Livingston Mall

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The Livingston Mall is a two-level, super-regional shopping mall owned by the Simon Property Group located in Livingston, New Jersey, United States, serving western Essex, Morris and Union counties. The mall has a gross leasable area of 980,000 ft²^[1].

1 History
2 Stores
3 Location
4 Anchors
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

Livingston Mall was planned in the late 1960's and opened for business in stages starting with Bamberger's in 1971, followed by the mall proper itself in 1972 along with additional anchor stores, Sears, M. Epstein, and Hahne & Company in 1972. The mall benefited from the migration of population in Northern New Jersey to suburban and exurban areas, and the mall is in close proximity to downtown Newark, once Northern New Jersey's premiere shopping mecca that was in serious decline since the July 1967 race riots. Both Bamberger's, and Hanne's maintained stores in downtown Newark when the mall opened, and Sears had a store on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark's once popular South Ward. As of 2007, the Bamberger's store is now Macy's, Hahne & Company is now Lord and Taylor, and the M. Epstein store was converted first to an annex for Bamberger's, and after an expansion of that building was divided into leasable mall space. Sears remains the Malls sole original anchor.

Franklin Simon, a once popular New York City based womens closing store also operated a unit here. The Livingston Mall, despite having a Lord and Taylor, has appealed to a more mid-level customer since its opening, as the upmarket, The Mall at Short Hills is about 5 miles away. Lord and Taylor had operated a standalone store in nearby Millburn, that was closed in 1988, when it was decided that Lord and Taylor would relocate to the Livingston Mall in 1991.

[edit] Stores

The Livingston Mall is anchored by Lord & Taylor, Macy's and Sears, and includes over 100 specialty stores and eating establishments including Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, American Eagle Outfitters, Amy's Hallmark, Ann Taylor Loft, Bakers Shoes, Bath & Body Works, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Charlotte Russe, d.e.m.o., EB Games, Express, Express Men, Foot Locker, GAP, Gap Kids, babyGap, Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, H & M, Kidz Kutz, Limited Too, Modell's Sporting Goods, Motherhood Maternity, Nathan's, Nine West, Old Navy, Pac Sun, Professional Hair Salon & Spa, Roy Rogers, Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, Stride Rite Shoes, The Children's Place, The Picture People, Verizon Wireless, Victoria's Secret, and Zales Diamond Store.

[edit] Location

Livingston Mall is located at the intersection of Eisenhower Parkway and South Orange Avenue, and is accessible from Exit 4A off Interstate 280 West, Route 10, Route 24, Interstate 78 and Interstate 287. Bus service is provided by NJ Transit's 70, 73, and the PABCO Transit, Inc MCM3 route. Coach USA's 31 bus also serves the mall.