The Shops at Riverside

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = The Shops at Riverside


caption =
location = Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
opening_date = September, 1977
developer =
manager =
owner = Simon Property Group
number_of_stores = 70
number_of_anchors = 2
floor_area = convert|674416|sqft|m2|abbr=on
floors = 2
website = [http://www.shopriverside]
parking = lighted lot and two parking decks

The Shops at Riverside is a two-level enclosed upscale shopping mall, located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, off of Route 4, along the Hackensack River. The mall has a Gross leasable area (GLA) of convert|674416|sqft|m2|abbr=on. [ [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0220 The Shops at Riverside] , International Council of Shopping Centers. Accessed November 30, 2007.] The "lavishly appointed" mall opened on March 10, 1977 with convert|620000|sqft|m2|abbr=on of retail space, which included a convert|237000|sqft|m2|abbr=on Bloomingdale's (expanded from an original freestanding site opened in 1959) and a convert|107000|sqft|m2|abbr=on Saks Fifth Avenue. [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B1EF6385B167493C4A91788D85F438785F9 "Hackensack Gets New Shopping Mall"] , "The New York Times", March 6, 1977. p. 431] Until 2005, the shopping center was known as Riverside Square Mall. [Verdon, Joan. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyOSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NjY0NTMyNyZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTI= "A trip to Future Mall"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", February 8, 2005. Accessed November 30, 2007. "The former Riverside Square mall in Hackensack has a new name, The Shops at Riverside, and is hoping in 2005 to reclaim its title as the state's top upscale mall."]

Anchors & Majors

*Barnes & Noble (31,962 sq ft) Opened late 2003
*Bloomingdale's (293,346 sq ft) Opened 1959; expanded 1977 with the original store converted to the home store; further expanded 2006, adding the section occupied by Women's Sportswear on 1 and relegating the 1959 section to mall space except for the mall entrance to the store near the Cheesecake Factory
*Saks Fifth Avenue (107,000 sq ft) Opened 1977; store renovated January 1-April 30, 2008

The Mall

The Shops at Riverside is a very high-end mall which caters to the affluent suburban areas surrounding Hackensack in Bergen, Essex, and Passaic Counties in New Jersey as well as Rockland County in New York State. In addition, a number of shoppers from New York City, particularly Manhattan, are drawn to the mall for its upscale offerings minus the New York sales tax on clothing.

The mall only has about 70 stores. Most of these are luxury designer brands, including Burberry, Tiffany & Co., and Louis Vuitton.

The Shops at Riverside is popular for its restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory, Morton's Steakhouse, Houston's, McCormick & Schmick's, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Rosa Mexicano, Maggiano's Little Italy, and Thai Chef. The restaurants are open seven days a week.

Other than Barnes & Noble, all of the retail stores are open Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sundays.

History

Originally a freestanding Bloomingdale's built in 1959, an enclosed mall was opened in 1977, and the shopping center became known as Riverside Square Mall. The original mall had a Southern California feel, with terra cotta tile, red brick, and skylights. Early tenants included the country's second Conran's (after a location which opened the same year in Manhattan's new Citicorp Building) and a Houlihan's restaurant. In 1995, after years of declining traffic and lost tenants and amidst a major renovation and expansion of the nearby Garden State Plaza mall, the Riverside Square Mall was completely renovated with new marble floors, glass railings, and comfortable seating.

Redevelopment and expansion

From 2005 through 2008 The Shops at Riverside added convert|248000|sqft|m2 of retail and dining space, including thirty new stores and three restaurants. Much of the space that was added is in a portion of the mall reclaimed from Bloomingdale's. The original Bloomingdale's Home Store bisected the mall, and was moved to the north end of the existing Bloomingdale's, while the 1977 expansion of Bloomingdale's was renavated in 2005 in preperation for the expansion in 2006. The expansion added 3 restaurants including P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Maggiano's Little Italy, and Rosa Mexicano. [ [http://shopriverside.com/static/doc_040786.jsp Major Expansion and Redevelopment at The Shops at Riverside!] , accessed December 2, 2006.] It also added a new concourse that linked the north corridor surrounding Tiffany & Co. to the south corridor which is in part of the former Bloomingdale's Home Store (Opened 1959), where The Cheesecake Factory is located.

References

External links

* [http://www.ShopRiverside.com The Shops at Riverside website]
* [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0220 International Council of Shopping Centers: The Shops at Riverside]