- The Mall at Short Hills
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The Mall at Short Hills Location Short Hills, NJ 07078 Opening date 1980 Developer The Taubman Company Owner The Taubman Company No. of stores and services 160+ No. of anchor tenants 5 Total retail floor area 1,340,000 square feet Parking Lighted Lot & Garage No. of floors 2 Website http://www.shopshorthills.com The Mall at Short Hills (commonly referred to as Short Hills Mall) is a high-end mall in the Short Hills area of Millburn, New Jersey, United States. The mall developer is The Taubman Company. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,340,000 ft² [1] placing it in the top ten among the largest shopping malls in New Jersey.
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Description
The Mall at Short Hills is located between the JFK Parkway, Route 24, and the Canoe Brook Country Club. The mall is 23 miles (37 km) west of Manhattan[2] and across from the Short Hills Hilton Hotel.[3] The mall includes 160 specialty stores and restaurants including an unprecedented collection of specialty, international and luxury retailers, such as Hermes, Dior, Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Cartier, Salvatore Ferragamo, Burberry, Miu Miu, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Jimmy Choo, Max Mara, Piazza Sempione, Loro Piana, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Polo Ralph Lauren among others. Restaurants and specialty food stores include Legal Sea Foods, Papa Razzi, Joe’s American Bar & Grill, The Cheesecake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, Au Bon Pain, and Godiva Chocolatier. It anchors Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Approximately 40 boutiques have their only New Jersey location at The Mall at Short Hills.
History
One of the first planned communities in the country, Short Hills was the dream of Stewart Hartshorn, a poet and nature lover who purchased 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of New Jersey land in the late 1800s. There he pursued his lifelong dream, reading good books and writing his verse in a tranquil, natural setting.
Throughout the first half of the century, the suburban community grew quickly, and local residents desired quality shopping within their local setting. Their vision began to take shape in 1949 when the Prudential Insurance Company of America acquired a large tract of land where The Mall at Short Hills and part of the Canoe Brook Country Club now sit. Seven years later, B. Altman opened a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) store on the land and eventually added an additional 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) to meet market demands. The B Altman store was relocated from East Orange where a number of other upscale retailers had opened branches, Best & Co., and Franklin Simon among them. Local residents continued their demand for expanded retailing and in the early 1960s, a small center opened. The open-air center included Bonwit Teller, Tepper's, along with retailers such as FAO Schwarz, Pottery Barn, Jugtown Mountain Smokehouse and Brentano's.
The momentum continued as America's largest suburban Bloomingdale's premiered on the site in 1967. The 246,000-square-foot (22,900 m2) store included an entire floor devoted to furniture and decorative accessories. In addition, smaller "boutiques" were created in the store such as, Young World, Delicacies Shop, Au Gourmet, a Men’s store, and a restaurant.
In 1974, Prudential Insurance Company of America began working with The Taubman Company, The Mall at Short Hills' current owner. By 1981, the two had completed a two-year, $100 million project to enclose the mall, which at that time included 1,160,000 of gross leasable space and three anchor stores. New retailers included Godiva Chocolatier, Black Star and Frost, The Limited and Gap. The same year, 1981, Abraham and Strauss joined the center.
Then The Mall at Short Hills grew again. It was rumored that Lord & Taylor was to open in the former Bonwit Teller location once the downtown Millburn location closed. Apparently Lord & Taylor wanted a larger location vs. the 100,000 square foot current Saks Location. Instead Lord & Taylor chose to relocated to the nearby Livingston Mall. This is somewhat of a major upset. Later in time the first phase of a major expansion, begun in 1993, was completed in November 1994 adding a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) Saks Fifth Avenue in the former Bonwit Teller location, a totally renovated Bloomingdale's and Abraham & Straus became Macy’s. The next expansion phase was completed in August 1995 adding two anchors—a 137,000-square-foot (12,700 m2) Neiman Marcus and a 188,000-square-foot (17,500 m2) Nordstrom—and many new specialty stores including Tiffany & Co., Crate & Barrel, Polo Ralph Lauren, Fendi, and MaxMara. Today, The Mall at Short Hills boasts an unparalleled department and specialty store offering, establishing it as the region’s preeminent shopping center.
Anchors
- Bloomingdale's (246,000 square feet; 4 Floors)
- Macy's (279,000 square feet; 3 Floors)
- Neiman Marcus (137,000 square feet; 3 Floors)
- Nordstrom (188,000 square feet; 3 Floors)
- Saks Fifth Avenue (100,000 square feet; 3 Floors)
Former anchors
- Abraham & Straus (opened in 1980, became Macy's 1995)
- Bonwit Teller (opened in 1961, current location of Saks 5th Avenue)
- Tepper's (opened in 1961, was closed prior to rebuilding of mall, branch of the Plainfield based store).
- B. Altman & Co. (opened as stand alone store in 1959, demolished as part of expansion)
Coming Soon
- Carlo Pazolini
- Ermenegildo Zegna
- Hermès
- VIP Lounge - Exclusively For Continental & United Chase Cardmembers
- XXI Forever
References
- ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: The Mall at Short Hills, accessed September 21, 2006
- ^ Manhattan to The Mall at Short Hills, accessed February 26, 2010
- ^ Hilton at Short Hills; 300-Room Hotel, November 8, 1987
- HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, July, 2004 by Gerry Beatty. Goldman Associates Tests Retail-Based Showroom in Mall. (The Mall at Short Hills)
- HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, December, 1996 by Mark Tosh. Luxury the lure in home lines: shoppers long on cash make Short Hills bloom. (The Mall at Short Hills, near Millburn, New Jersey)
External links
- Shop Short Hills - Official website of The Mall at Short Hills
- History of the Mall at Short Hills
- Mall at Short Hills leasing information
- International Council of Shopping Centers: The Mall at Short Hills
- The New Yorker: The Terrazzo Jungle (article which features The Mall at Short Hills)
Categories:- Shopping malls in New Jersey
- Buildings and structures in Essex County, New Jersey
- Shopping malls established in 1980
- Taubman Centers
- Visitor attractions in Essex County, New Jersey
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