Quaker Bridge Mall

Quaker Bridge Mall

Entrance near The Cheesecake Factory, 2013
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
Opening date	1975
Developer	The Kravco Co. [1]
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group (50%)
No. of stores and services	116
No. of anchor tenants	2
Total retail floor area	1,079,542 sq ft (100,292.7 m2) [2]
No. of floors	2
Parking	Parking lot
Public transit access	: NJT Bus : 600, 603, 605, 609, 613 : 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 2022, the mall features the traditional tenants Macy's and JCPenney. The mall currently features prominent specialty stores Coach New York, White House Black Market, and Ann Taylor.

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 largest shopping malls in New Jersey.

History

Quaker Bridge Mall opened in 1975 with four anchors: Bamberger's, Hahne's, JCPenney and Sears. 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. ^[3] Nordstrom's two-level, 144,000-square-foot (13,400 m²) store would have been the fifth Nordstrom store in New Jersey. ^[4] Neiman Marcus had planned to occupy about 90,000 square feet (8,400 m²) on two levels. ^[5] The township approved the new JCPenney building and parking deck in 2008.

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. ^[6]

In May 2018, Sears announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. ^[7]

In August 2020, Lord & Taylor announced that it would be closing its store at the mall, as part of the chain's nationwide liquidation. ^[8]

Gallery

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  Center court, 2013
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  Second floor looking from Sears in 2008, before the mall was renovated

References

1. Demick, Barbara (May 18, 1989). "Kravco And 6 Of Its Malls Sold To A Canadian Developer". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved November 30, 2011.
2. "Quaker Bridge Mall Fact Sheet" (PDF). Simon Property Group . Retrieved January 19, 2017.
3. Quaker Bridge Mall may grow: Lawrence Planning Board hears effects of proposed redevelopment, The Times , June 22, 2006.
4. "Nordstrom to Open at Quaker Bridge Mall". Press Releases. Seattle, Washington: Nordstrom. 29 May 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2009.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-21., June 20, 2008
6. Galler, Joan (October 26, 2010). "Lawrence OKs Quaker Bridge Mall expansion". The Trentonian . Trenton, NJ. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
7. "Quakerbridge Mall Sears to Close". 31 May 2018.
8. "Lord & Taylor going out of business: Store closings, liquidation sales begin". USA Today .

External links

• Quaker Bridge Mall website
• International Council of Shopping Centers: Quaker Bridge Mall
• Quakerbridge Mall expansion leasing sheet