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Bridgewater Commons
Bridgewater Commons, colloquially known as the Bridgewater Mall and the Bridgewater Commons Mall, is a fully enclosed shopping mall located in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The mall is located at the intersection of Route 22 and Route 202/206 and borders Interstate 287.
The mall opened on February 24, 1988, as Somerset County's first shopping mall and the main property has a gross leasable area of 900,000 sq ft (84,000 m2)
In 2006, The Village joined The Commons, consisting of an open-air shopping district that amounts to 94,000 square feet (8,700 m2) with 15 other stores and restaurants.
In the 1960s, a township redevelopment agency combined various plots of land in Bridgewater and declared the entire area blighted so that the land could be sold to one developer. The tentative name of the development was the Golden Triangle Mall, later changed to Bridgewater Commons in 1974.
Bridgewater Township signed a contract with The Hahn Company, a California-based mall developer, in 1985. The Prudential's real estate division joined the development project later.
In 1986, R.H. Macy Co. announced they would open a Macy's store in the shopping center, instead of the company's Bamberger's banner, as originally planned. The company was in the process of retiring the Bamberger's brand and converting its Bamberger's stores to its Macy's banner.
Bridgewater Commons opened on February 24, 1988, although Hahnes opened earlier, on February 13, and Macy's opened on February 14. Its anchor stores were Macy's, Hahnes, and Stern's. On June 18, 1988, a Disney Store opened, which was the first Disney Store located outside of California. Hahnes closed in March 1989 and converted to Lord & Taylor the following October.
The mall complex pursued a major expansion in 1991 to add two eight-story office buildings to the complex, which would include 578,000 sq ft (53,700 m2) of office space and a 300-room hotel. The effort was initiated as part of a longstanding urban renewal project. By 2000, with a 347-room Bridgewater Marriott Hotel already under construction, the mall's developers pushed ahead to develop the office towers planned for the complex. The two towers later opened, occupied mostly by Brother Industries and Sanofi-Aventis.
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Bridgewater Commons
Bridgewater Commons, colloquially known as the Bridgewater Mall and the Bridgewater Commons Mall, is a fully enclosed shopping mall located in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The mall is located at the intersection of Route 22 and Route 202/206 and borders Interstate 287.
The mall opened on February 24, 1988, as Somerset County's first shopping mall and the main property has a gross leasable area of 900,000 sq ft (84,000 m2)
In 2006, The Village joined The Commons, consisting of an open-air shopping district that amounts to 94,000 square feet (8,700 m2) with 15 other stores and restaurants.
In the 1960s, a township redevelopment agency combined various plots of land in Bridgewater and declared the entire area blighted so that the land could be sold to one developer. The tentative name of the development was the Golden Triangle Mall, later changed to Bridgewater Commons in 1974.
Bridgewater Township signed a contract with The Hahn Company, a California-based mall developer, in 1985. The Prudential's real estate division joined the development project later.
In 1986, R.H. Macy Co. announced they would open a Macy's store in the shopping center, instead of the company's Bamberger's banner, as originally planned. The company was in the process of retiring the Bamberger's brand and converting its Bamberger's stores to its Macy's banner.
Bridgewater Commons opened on February 24, 1988, although Hahnes opened earlier, on February 13, and Macy's opened on February 14. Its anchor stores were Macy's, Hahnes, and Stern's. On June 18, 1988, a Disney Store opened, which was the first Disney Store located outside of California. Hahnes closed in March 1989 and converted to Lord & Taylor the following October.
The mall complex pursued a major expansion in 1991 to add two eight-story office buildings to the complex, which would include 578,000 sq ft (53,700 m2) of office space and a 300-room hotel. The effort was initiated as part of a longstanding urban renewal project. By 2000, with a 347-room Bridgewater Marriott Hotel already under construction, the mall's developers pushed ahead to develop the office towers planned for the complex. The two towers later opened, occupied mostly by Brother Industries and Sanofi-Aventis.