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| Location | Moorestown, New Jersey, United States |
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| Opening date | 1963[1] |
| Developer | Winston-Muss Corporation |
| Owner | PREIT |
| No. of stores and services | 90+ |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,059,405 square feet (98,421.9 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in Boscov's and former Lord & Taylor, 3 in former Sears, closed 2nd floor in the Five Below, HomeSense, Michaels, Planet Fitness, and Sierra Trading Post building) |
| Public transit access |   NJ Transit bus:317,407, 413, 414, 418,457 |
| Website | moorestown-mall |
Moorestown Mall is ashopping mall inMoorestown, New Jersey, owned byPREIT. The mall has over 90 stores and is anchored byBoscov's, Regal Cinemas, and Cooper University Health Care - Moorestown Campus. Junior anchors areFive Below,HomeSense,Michaels, andSierra Trading Post, all located in a converted Macy's anchor store.39°56′37″N74°57′46″W / 39.9436°N 74.9629°W /39.9436; -74.9629
Moorestown Mall originally opened for business in 1963 withGimbels,Wanamaker's, andWoolworths as the original anchors. In 1971,Sears built a new store and relocated from Camden, NJ. Gimbels becameStern's in 1986 and closed in 1990. It later becamePorts of the World, a new concept byBoscov's only to be converted to Boscov's not long after. Moorestown Mall underwent a partial renovation in 1986 and was completely renovated in 1993-94,[2] after a serious fire damaged the northeast quarter of the mall on December 23, 1992. Wanamaker's became Hecht's in 1995 and was later converted toStrawbridge's. Prior toThe Rouse Company's purchase of the center in December 1997,Lord & Taylor had committed to opening a store at the mall.Nordstrom also considered opening a location inSouth Jersey but they did not commit to the mall's expansion plans. The Strawbridge's store was rebuilt in 1999.
In an attempt to protect theCherry Hill Mall, a mere 3 miles (4.8 km) away, The Rouse Company acquired the Moorestown Mall. PREIT acquired the Cherry Hill Mall,Echelon Mall, Moorestown Mall,Exton Square,Plymouth Meeting Mall, andGallery at Market East in exchange forChristiana Mall on March 7, 2003. Strawbridge's became Macy's in 2006.
In 2011, Moorestown residents voted to allow liquor sales at the Moorestown Mall in order to increase revenues at the mall.[3] As a result, several upscale, polished casual restaurants have been opened, highlighted by the Philadelphia region's firstYard House sports-bar restaurant andDistrito, a restaurant from theGarces Group.[4]
On December 22, 2011, PREIT and theRegal Entertainment Group announced their intent to build a new state-of-the-art 56,000 sq ft 12-screen theater known asRegal Moorestown Mall Stadium 12, which will feature the newRegal Premium Experience (RPX).[5][6] The theater took over the 7-screenUnited Artists Theaters at the mall, while a formerly adjacent skate park was used as an expansion to the new theater which more than doubled the size of the current theater.[6] Additionally, the development marked the first RPX theater in the market, which features digital projectors,surround sound, 2D andRealD 3D,stadium seating with high-back rocking recliner seats, and Regal Express kiosks for automated ticket purchasing.[5] Although opened with standard theater seats, all screens were renovated less than two years later to include full power reclining seats on all screens. The RPX theater features the same new seating with the addition oftactile sound technology from ButtKicker.[7]
In 2015, the mall's food court was redeveloped and upgraded to provide an enhanced environment that better matches the merchandising mix and upscale demographics.
In recent years, the Moorestown Mall has seen an increase in the vacancy rate, due to declining mall traffic and competition from the larger Cherry Hill Mall located less than 4 miles (6.4 km) away. In 2019, the non-anchor occupancy rate at Moorestown Mall is 82.4%.[8]
On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 68 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2017.[9] On February 8, 2018, it was announced thatHomeSense, andSierra Trading Post would be opening in the former Macy's space.[10] HomeSense opened in September 2018,Five Below opening in Winter of 2018 and Sierra Trading Post opening in Winter/Spring 2019.[11][12]
On August 28, 2019, Lord & Taylor announced that it would also be closing in 2020.[13]
On February 4, 2020, Sears announced they would be closing as well on April 11, 2020 as part of a plan to close 31 stores nationwide which left Boscov's as the only traditional anchor left.[14]
In 2022, it was announced that PREIT, the mall’s owner, gained approval to build 375 apartments on the property with a 125-room hotel in the works. The number of apartments could reach 1,065 units.[15]
Turn 7 Liquidators opened in the former Lord & Taylor space in 2022. The store closed in 2024 and is expected to be replaced by Parky’s, an entertainment center. The center will feature amenities such as mini-golf, an arcade, and a go-kart track.[16]
Cooper University Health Care converted the former Sears store to an ambulatory care facility,[17] theCooper University Health Care - Moorestown Campus, which opened in November 2023.[18]
Junior Anchors
Former Anchors & Junior Anchors
