Ledgewood Mall
| Location | Ledgewood, New Jersey, USA |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Management | JV Partnership (Advance Realty/DeBartolo Development/Invesco) |
| No. of stores and services | 30+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 518,246 square feet (48,100 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Ledgewood Commons (formerly known as Ledgewood Mall) is an unenclosed (originally enclosed) shopping mall in the Ledgewood section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Its anchor stores are Ashley Furniture HomeStores, Marshall's and Walmart. It is a small regional mall, with a Gross leasable area of 518,246 square feet (48,100 m2).[1]
History
The original anchor of Ledgwood Mall was a W. T. Grant-owned Grant City store.[2] By 1980, the mall's anchors were Rickel (originally Finast), Jamesway and Arthur's Catalog Showroom, which were still in place in 1990.[3] The Rickel space later became PharmHouse and Marshalls. In the early 1980s, the mall also contained a combined record and candy store going by the name Sweets & Sounds,[4] which occupied a side corridor with a video arcade.
Federated Department Stores announced in July 1993 that it would be opening a 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) Stern's store at the Ledgewood Mall in fall 1994, as part of a major nationwide expansion of the chain.[5] This store was converted to a Macy's in 2001 when Stern's stores were closed.
Jamesway closed in December 1995 following the company's liquidation. The Ledgewood Mall's Jamesway store would hold a weekly bingo game for senior citizens, a practice that was ended as the store began the process of closing down.[6] By 1999, Walmart replaced both the former Jamesway and Arthur's stores,[7] and Circuit City was added as well, this store has since closed. PharmHouse became an Ashley Furniture HomeStore. From 2009 to 2013, Circuit City became Spirit Halloween every September till October.[citation needed] Other buildings on the mall property include Barnes & Noble, Red Lobster, a row of three stores (The Sports Authority, Men's Wearhouse, and Ruby Tuesday), Pizza Hut (now vacant), and Wendy's. Following the closing of Circuit City and the Great Recession, very few individual non-anchor stores remain. In January 2015, it was announced the Macy's store was closing as part of a plan to close 14 stores nationwide.[8] Around 2016, they unenclosed the mall and Ledgewood Mall became The Shops at Ledgewood Commons.
References
- ↑ Ledgewood Mall, International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed June 28, 2009.
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- ↑ Staff. "Stern's to open in Ledgewood, N.J.", Daily News Record, July 13, 1993. Accessed July 13, 1993. Accessed June 28, 2009.
- ↑ Chen, David W. "NEW JERSEY & CO.;23 Towns, and 1,000 Workers, Brace for a World Without Jamesway", The New York Times, October 22, 1995. Accessed June 28, 2009.
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