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THE SHOPS AT LEDGEWOOD COMMONS: LEDGEWOOD, NJ

Michael Feldman's Commentary:

(user submitted October 23, 2018)

The Shops At Ledgewood Commons is a dead mall located in Ledgewood NJ. The mall has seen better days but the mall is being redeveloped into a outdoor power center.

The original anchors of The Shops At Ledgewood Commons included W. T. Grant store and Finast. By 1980, the mall's anchors were Rickel, Jamesway and Arthur's Catalog Showroom. These anchors remained for over a decade. The Rickel space later closed and became PharmHouse and currently Marshalls. Federated Department Stores announced in July 1993 that it would be opening a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) Stern's store at The Shops At Ledgewood Commons. In the fall of 1994, as part of a major nationwide expansion of the chain. This store was then converted to a Macy's in 2001 when Stern's stores were closed. Jamesway closed in December 1995 following the company's liquidation, and previously held a weekly bingo game for senior citizens; a practice that was ended as the store began the process of closing down.By 1999, Walmart replaced both the former Jamesway and Arthur's stores, and Circuit City, which has since closed as part of the economic collapse of that retail chain, was added as well. PharmHouse eventually became an Ashley Furniture HomeStore location. From 2009 to 2013, and again in 201, Circuit City became Spirit Halloween every September until October.

Other buildings on the mall property include Marshalls and The Sports Authority (now Spirit Halloween), Wendy's, Red Lobster and Barnes & Noble. Following the closing of Circuit City and the Great Recession, very few individual non-anchor stores remain. In January 2015, it was announced the Macy's store was closing as part of a plan to close 14 stores nationwide.[6] In 2016, plans were presented to the public that the mall would become an open-air mall, and Ledgewood Mall would be rebranded as "The Shops at Ledgewood Commons".

The only stores remaining in the mall as of September 2017 are Wal-Mart, Men's Wearhouse (located outside), Barnes & Noble (free-standing location), an Ashley Furniture HomeStore, a Spirit Halloween (Open in the Former Sports Authority open from AUgust to November ) and Marshalls. The mall is currently under redevelopment New stores have signed leases with the mall and plan on opening up when construction is finished with the mall.