Paramus Park is a closed shopping center located on From Road in Paramus, New Jersey, USA. It's on a plot of land bounded by the northern route of Route 17 and the southern path of Parkway Park Park, about two miles from the junction of both highways and Route 4.
This mall is owned by GGP Inc. and is one of four malls operated by the company in New Jersey along with Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, Bridgewater Commons in Bridgewater, and Woodbridge Center in Woodbridge. Paramus Park has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 770.941Ã, sqÃ, ft (71,622.8Ã, m 2 ).
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Description
Paramus Park is accessible from State Park Parkway north at exit 163 and at exit 165 in both directions. An entrance to the south lane is located in the rear parking lot of the mall. Access from NJ 17 is available on two access roads called for the original two anchors, Sears and Abraham & amp; Straus (later a Macy's). The Sears Drive entrance is only available from the northern path but the driver headed south can access A & amp; S Drive via exit and overpass built specifically for malls.
At 767,000 square feet (71,000 square meters) and about 100 stores, Paramus Park, compared to the larger Westfield Garden State Plaza (which is three times its size), is a more goal-oriented mall, with a higher-than-average sale per square foot, estimated by industry experts between $ 400 and $ 500 per square foot or more. In addition to attracting top class buyers and tenants, its small shops, lower congestion and locations along Parkway Park State in a prosperous area attracted buyers who responded to the recession of the late 2000s, according to a 2011 report on NorthJersey.com.
Paramus Park, the Westfield Garden State Plaza, the Outlets at Bergen Town Center and the Fashion Center accounted for most of the $ 5 billion in annual retail sales generated in Paramus, more than any other Zip Code in the United States. Paramus Park gets 6 million visitors every year to its 107 stores. Located in Bergen County, the mall is subject to Blue's laws in the district and strict regional regulations, requiring them to close on Sundays, although companies with separate entrances can keep them open on Sundays, such as Tommy Coalhouse Urban Pizza.
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History
Paramus Park was originally one of three sheltered malls in Paramus at the time of its construction. The Fashion Center, located near Paramus Park along Route 17, was the first built specifically as a tight indoor facility and opened in 1967. The Bergen Mall, located on Route 4 and built in 1958, became the second when the former the outdoor mall closed in 1973. (At the time Garden State Plaza, built in 1957, was still an outdoor mall, he completed his conversion to a closed mall in 1984.) Paramus Park remains one of three indoor malls in Paramus ; The Fashion Center and The Shoppes in IV, the latter built after the Paramus Park was built, converted into an outdoor shopping plaza.
The mall, developed by The Rouse Company, opened on March 14, 1974, with 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2 ). Abraham & amp; Straus (now Macy's store) and Sears (which did not open until August) as an anchor and room for 120 specialty stores. Marching Band Paramus High School plays at the opening. Pujatera second floor mall is a new innovation, and is now credited as the first successful shopping center food court. A Fortunoff opened in stores in 1977.
The mall is a four-legged zigzag, with anchor stores at each end and a mezzanine-level food court surrounds an atrium featuring a 30-foot waterfall surrounded by vegetation and interspersed by a pair of escalators. A staircase and glass lift surrounded by a terraced garden rounded up access points to food courts level 2 to 2002 when destroyed due to long lines, and were replaced by two newly relocated elevators. To this day, the food court is very popular at lunchtime with the local office workers. Garden-like designs are prevalent throughout the rest of the mall. Trees lined the main street of the mall, along with park benches; all under a big skylight. The two small pages are at the other crossing of the foot; one carousel host and the other a lower seating area with a bronze statue of a turkey. The last carousel was installed during the 1990s. The carousel was installed by Peter and Tony Bowen of Bowen Accountants in 1976, when at that time the play area was considered dangerous and was the site of a number of child injuries. The carousel was removed in August 2013 so the mall could use the space for other purposes. The carousel was then transferred to the indoor playground At Play (formerly Fun Zone) in Farmingdale, New York shortly after, where it currently operates. The turkey statue is inspired by the name of the city from which the mall gets its name. Paramus is derived from the words Lenni Lenape Native American which means "wild turkey ground" or "place of fertile soil".
Paramus Park is mentioned in the lyrics of Deanman's 1977 song, "Ariel". The two characters in the song "stand near the waterfall at Paramus Park".
In 1986, Paramus Park was the site of an innovative McDonald's restaurant in its food court, featuring oak decorations, pastel tiles and marble tables, instead of traditional plastic interiors in primary colors. The facility spends $ 650,000 to build, 40% more than a typical McDonald's, and is designed to create more of the feel of upscale restaurants. Closed in 2000, replaced by walk-up. McDonald's location was closed in 2010 and replaced by Burger King. The toilet is now in the previous location. Claire Shop opened in 1988, and closed in 2006.
In 2001, the mall was renovated and expanded with the addition of the Old Navy store and Foot Locker (which included the Lady Foot Locker store and Kids Foot Locker connected to the Foot Locker store) along the elongated East Central Court Entrance. The court center is radically transformed because waterfalls, gardens, escalators, stairs, elevators, and high gardens are removed for a more open space. Two elevators were installed between Cinnabon and Aunt Anne, a new smaller fountain was built, newly constructed escalators and vegetation/trees added, as well as the addition of a new seating area. Throughout the rest of the mall, floor change, lighting improved, seating area added and painted ceilings and walls. The Turkish statue was moved from the Macy headquarters to the upper level food court and the seating area converted into a children's play area. The crescent waterfall in front of Macy's is stored, but the surrounding seating area is removed for the massage kiosk. Among the few stores left from the time the mall opened were Sears and Chick-Fil-A.
During the late 2000s recession, smaller mall stores, lower historical congestion and locations along Parkway Park State in prosperous areas attracted upscale buyers and tenants who previously shifted away from small malls as a bigger substitute in such as the Westfield Garden State Plaza, according to a report from NorthJersey.com 2011.
At the end of 2009, this mall added a "lifestyle" component of 88,650Ã, sqÃ, ft (8,236Ã,m 2 ), located on a landscaped square outside the central western entrance entrance, facing the Route 17. This expansion contains in at least two restaurants along with shops.
In 2011 the Foot Locker complex store was closed due to L.L. Bean decided to start renting space. The store opened in November 2011.
Future plans
In May 2013, after the unanimous vote of the local zoning council, plans began building a 13-screen cinema at 88,000 square feet (8,200 m 2 ) of space to be added western side of the mall, which sticks to the food court. This will be the cinema of the Regal Cinema. The plan is inactive until the end of 2017 when the proposal begins to take again.
In October 2017, 12-screen movie theaters were announced as part of a renovation that will replace the Sears store with the location of Stew Leonard. Stew Lenoard Stores will be downstairs and Regal Cinemas will be upstairs. The Stew Leonard store is expected to open in early 2019.
The Sears Auto Store closes at the end of December 2017 and will be converted to Sears Appliance Store. The Hallmark store on the Sears wing closed in January 2018 to pave the way for a new entrance to the cinema on the second floor. Sears closed on February 3, 2018.
References
External links
- Official website
- Paramus Park, International Shopping Center Board
- Rental information of Paramus Park
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