 Interior of mall near Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom | |
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| Address | 1200 Morris Tpke,Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Opening date | 1961; 65 years ago (1961) |
| Developer | Prudential Insurance Company of America andThe Taubman Co. |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group[1] |
| Stores and services | 160+ |
| Anchor tenants | 9[2] |
| Floor area | 1,374,000 square feet |
| Floors | 2 |
| Parking | Surfaceparking lots & multi-levelparking garage |
| Public transit |   NJ Transit Bus: 70, 873 |
| Website | simon |
The Mall at Short Hills, also known as theShort Hills Mall, is ashopping mall located in theShort Hills section ofMillburn, New Jersey, United States near the interchange ofRoute 24, JFK Parkway (CR 649), andRoute 124.[3] It is located 10 miles (16 km) west ofNewark Airport and 19 miles (31 km) west of theNew York City borough ofManhattan. The mall is situated near affluent communities in neighboringMorris andUnion counties along thePassaic River.
The mall featuresMacy's,Nordstrom,Bloomingdale's, andNeiman Marcus.[4]The mall has 150 specialty stores and restaurants. Over 40 boutiques have their only New Jersey location at the mall.
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the suburban community grew quickly, and local residents desired quality shopping within their local setting. Their vision began to take shape in 1949 when the Prudential Insurance Company of America acquired a large tract of land where The Mall at Short Hills and part of the Canoe Brook Country Club now sit. Seven years later,B. Altman & Company opened a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) store on the land and eventually added an additional 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) to meet market demands.
Local residents continued their demand for expanded retailing and in the early 1960s, a small shopping center opened. This open-air center includedBonwit Teller alongside retailers such asFAO Schwarz, Pottery Barn and Brentano's. Soon after,Bloomingdale's premiered on the site in 1967.[5] The 243,000-square-foot (22,600 m2) store included an entire floor devoted to furniture and decorative accessories.
In 1974, Prudential Insurance Company of America began working with The Taubman Company, which was The Mall at Short Hills' owner at that time. By 1980, the two organizations had completed a two-year, $100 million project to enclose the mall, which by then included 1,160,000 square feet (108,000 m2) of gross leasable space and three anchor stores. New retailers included GodivaChocolatier, Black Star and Frost, The Limited and Gap. In 1981,Abraham & Straus joined the center.[6]
The first phase of another major expansion began in 1993 and was completed in November 1994, adding a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2)Saks Fifth Avenue.Bloomingdale's was renovated, andAbraham & Straus becameMacy's.[7][8] The next expansion phase was completed in August 1995 adding two anchors—a 129,000-square-foot (12,000 m2)Neiman Marcus and a 172,000-square-foot (16,000 m2)Nordstrom—and many new specialty stores including Tiffany & Co., Crate & Barrel, DKNY and others.
Saks Fifth Avenue closed the Short Hills store in September 2016 in favor of a larger store atAmerican Dream Meadowlands.[9] It was then announced the space would be reconstructed to feature additional stores such as the U.S. debut ofIndigo Books, a relocatedCrate & Barrel, andIndustrious, a pet-friendly, co-working office space.[10][11]
In 2021, a viral internet meme dubbed "Victoria's Secret Karen" featured a lady (Abigail Elphick) falling to the ground and crying after she realized that she was being filmed. The incident led to a civil lawsuit that revealed that the lady lived in a complex for people with mental disabilities.[12]
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