Quaker Bridge Mall

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Quaker Bridge Mall
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Entrance near The Cheesecake Factory, 2013
Quaker Bridge Mall
Location Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°17′26″N74°40′54″W / 40.2906°N 74.6818°W / 40.2906; -74.6818
Address3320 U.S. Route 1
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
Opening date1975
DeveloperThe Kravco Co. [1]
Management Simon Property Group
OwnerSimon Property Group (50%)
No. of stores and services116
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail floor area 1,079,542 sq ft (100,292.7 m2) [2]
No. of floors2
Parking Parking lot
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg: NJT Bus : 600, 603, 605, 609, 613
Aiga bus trans.svg: Princeton University Tiger Transit : Route 5
Website www.simon.com/mall/quaker-bridge-mall

Quaker Bridge Mall is a two-level super-regional mall located in the Clarksville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. As of 2025, the mall features the traditional anchors Macy's and JCPenney. It also currently features prominent specialty stores such as Coach New York, White House Black Market, and Ann Taylor.

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The mall is on U.S. Route 1 near Interstate 295. The mall opened in 1975 and is managed by Simon Property Group (which owns 50% of it). It is also the location of the transmitter for the New Jersey–based radio station WKXW, better known as New Jersey 101.5. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,084,000 sq ft (100,700 m2), [2] making it one of the larger shopping malls in New Jersey.

History

Quaker Bridge Mall opened in 1975 with two anchors: Bamberger's and Sears.[ citation needed ] Two other anchors opened in 1976 which were Hahne's that opened on April 1, 1976 and JCPenney that opened on July 28, 1976. [3] [4] The development of the mall helped to spur growth along the Route 1 corridor with the opening of additional shopping and strip centers, as well as the reconstruction of numerous intersections on Route 1 to accommodate the rising levels in traffic.

An AMC four-screen cinema opened February 1977 at the back entrance, under Woolworth's. Anchor store changes took place in 1986 and 1990 when Bamberger's converted to Macy's and the closing of Hahne's allowed for the opening of Lord & Taylor. In 1988–89, the mall was renovated. New flooring was added, new lighting was added, new seating areas added, the child's play area in the Sears wing was removed in favor of a planter and seating area, the majority of the fountains were removed, the mall was painted and the entrances facing Route 1 were redesigned. In the late 1990s, Woolworth's and the movie theater closed.[ citation needed ]

A proposed 600,000-square-foot (56,000 m2) expansion project in the 2000s would have added Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, along with as many as 100 new stores and restaurants. [5] Nordstrom's two-level, 144,000-square-foot (13,400 m2) store would have been the fifth Nordstrom store in New Jersey. [6] Neiman Marcus had planned to occupy about 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) on two levels. [7] The township approved the new JCPenney building and parking deck in 2008. However, neither project was continued in the mall's 2010 renovations.

In October 2010, the mall received approval from Lawrence Township to expand that included a large-scale renovation of the mall, replacing flooring, the escalator in the center court, and adding an elevator in front of Lord & Taylor and escalators in front of JCPenney, with a new food court added on the upper level near Macy’s. [8]

In May 2018, Sears announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. [9] Spirit Halloween has occupied some of the former Sears on the Route 1 side each year since 2022 from August to early November. [10] [11] [12]

In August 2020, Lord & Taylor announced that it would be closing its store at the mall, as part of the chain's nationwide liquidation. [13]

References

  1. ↑ Demick, Barbara (May 18, 1989). "Kravco And 6 Of Its Malls Sold To A Canadian Developer". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Quaker Bridge Mall Fact Sheet" (PDF). Simon Property Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Two, grand openings!", Courier-Post , July 27, 1976. Accessed September 8, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "All of the Delaware Valley JCPenney stores join the Grand Opening celebrations Wed., July 28th, of our new stores in the Echelon Mall, Voorhees, and the Quaker Bridge Mall, Trenton."
  4. ↑ "Grand Opening", The Central Jersey Home News , March 31, 1976. Accessed September 8, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Hahne's Quaker Bridge Mall store will open tomorrow, as will about 60 other stores in the shopping area."
  5. ↑ Quaker Bridge Mall may grow: Lawrence Planning Board hears effects of proposed redevelopment Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , The Times , June 22, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Nordstrom to Open at Quaker Bridge Mall". Press Releases. Seattle, Washington: Nordstrom. May 29, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2009.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), June 20, 2008
  8. ↑ Galler, Joan (October 26, 2010). "Lawrence OKs Quaker Bridge Mall expansion". The Trentonian . Trenton, NJ. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Quakerbridge Mall Sears to Close". May 31, 2018.
  10. ↑ Brant, Mike (October 2, 2022). "Spirit Halloween is back in NJ: Here's where to find them". NJ 101.5 . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  11. ↑ Brant, Mike (September 11, 2023). "Spirit Halloween is back! Here's every NJ location for 2023". NJ 101.5 . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  12. ↑ Baldwin, Carly (August 9, 2024). "Spirit Halloween Opening 45 New Jersey Stores; Here's Where". Patch Media . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Lord & Taylor going out of business: Store closings, liquidation sales begin". USA Today .
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