Seacourt Pavilion

The Seacourt Pavilion is a regional shopping center on Hooper Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey. It is right across the street from the Ocean County Mall. The mall has a gross leasable area of convert|253000|sqft|m2|abbr=on [ [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0460 International Council of Shopping Centers: Seacourt Pavilion] , accessed September 21, 2006] .

The shopping center is split-level, with the parking lot on the east side higher than on the west side. Tenants include Marshalls, Old Country Buffet (which has its own porte-cochere), Pier 1 Imports, Loew's Cineplex, LA Fitness and a Sears Hometown Dealer.

History

Ground was broken on the project in May 1988, with plans to build a two-level enclosed mall, convert|12000|sqft|m2 of office space and a 150-room hotel. However, the plans for offices and hotel rooms never came to fruition. ["New Jersey; convert|575000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. in Ocean County: Shops, Offices and a Hotel, Too", "The New York Times", May 15, 1988. p. RER45 (2 pages)]

As part of a re-envisioning of the traditional shopping center, Seacourt Pavilion created an innovative farmers' market — similar to comparable facilities at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, South Street Seaport in New York City and Quincy Market in Boston — in addition to its existing food court, offering shoppers options for both prepared and farm fresh foods.

The market and food court have since closed down and as of 2008, the majority of the complex houses what were intended to be the original anchor stores after their expansions into available storefronts. ["Local food market concept revives in N. J.; Seacourt Pavilion gives old-fashioned concept a new-fashioned twist." "Chain Store Age Executive with Shopping Center Age" 64.n10, October 1988]

References

External links

* [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0460 International Council of Shopping Centers: Seacourt Pavilion]