Newport Centre (shopping mall)
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Newport Centre is a shopping mall in Jersey City, New Jersey that opened in 1987. One of eleven shopping malls in New Jersey managed by Simon Property Group, Inc., it is located at 30 Mall Drive West, and is bound by Henderson Street on the west, Mall Drive East on the east, 6th Street on the south, and Newport Parkway on the north. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,149,147 sq ft (106,759.2 m2).[1] The one-million plus square-foot super-regional mall is the first of its size in Hudson County.
There are three floors to the mall complex, which houses a number of stores, including anchor stores J. C. Penney, Kohl's, Macy's and Sears. The top floor has a food court and an AMC Theatres. The mall is a part of the Newport Complex, which includes the Newport Tower, the third tallest building in Jersey City. Both it and the Hudson Mall are in an "Urban Enterprise Zone", reducing the state sales tax on purchases from 7% to 3.5% (with no sales tax on clothing).
Payment is required to park in the mall garage. The mall is easily reachable via the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and PATH systems, and is terminus point for jitney buses that travel there from the Northern New Jersey towns of Guttenberg, North Bergen, West New York and Union City.
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[edit] History
The mall was first in planning stages in 1984. The mall was originally going to have anchors Hahne's (current J. C. Penney), Stern's (was Macy*s, now Kohl's), and Sears. Due to Hahne's financial troubles, a JCPenney store was planned instead. In 1989, Filene's Basement opened on the first level, as a mall expansion. In 2000, the Filene's Basement was converted into Pay/Half. In 2001, Federated Department stores closed it Stern's division and the Newport Mall location was re-branded as Macy's, Inc. The mall was originally planning on building the current Macy*s, instead of using the converted store. The ex-Sterns/Macy's building was a small store called Fashion Liquidators for 3 months in 2005. Then in November 2005, the mall announced plans to add more upscale elements to the mall. It was announced that Kohl's would occupy the old Stern's/Macy's building. The mall also announced the openings of several new, upscale retailers. Kohl's opened in October 2006. In 2007, the mall celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Since then, the mall has been heavily renovated with new flooring, new paint, new lighting structures, new scenery, and new upscale stores Armani Exchange, a new Bath & Body Works, Bebe Sport, Brookstone, Carol's Daughter, Coach, Hollister, Swarovski, and Sephora, The mall also celebrated 20 years by having performances by Deborah Gibson and Cheyenne Kimball.
[edit] Anchors
- J. C. Penney 180,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) {Opened 1987}
- Kohl's 159,642 sq ft (14,831.2 m2) {Opened 2006}
- Macy's 229,889 sq ft (21,357.4 m2) {Opened 2002}
- Sears 192,889 sq ft (17,920.0 m2) {Opened 1987}
[edit] References
- ^ Newport Centre, International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed September 21, 2006.
