Harbor Square , formerly Shore Mall , is a shopping plaza (formerly a shopping mall ) in Egg Harbor Township , New Jersey in the United States on U.S. Route 40 / U.S. Route 322 originally known as "Searstown". The plaza is accessible from Exit 36 off the Garden State Parkway . The plaza is owned by Aetna Realty. The plaza has a gross leasable area of 337,423 ft², formerly 620,000 ft² when it was a mall, located on 73 acres (300,000 m) of land. The plaza's anchor stores include Boscov's , Restaurant Depot and Proshot Pickleball.
23-503: Shore Mall originally opened in 1968 as an open-air mall called Searstown . Original anchor stores included Sears , Grant City and a Pantry Pride supermarket. Between 1971 and 1974, the mall was enclosed and expanded, with regional up-market department store Steinbach being added as a fourth anchor store. A time capsule was buried next to the Steinbach store to be opened 100 years later on March 20, 2074. Grant City closed in 1976 when
46-481: A Golden Corral restaurant near the main entrance to the mall (where the former Dairy Queen stood, before moving into the outer building where the AT&;T store and Wells Fargo bank are located) and opened in 2011. In August 2010, Cedar Shopping Centers applied for a state Economic Redevelopment and Growth(ERG) grant in the amount of $ 3 million to $ 41 million. The grant would be used to help finance an $ 87 million revamp of
69-434: A captive clientele. The challenges faced by the traditional large department stores have led to a resurgence in the use of supermarkets, even gyms , as anchors. The International Council of Shopping Centers makes the presence of anchors one of the main defining characteristics of the two largest categories of centres, the regional center with 400,000 to 800,000 square feet (74,000 m ) in gross leasable area , and
92-551: A common type of anchor store, since they are visited often. However, research on consumer behavior revealed that most trips to the grocery store did not result in visits to surrounding shops . Large supermarkets remain common anchor stores within power centers however. Since the end of the 20th century, the declining popularity of old-line department stores has made it necessary for mall management companies to consider re-anchoring with other retail alternatives, or mix commercial development with residential development to guarantee
115-526: A strip mall called Hamilton Commons near the Hamilton Mall . The Circuit City's location at the mall was replaced with a K&G Fashion Superstore in 2006 (which has since closed). Since then it has remained vacant but in 2012 it was rented by The Spirit Halloween Costume Store as a seasonal tenant. In January 2006, the Shore Mall was sold Cedar Realty Trust for $ 36.5 million, with initial plans to "de-mall"
138-426: Is a considerably larger tenant in a shopping mall , often a department store or retail chain . They are typically located at the ends of malls, sometimes in the middle. With their broad appeal, they are intended to attract a significant cross-section of the shopping public to the center. They are often offered steep discounts on rent in exchange for signing long-term leases in order to provide steady cash flows for
161-922: Is composed of eight members, four of whom are appointed by the Governor . Three cabinet members also serve on the MVC on an ex officio basis: the New Jersey Attorney General , the State Treasurer and the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation . The eighth position is reserved for the Chief Administrator, a non-voting member, who also serves as the Chair of the MVC. Amy Mallet, Diane Legreide, Walter S. Orcutt and Stephen S. Scaturro are
184-425: The superregional center with more than 800,000 square feet (74,000 m ) of space. The regional center typically has two or more anchors, while the superregional typically has three or more. In each case, the anchors account for 50–70% of the centre's leasable space. Shopping centres with anchor stores have consistently outperformed those without one, as the anchor helps draw shoppers initially attracted to
207-511: The Black Horse Pike, and a boulevard style road network. In July 2012, Cedar Realty Trust announced plans to raze 1/3 (over 250,000 square feet) of the mall including the former Value City location, forcing tenants to relocate. After demolition, Cedar Realty Trust planned to do some improvements to the location such as a new south entrance to what is remained of the main shopping center, new landscaping, parking lot improvements, and fencing off
230-782: The Carrabba's was closed abruptly along with 13 others due to under performance, in Fall 2019, Burlington Coat Factory moved to Consumer Square in Mays Landing. In early 2020, Golden Corral permanently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Umi Sushi opened in August 2023 along with Restaurant Depot and Proshot Pickleball in the former Burlington. Anchor stores In North American, Australian and New Zealand retail , an " anchor tenant ", sometimes called an " anchor store ", " draw tenant ", or " key tenant ",
253-560: The Shore Mall, because the Sears and JCPenney anchors moved to the Hamilton Mall. With the two anchors gone, Shore Mall underwent a fair sized renovation enclosing the still open-air portion between the two anchors as well as re-tiling the mall to its current blue and white color scheme. In 1988, Clover Discount Store , a discount chain owned by the Strawbridge's chain (now Macy's ), opened in
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#1732863121253276-544: The anchor to shop at other shops in the mall. Thus, a mall which loses its last anchor is often considered to be a dead mall . New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission ( NJMVC or simply MVC ) is a governmental agency of the U.S. state of New Jersey . The equivalent of the Department of Motor Vehicles in other states, it is responsible for titling, registering and inspecting automobiles , and issuing driver's licenses . The MVC
299-507: The chain declared bankruptcy ; by the end of the year, JCPenney opened in the former Grant City space. Pantry Pride was subsequently replaced with Foodtown , and the mall was renamed Shore Mall . In 1987, Developer Kravco Company (Kravco Company LLC) and JCP Realty, the development arm of JCPenney, opened the new Hamilton Mall about 5 miles west on the Black Horse Pike ( U.S. Route 40 and U.S. Route 322 ). This caused problems with
322-566: The excess land in the rear part of the property to put up for sale as vacant commercial land unless phases of new development occur under the owner. On January 28, 2013, the Steinbach Time Capsule was dug up in a small ceremony due to demolition process needing it to be moved. The plaque and contents of the capsule were given to the Egg Harbor Township Historical Society who will create a display in remembrance of
345-422: The former JCPenney/Grant City space, while Boscov's replaced the former Sears. Circuit City opened in the former Foodtown, which closed in the early 1990s. Steinbach went out of business in 1995 but was replaced in 1996 with Value City Department Store. Clover closed in 1997 when that chain also faced closure by its parent company, becoming Burlington Coat Factory a year later. In 2004, Circuit City moved to
368-436: The former New Jersey DMV had a notorious reputation for poor customer service. Some of the major accomplishments in recent years have been a dramatic reduction of customer wait times, expansion of online services, decentralization of various services, modernization of the physical and technological infrastructure, enhancement of security measures and introduction of mandatory customer service training for employees. The MVC has
391-486: The gubernatorial appointments. On February 20, 2018, Brenda Sue Fulton was nominated to the position of Chief Administrator of the MVC by Governor Phil Murphy . Fulton, a former U.S. Army Captain, is the 23rd individual to lead the organization in its more than 100 years of existence, as well as the first openly gay Cabinet member in New Jersey history. There are approximately 2,400 MVC employees at 71 locations throughout
414-524: The mall at their location. Demolition continued through early-mid 2013, including the former Value City store. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission office closed on August 23 and August 24, 2013, due to demolition of the back of the mall and the relocation to behind Boscov's which opened on August 26 The center was renamed Harbor Square in October 2013. In February 2014, Cedar Realty Trust sold Harbor Square to Aetna Realty for $ 25 million. In February 2017,
437-475: The mall converting it into an open-air plaza. In 2008, the Value City store at Shore Mall was among 24 locations sold by Value City's parent company to Burlington Coat Factory. The store closed on September 21, 2008 and remained vacant until it was occupied temporarily by The Community Food Bank of New Jersey in 2011-2012 while their permanent location was torn down and reconstructed. Construction began in 2010 on
460-594: The mall owners. Some examples of anchor stores in the United States are: Macy's , Sears , JCPenney , Nordstrom , Neiman Marcus , Saks Fifth Avenue , Dillard's , Kohl's , Walmart , and Target . And in Canada ; Hudson's Bay , Sears (formerly), Target (formerly), Zellers (formerly, now in all Hudson’s Bay locations), Nordstrom / Nordstrom Rack (formerly), TJX Companies ( HomeSense , Winners , Marshalls ), Walmart, Saks Fifth Avenue , Sporting Life . When
483-538: The mall. The plan called for demolishing most of the mall (except Boscov's, Burlington Coat Factory, and all everything else that can be seen from the Black Horse Pike), then converting the site to a strip mall with four additional large stores. It also includes $ 23 million for transportation upgrades such as a reconfiguration of Exit 36 of the Garden State Parkway, an intersection between West Jersey Avenue and
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#1732863121253506-443: The planned shopping centre format was developed by Victor Gruen in the early to mid-1950s, signing larger department stores was necessary for the financial stability of the projects, and to draw retail traffic that would result in visits to the smaller shops in the centre as well. Anchors generally have their rents heavily discounted, and may even receive cash inducements from the centre to remain open. Early on, grocery stores were
529-670: The state. Following the passage of the Motor Vehicle Security & Customer Service Act of 2003, the former New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles (NJDMV or simply the DMV) was renamed as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. The new agency underwent a number of major overhauls in the areas of security and service, including the implementation of a more secure licensing process and the digital driver license and enhanced customer service training . Like most other DMVs,
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