The Shops at Ledgewood Commons
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| Location | Ledgewood, New Jersey, USA |
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| 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 Mall is an 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 1990, the mall's anchors were Rickel, Jamesway and Arthur's Catalog Showroom.[3] The Rickel space later became PharmHouse and Marshalls.
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.[4] 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.[5] By 1999, Walmart replaced both the former Jamesway and Arthur's stores,[6] and Circuit City was added as well, this store has since closed. From 2009 to 2013, Circuit City became Spirit Halloween every September till October.[citation needed] PharmHouse became an Ashley Furniture HomeStore. Other buildings on the mall property include Barnes & Noble, Red Lobster, and a row of three stores (The Sports Authority, Men's Wearhouse, and Ruby Tuesday). 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.[7]
References
- ^ Ledgewood Mall, International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Market Guide". 1974: 261.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990. p. 392.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Troy, Mike (1999-06-07). "Five stores, five states, five variations". Discount Store News. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ Strauss, Gary (January 8, 2015). "J.C. Penney, Macy's to shut stores, lay off scores". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved January 9, 2015.