Bridgewater Commons

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Bridgewater Commons is a fully-enclosed mall located in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The mall is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 202/U.S. Route 206, and backs onto Interstate 287. The mall opened in 1988 and has a gross leasable area of 900,000 ft².[1] Bridgewater Commons is owned by General Growth Properties.

A new mall expansion has been made known as the Village. It contains over 15 stores and a variety of food and clothing.

Mall anchors are Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor and Macy's. The mall also contains a wide variety of upscale stores, such as Abercrombie & Fitch.

[edit] History

The mall complex pursued a major expansion in 1991 to add two eight-story office buildings to the complex, which would include 578,000 sq. ft. of office space and a 300-room hotel. The effort was initiated as part of a longstanding urban renewal project.[2] By 2000, with a 347-room Marriott Hotel already under the construction, the mall's developers pushed ahead to develop the office towers planned for the complex.[3]

In 1993, Bridgewater Commons jumped on the bandwagon, becoming one of thee first malls in the state to ban smoking, joining 300 of 1800 malls nationwide that prohibited smoking on mall grounds.[4]

The mall has become a major focus in Bridgewater and an attraction throughout the area, bringing new residents to the township and shoppers to the mall which "dominates the retail industry in Somerset County."[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: Bridgewater Commons, accessed October 3, 2006
  2. ^ "Hoping to Defy the Odds in Bridgewater; Developers Bet On Office Center, Citing Location", The New York Times, February 17, 1991. p. R8
  3. ^ "In the Region/ New Jersey; Bridgewater Commons Is Entering the Home Stretch Offices and hotel will complete the master plan for the mall.", The New York Times, May 21, 2000. p. RE9
  4. ^ "2 Big Malls Ban Smoking", The New York Times, October 8, 1993. p. B6
  5. ^ "If You're Thinking of Living In/Bridgewater, N.J.; Where the Downtown Is a Shopping Mall Residents are drawn by good schools, low taxes, housing variety.", The New York Times, December 29, 2002. p. J5

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