Woodbridge Center

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Woodbridge Center
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An entrance to the Center; The four W towers face the four compass directions, with the ones most prominent in the picture being west and south.
Woodbridge Center
Location Woodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°33′24″N74°17′57″W / 40.556666°N 74.299213°W / 40.556666; -74.299213
Address250 Woodbridge Center Drive
Opening date1971 (1971) [1]
Developer The Rouse Company
Management JLL Properties
Owner JLL Properties
No. of stores and services200 [1]
No. of anchor tenants 5 [1]
Total retail floor area 1,633,000 square feet (151,700 m2) [1]
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's)
Parking Parking lot with 8,651 spaces [1]
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg NJT logo.svg NJ Transit bus: 48, 810, 815
Website www.woodbridgecenter.com

Woodbridge Center is a major two-level shopping mall located in Woodbridge Township, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, at the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9. As of 2022, the mall features Macy's, Boscov's, J. C. Penney, and Dick's Sporting Goods.

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The land that Woodbridge Center now stands on used to be the location of Maple Hill Dairy farm and old clay pits. [2] The mall is owned and managed by JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.). [3] The mall features a fountain, carousel, train ride, and children's play area. Although most malls have a food court, Woodbridge Center's eating establishments are spread throughout the mall with their own individual seating areas and restrooms. [4]

The mall's location near Staten Island and the benefit of no sales tax on clothes in New Jersey makes this mall, along with nearby Menlo Park Mall in Edison, a popular choice for New York shoppers. The mall has gross leasable area (GLA) of 1,633,000 square feet (151,700 m2), making it the fourth largest of all shopping malls in New Jersey, behind Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township, Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, and American Dream Meadowlands in East Rutherford.

Lord & Taylor and Sears closed in 2019. [5] SeaQuest Interactive Aquariums opened a large space, its first in New Jersey, on Thanksgiving 2019.

Mall history

The mall was developed by the Rouse Company and opened in 1971 with Abraham & Straus, Ohrbach's, and Stern's. In 1978, the mall was expanded with a new wing to include Hahne's. In 1981, J. C. Penney moved from the nearby Menlo Park Mall in Edison, New Jersey. By 1987, the mall got a fresh new look through renovation. The stairwell in the A&S wing next to center court was removed, new flooring was added, new lighting was added, the mall entrances were redone, and the fountains in front of A&S were either changed (the 2nd floor fountain) or removed (the first floor fountains). The Mall's current fountain is on the 1st floor outside of Macy's. (The fountains in front of Lord & Taylor and Sears have been disabled.) In 2003, the mall was expanded with a new 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) Galyan's, the chain's first location in New Jersey, [6] which become Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004. [7] Notable department stores that have closed include Hahne's (became Fortunoff now Boscov's), Ohrbach's (which became Steinbach and later Lord & Taylor), Stern's (now Macy's), and A&S (later Sears).

In October 2007, the carousel ride was relocated near the J. C. Penney. The train ride was also reconfigured to ensure both rides stay together at the same location. A toddler's play area, "Tiny Town", is located near the carousel and train rides.

On November 14, 2017, Dave & Buster's opened on the upper level by Sears, their first location in New Jersey. [8]

On October 15, 2019, it was announced that Lord & Taylor would be closing. [9]

On February 4, 2020, it was announced that Sears would also be closing during a series of closures. [10]

In February 2024, Brookfield Properties sold the mall to JLL Properties. [11]

Incidents

On March 8, 2012, police shot and killed a shoplifter in the Sears wing who had held a woman hostage. [12]

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  2. ↑ Moran, Mark; Sceurman, Mark (2003). Weird N.J.: Your travel guide to New Jersey's local legends and best kept secrets. New York, NY: Barnes & Noble. p. 72. ISBN   9780760739792 . Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jones, Stacy. "Boscov's readies Woodbridge store for debut", The Star-Ledger , August 4, 2013. Accessed February 14, 2018. "A steady stream of empty cardboard boxes leaving Woodbridge Center and 50 empty tractor-trailers only begin to hint at the more than 350 people transforming what used to be a Fortunoff into the mall’s newest anchor.... The Woodbridge location will be the mall’s sixth anchor store, joining Dick’s Sporting Goods, J.C. Penney, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s and Sears."
  4. ↑ "Dining & Entertainment". Woodbridge Center Mall. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Goldman, Jeff. "Lord & Taylor at N.J. mall to close. Up to 84 could lose jobs on Christmas Eve.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 15, 2019. Accessed October 15, 2019. "The Lord & Taylor store in the Woodbridge Center Mall plans to close with Christmas Eve listed as the day up to 84 employees could lose their jobs, officials said."
  6. ↑ "Indiana-Based Sports Retailer Joins Woodbridge, N.J., Mall.", Home News Tribune , August 28, 2002. Accessed February 14, 2018. "Indiana-based Galyan's Sports & Outdoor Adventure, an innovative specialty retailer offering a broad range of products for customers with active lifestyles, plans to build its first New Jersey store at Woodbridge Center. Galyan's, which has 26 stores in 14 states, will join the five existing anchors -- Macy's, Fortunoff, Lord & Taylor, Sears and JC Penney."
  7. ↑ "Woodbridge, N.J., sporting goods store to become Dick's.", Home News Tribune , October 25, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2018. "Sporting-goods and specialty-apparel retailer Galyans Sports and Outdoor Adventure's first New Jersey store in the township is about to become Dick's Sporting Goods. At 10 a.m. on tomorrow the 100,000-square-foot store near Macy's in Woodbridge Center will hold its grand reopening."
  8. ↑ "Dave And Buster's Opened Tuesday In Woodbridge". Woodbridge, NJ Patch. November 14, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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  10. ↑ Russell, Suzanne. "Sears at Woodbridge Center closing". My Central Jersey.
  11. ↑ https://www.aol.com/news/woodbridge-center-mall-sold-does-102335945.html
  12. ↑ "Shooting at Woodbridge Center mall: Alleged shoplifter shot, killed by police; customers run for cover". The Star-Ledger . March 8, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
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