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Cherry Hill Mall
The Cherry Hill Mall is a super-regional shopping mall in Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The mall is within the unincorporated namesake neighborhood and census-designated place of Cherry Hill Mall.
The mall was developed by James Rouse, working in partnership with Strawbridge and Clothier. Designed by architect Victor Gruen, the Cherry Hill Mall opened in 1961 as one of the first enclosed malls in the United States. PREIT acquired the mall in 2003.
The Cherry Hill Mall is located at the interchange of Route 38 and Haddonfield Road. It is located three miles (4.8 km) west of the Moorestown Mall on Route 38.
Anchored by Macy's, Nordstrom, and JCPenney, the Cherry Hill Mall is an L-shaped enclosed mall with a gross leasable area of 1,306,000 square feet (121,300 m2). The original portion of the mall is on a single level. Later wings, opened in 1978 and 2009, are two-level. Macy's is the mall's largest anchor, with three floors and 304,600 square feet (28,300 m2) of retail area. The 174,285-square-foot (16,191.6 m2) JCPenney and the 138,000-square-foot (12,800 m2) Nordstrom both contain two floors. The mall includes a row of exterior-facing casual dining restaurants, as well as a 10-unit food court. The Container Store and Crate & Barrel occupy freestanding pad sites on the property and serve as junior anchors.
In December 1953, New Jersey developer Eugene Mori announced plans to build a $15 million shopping center, to be called Cherry Hill, on an 80-acre (32 ha) tract of land in Delaware Township. Mori, who had already built the Garden State Racetrack nearby, was also in the process of building a hotel called the Cherry Hill Inn on a different portion of the site. The mall would occupy the former site of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) George Jaus farm. The "Cherry Hill" name came from another farm that once operated in the area, with the name first appearing on a property deed from 1838.
Strawbridge & Clothier, a Philadelphia-based department store chain, signed onto the project in January of 1955 as the center's primary anchor tenant. Strawbridge had been seeking a New Jersey location to expand their presence in the Delaware Valley, and the selection of Cherry Hill was the result of a two-year search. The Cherry Hill site would also include 50 smaller shops, making it one of the largest shopping centers of its era. With the signing of Strawbridge, Mori claimed that construction on the center could begin imminently. In November of 1956, the Cherry Hill project signed its second tenant, a Food Fair supermarket. At that point, the developers said the shopping center would open in September of 1958, with 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of retail space.
In January 1957, the project's developers wrote an op-ed for the Courier-Post stating that the center was over two-thirds leased. They said significant progress had been made, writing "Although no shovels have moved any earth as yet, the past year has seen the completion of utility plans, traffic patterns, and working drawings...". By the summer of 1958, however, there were still no signs of construction, and rumors of the project's demise were spreading.
Behind the scenes, Mori was struggling to find sources of financing for the project. Financial institutions were skeptical of the location's market potential. Analysts believed the proposed shopping center was too far from Camden, the nearest city.
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Cherry Hill Mall
The Cherry Hill Mall is a super-regional shopping mall in Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The mall is within the unincorporated namesake neighborhood and census-designated place of Cherry Hill Mall.
The mall was developed by James Rouse, working in partnership with Strawbridge and Clothier. Designed by architect Victor Gruen, the Cherry Hill Mall opened in 1961 as one of the first enclosed malls in the United States. PREIT acquired the mall in 2003.
The Cherry Hill Mall is located at the interchange of Route 38 and Haddonfield Road. It is located three miles (4.8 km) west of the Moorestown Mall on Route 38.
Anchored by Macy's, Nordstrom, and JCPenney, the Cherry Hill Mall is an L-shaped enclosed mall with a gross leasable area of 1,306,000 square feet (121,300 m2). The original portion of the mall is on a single level. Later wings, opened in 1978 and 2009, are two-level. Macy's is the mall's largest anchor, with three floors and 304,600 square feet (28,300 m2) of retail area. The 174,285-square-foot (16,191.6 m2) JCPenney and the 138,000-square-foot (12,800 m2) Nordstrom both contain two floors. The mall includes a row of exterior-facing casual dining restaurants, as well as a 10-unit food court. The Container Store and Crate & Barrel occupy freestanding pad sites on the property and serve as junior anchors.
In December 1953, New Jersey developer Eugene Mori announced plans to build a $15 million shopping center, to be called Cherry Hill, on an 80-acre (32 ha) tract of land in Delaware Township. Mori, who had already built the Garden State Racetrack nearby, was also in the process of building a hotel called the Cherry Hill Inn on a different portion of the site. The mall would occupy the former site of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) George Jaus farm. The "Cherry Hill" name came from another farm that once operated in the area, with the name first appearing on a property deed from 1838.
Strawbridge & Clothier, a Philadelphia-based department store chain, signed onto the project in January of 1955 as the center's primary anchor tenant. Strawbridge had been seeking a New Jersey location to expand their presence in the Delaware Valley, and the selection of Cherry Hill was the result of a two-year search. The Cherry Hill site would also include 50 smaller shops, making it one of the largest shopping centers of its era. With the signing of Strawbridge, Mori claimed that construction on the center could begin imminently. In November of 1956, the Cherry Hill project signed its second tenant, a Food Fair supermarket. At that point, the developers said the shopping center would open in September of 1958, with 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of retail space.
In January 1957, the project's developers wrote an op-ed for the Courier-Post stating that the center was over two-thirds leased. They said significant progress had been made, writing "Although no shovels have moved any earth as yet, the past year has seen the completion of utility plans, traffic patterns, and working drawings...". By the summer of 1958, however, there were still no signs of construction, and rumors of the project's demise were spreading.
Behind the scenes, Mori was struggling to find sources of financing for the project. Financial institutions were skeptical of the location's market potential. Analysts believed the proposed shopping center was too far from Camden, the nearest city.
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