Cherry Hill Mall (shopping mall)

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For the Census Designated Place of the same name, see Cherry Hill Mall, New Jersey

Cherry Hill Mall, owned by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE listed: PEI) was originally known as Cherry Hill Shopping Center, the first indoor shopping center east of the Mississippi River in the United States, and opened in October, 1961.

Cherry Hill Mall is located at 2000 Route 38 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002 and is bound by Rt 38, Haddonfield Road, Church Road, and Cherry Hill Mall Drive.Coordinates: 39°56′28″N 75°01′30″W / 39.941, -75.025

The center was designed, built, and managed by The Rouse Company. Rouse reorganized as a 'Real Estate Investment Trust' in 1994 and became known as Liberty Property Trust. Liberty sold its shopping center portfolio to Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) in 2003 as PREIT converted its holdings from residential to retail.

The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,283,000 sq ft (119,200 m²).^[1] placing it in the top ten among the largest shopping malls in New Jersey.

Cherry Hill Mall is widely held to be the source of the 1962 renaming of what had been called Delaware Township to its current name of Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. In fact, the town was named Cherry Hill in a voter referendum due to the development of a new US Postal Service office for the region, and historical ties to Cherry Hill Farm, which once occupied land opposite the current mall site.

Contents 1 Renovation & Expansion 2 Anchors 3 Majors 4 Stores coming in expansion 5 Former anchors 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Renovation & Expansion

Currently, Cherry Hill Mall is under construction inside and out. A parking deck and new Grand Court are in progress, along with approximately 140,000 sqare feet of new retail space. The Picnic Food Court will be relocated to the north end of the complex, and about six new restaurants will be constructed.

The mall's south-facing facade along Rt 38 will become known as Bistro Row, and the changes will turn the mall inside-out, creating new access points to the structure with new facades and entrances.

Nordstrom will build a new department store where the now-demolished Strawbridge's department store once stood, which was 258,000 sq ft (24,000 m²).^[2].

In addition, two pad sites recently opened: Crate & Barrel and The Container Store. The Mall's expansion will be complete in 2009.

[edit] Anchors

• JCPenney (174,000 sq ft (16,200 m²))
• Macy's (317,000 sq ft (29,500 m²))
• Nordstrom (opening 2009)
• Old Navy (18,431 sq ft (1,712 m²))

[edit] Majors

• Abercrombie & Fitch
• Armani Exchange
• Apple Store
• Banana Republic
• bebe
• Coach
• Crate & Barrel
• H&M
• Hollister Co.
• The Container Store
• The Gap

[edit] Stores coming in expansion

• Nordstrom (new store at former Strawbridge & Clothier site)
• Maggiano's Little Italy (anticipated opening fall 2008)
• Coach
• Anthropoligie
• Garage

[edit] Former anchors

• Strawbridge's (torn down; Nordstrom and other stores will open on site in 2009)
• Bamberger's (now Macy's)
• Woolworth
• Tower Records
• Food Fair (renamed Pantry Pride in the mid-1970s), demolished for JCPenney wing
• Kresge, Kmart predecessor, located across from Food Fair

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cherry Hill Mall website
• International Council of Shopping Centers: Cherry Hill Mall
• Vintage Cherry Hill Mall Postcards

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