If they add bus routes to and from the mall and import teens from the hoods - why, I predict it will be a great success.
Like all the other malls that did this.
They’ll come, to see it one time. Then it’s back to online shopping.
Hard to even find a mall still open around here.
Man, whoever thought about this loves to piss away their money.
Pay to park at a mall? Great idea.
I make it a point to avoid Malls at all costs. IF my wife tries really hard, she might get me into one once a year. Maybe.
Another gun-free shooting zone. Watch the attacks happen.
About the only time I go to a mall is at Christmas time to get a couple of gifts for my wife, or to go to the Apple Genius store if something is wrong with an Apple product. Because I am taller than the sizes offered in regular stores, I have always mail-ordered clothes from catalogs, so it was easy for me to get into online ordering. If I do go to stores, they are usually in shopping centers rather than full-blown malls.
Ghermezians build massive U.S. destination mall, despite rising e-commerce
Interesting.
I don’t know how this will work out. I think it will draw very large crowds for a long time. Whether that translates into success for the mall vendors remains to be seen. Other malls in NJ seem to be doing well in terms of patrons. Bridgewater Commons, Short Hills and Menlo Park were all packed the last time I had to go to them.
As for this becoming a hang out for gangsters and lowlifes, I doubt it. The location is really only accessible by car and it is not that close to bad areas. The troublemakers seem to like Jersey Gardens which is right next to Newark/Elizabeth. I am sure this place will have pretty robust security. It also benefits a bit from having some high end stores nearby like the Gucci Outlet in Secaucus, about 1/2 mile away.
Wow. Will they charge to use the restrooms as well?
“$24 to park for eight hours”
yeah, that should pack ‘em in ...
Another open air feral mob pit.
$24 for 8hr of parking, but buses will go to the ghettos far and wide to make sure the Mall has plenty of diversity for you to enjoy.
Every time a retail store closes, a distribution center gets its wings.
My company builds the trucks that move products from First Mile to Final Mile (delivery to your door)
(....but will shoppers come?)
Just don’t put a bus stop in front of it..
Yeah, because “Brick and Mortar” is the coming thing, haven’t you heard? Absolutely insane!
The mall nearest me - Northgate Mall in north Seattle - is in a state of chaos. Three major stores - J.C Penney, Nordstrom’s, and Macy’s - have closed within the last six months. A California Pizza Kitchen closed, a RAM sports bar, a Panera restaurant, one other restaurant, and numerous other shops. It’s part of a renovation tied to the building of a light-rail system. The mall will probably survive, but in radically-altered form.
The Meadowlands? Man, that’s my old stomping grounds. Me and my pals used to go out along the Boonton Line RR of the old Eire Lackawana RR hunting muskrats with a.22 or a pellet gun and Cherry Bombs. Big suckers out there. And rats. Big ones. Of course that was a long time ago. Fifty years almost. It’s not like that anymore.
According to the article this mall will charge customers to park - up to $24 for eight hours. They are out of their f’ing minds.
If anyone is interested in buying a lightly used indoor ski slope cheap check back in a month or two.