in the mall. As of July 2026, only 22 are occupied.[9]
Anchor tenants:
- Canadian Tire - Outparcel (50,000 sq. ft.)
- Sobeys (47,448 sq. ft.)
- Value Village (28,049 sq. ft.)
Notable former tenants:
- Dominion, now Sobeys.
- Great Canadian Dollar Store, now vacant.
- Lawtons Drugs, now vacant.
- SaveEasy, now Sobeys.
- Sears, now vacant.
- Zellers, split between Value Village and vacant space.
Public transportation
The mall is serviced by Kings Transit, who includes a bus stop outside of the main mall entrance.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Crombie Annual Report : Year ending December 31, 2021" (PDF). S23.q4cdn.com. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ "Lease a Mall Space | Leasing". County Fair Mall. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "Zellers 178". Bluepageswiki.org. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "A.&P. to Acquire Stores in Canada". The New York Times. 1985-02-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "Sobeys New Minas | Sobeys Inc". Sobeys.com. Archived from the original on 2026-02-14. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ Zellers closing schedule, Web.archive.org, Retrieved 2026-07-29
- ↑ Tristan (2016-09-25). "Value Village opens in New Minas". Blueberrycommercial.ca. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "Shopping shift: New Minas businesses moving away from mall, towards plazas". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2025-08-18. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "NS County Fair Mall Site Map" (PDF). Crombia.ca. 2026-07-24. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ "Kings Transit Authority Schedule : November 2020" (PDF). Kbus.ca. Retrieved 2026-08-05.