Christiana Mall
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Christiana Mall is a super-regional mid-range/upscale shopping mall near Newark, Delaware
, United States. The mall is near an exit off Interstate 95
close to the center of the BosWash
megalopolis
. The mall's anchor store
s are Macy's
, JCPenney, Target
and Nordstrom
. The mall contains more than 130 shops, and is managed by General Growth Properties
. It has 1080000 square feet (100,335.3 m²) of gross leasable area, making it the largest shopping mall in Delaware
. Because Delaware does not have a sales tax, the mall is a popular destination for shoppers from neighboring states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia looking to save money. It has one level of shopping space containing many high-end stores.
purchased the former Lord & Taylor
, planning a new concept known as "The Epicenter Collection", an Internet catalog showroom. Those plans were abandoned by December 2008, when the empty anchor was sold to Target Corporation
, the building was demolished in March 2010 and Target opened October 10, 2010 http://www.ggp.com/content/docs/GGProfilesRetailerNewsletter.pdf. A new food court opened in Spring 2009 in space previously occupied by a movie theater. The original food court was converted to retail space. The 214000 square feet (19,881.3 m²) Strawbridge's
store was demolished and replaced with additional mall space and a new two-level, 140000 square feet (13,006.4 m²) Nordstrom
which opened on April 8, 2011.
New retailers that have recently opened at Christiana Mall are Barnes & Noble
, Tilly's, Oakley
, XXI Forever, H&M
, Anthropologie
, Urban Outfitters
, and Coldwater Creek
, Lego
, White House Black Market
, P.S. from Aéropostale
.
The Cheesecake Factory
opened March 2010. California Pizza Kitchen
, & JB Dawson's recently opened while Brio Tuscan Grille, will open in November 2010. An outdoor "avenue style
" facing retail space is being added to two sides of the center, and the interior has been refreshed with new flooring and lighting. The project expects to move, update, or replace up to 100 of the center's stores. http://www.ggp.com/content/docs/GGProfilesRetailerNewsletter.pdf. The redevelopment plans were designed by architecture firm RTKL Associates Inc.
The mall has also introduced a Parental Guidance Required Program (PGR) which requires individuals under the age of 18 to be accompanied by a supervising aged adult 21 or older after 5pm. This program, began during the summer of 2008 and in effect on Friday and Saturday nights, has largely eliminated youth related problems at the mall. During the program's tenure mall revenue has increased while instances of criminal activity have fallen dramatically. http://www.shopchristianamall.com/Mallcoupons/christiana_pgr08.pdf
Newark, Delaware
Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...
, United States. The mall is near an exit off Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Delaware
In Delaware, Interstate 95 runs diagonally from the border with Maryland northeast to the border with Pennsylvania. Between the Maryland state line and exit 5, I-95 is also designated as the Delaware Turnpike and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. Along with its auxiliaries, I-95 is the only...
close to the center of the BosWash
BosWash
BosWash is a name coined by futurist Herman Kahn in a 1967 essay describing a theoretical United States megalopolis extending from the metropolitan area of Boston to that of Washington, D.C. The publication coined terms like BosWash, referring to predicted accretions of the Northeast, and SanSan...
megalopolis
Megalopolis (city type)
A megalopolis is typically defined as a chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas. The term was used by Oswald Spengler in his 1918 book, The Decline of the West, and Lewis Mumford in his 1938 book, The Culture of Cities, which described it as the first stage in urban overdevelopment and...
. The mall's anchor store
Anchor store
In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
s are Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
, JCPenney, Target
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
and Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
. The mall contains more than 130 shops, and is managed by General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties
General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States. It is based in Chicago, Illinois at 110 North Wacker Drive, a historic building designed by architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White...
. It has 1080000 square feet (100,335.3 m²) of gross leasable area, making it the largest shopping mall in Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. Because Delaware does not have a sales tax, the mall is a popular destination for shoppers from neighboring states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia looking to save money. It has one level of shopping space containing many high-end stores.
Anchors
- Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
(2 floors) - JCPenney (2 floors)
- NordstromNordstromNordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
(2 floors) - TargetTarget CorporationTarget Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
Redevelopment
General Growth PropertiesGeneral Growth Properties
General Growth Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States. It is based in Chicago, Illinois at 110 North Wacker Drive, a historic building designed by architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White...
purchased the former Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor, colloquially known as L&T, or LT, based in New York City, is the oldest upscale, specialty-retail department store chain in the United States. Concentrated in the eastern U.S., the retailer operated independently for nearly a century prior to joining American Dry Goods...
, planning a new concept known as "The Epicenter Collection", an Internet catalog showroom. Those plans were abandoned by December 2008, when the empty anchor was sold to Target Corporation
Target Corporation
Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
, the building was demolished in March 2010 and Target opened October 10, 2010 http://www.ggp.com/content/docs/GGProfilesRetailerNewsletter.pdf. A new food court opened in Spring 2009 in space previously occupied by a movie theater. The original food court was converted to retail space. The 214000 square feet (19,881.3 m²) Strawbridge's
Strawbridge's
Strawbridge's was a department store in the northeastern United States with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In its day a gracious urban emporium, the downtown Philadelphia flagship store added branch stores starting in the 1930s and together they enjoyed annual sales of over a...
store was demolished and replaced with additional mall space and a new two-level, 140000 square feet (13,006.4 m²) Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
which opened on April 8, 2011.
New retailers that have recently opened at Christiana Mall are Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...
, Tilly's, Oakley
Oakley, Inc.
Oakley, Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, California, makes sport equipment including sunglasses, sports visors, and ski goggles, as well as watches, clothing, bags, backpacks, shoes, prescription glasses, football and hockey eyewear, Golf gear and other accessories...
, XXI Forever, H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
, Anthropologie
Anthropologie
Anthropologie is a chain of retail stores that sells women's apparel and accessories, home furnishings, imitation found objects and an array of gifts and decorative items.Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company is owned by Urban Outfitters, Inc...
, Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that owns and operates five retail brands: Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, and BHLDN....
, and Coldwater Creek
Coldwater Creek
Coldwater Creek is a women's apparel and accessories retailer based in Sandpoint, Idaho, United States. The company was founded in 1984 by Dennis and Ann Pence. Coldwater Creek sells its products in stores, through catalogs and online. The online outlet carries apparel that was featured during...
, Lego
Lego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
, White House Black Market
White House Black Market
White House | Black Market is an American fashion store targeting women 25 years of age and older. White House | Black Market is known for its sleek lines, and its focus on white, black, and other variants of the two colors...
, P.S. from Aéropostale
Aéropostale (clothing)
Aéropostale, Inc. is a mall-based, specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally targeting 14-to-17-year-old young women and men through its Aéropostale stores and 7-to-12-year-old kids through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores...
.
The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. is a restaurant company in the United States. The company operates 165 upscale, casual, full-service dining restaurants: 151 under The Cheesecake Factory mark, 13 under the Grand Lux Cafe mark and one under the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen mark...
opened March 2010. California Pizza Kitchen
California Pizza Kitchen
California Pizza Kitchen , known within the food industry as CPK, is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza...
, & JB Dawson's recently opened while Brio Tuscan Grille, will open in November 2010. An outdoor "avenue style
Lifestyle center (retail)
A lifestyle center is a shopping center or mixed-used commercial development that combines the traditional retail functions of a shopping mall with leisure amenities oriented towards upscale consumers...
" facing retail space is being added to two sides of the center, and the interior has been refreshed with new flooring and lighting. The project expects to move, update, or replace up to 100 of the center's stores. http://www.ggp.com/content/docs/GGProfilesRetailerNewsletter.pdf. The redevelopment plans were designed by architecture firm RTKL Associates Inc.
The mall has also introduced a Parental Guidance Required Program (PGR) which requires individuals under the age of 18 to be accompanied by a supervising aged adult 21 or older after 5pm. This program, began during the summer of 2008 and in effect on Friday and Saturday nights, has largely eliminated youth related problems at the mall. During the program's tenure mall revenue has increased while instances of criminal activity have fallen dramatically. http://www.shopchristianamall.com/Mallcoupons/christiana_pgr08.pdf
Former anchors
- Strawbridge'sStrawbridge'sStrawbridge's was a department store in the northeastern United States with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In its day a gracious urban emporium, the downtown Philadelphia flagship store added branch stores starting in the 1930s and together they enjoyed annual sales of over a...
(opened in 1978, closed in 2006; demolished for additional mall space and for NordstromNordstromNordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
) - Lord & TaylorLord & TaylorLord & Taylor, colloquially known as L&T, or LT, based in New York City, is the oldest upscale, specialty-retail department store chain in the United States. Concentrated in the eastern U.S., the retailer operated independently for nearly a century prior to joining American Dry Goods...
(opened in 1997, closed in 2006; demolished March 2010 for TargetTarget CorporationTarget Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
) - Hecht'sHecht'sHecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores located mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States....
(closed 1997, became Lord & TaylorLord & TaylorLord & Taylor, colloquially known as L&T, or LT, based in New York City, is the oldest upscale, specialty-retail department store chain in the United States. Concentrated in the eastern U.S., the retailer operated independently for nearly a century prior to joining American Dry Goods...
) - Wanamaker'sWanamaker'sWanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States. At its zenith in the early 20th century, there were two major Wanamaker department stores, one in Philadelphia and one in New York City at Broadway...
(closed 1995, site sold to Hecht'sHecht'sHecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores located mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States....
) - Bamberger'sBamberger'sBamberger's was a department store chain with locations primarily in New Jersey, but also Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The chain was headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.-History:Founded in 1893 by Louis Bamberger as L...
(closed 1986, converted to Macy'sMacy'sMacy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
)