 The Fashion Center sign, still used to this day | |
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| Location | Paramus, New Jersey, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°58′01″N 74°04′31″W / 40.9670°N 74.0754°W |
| Opening date | February 15, 1967 |
| Developer | Associated Dry Goods[1] |
| Owner | Willner Realty and Development Co. |
| No. of stores and services | 11 (as of 2013) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 9 (5 open, 4 vacant)[2] |
| Total retail floor area | 446,000 sq ft (41,400 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (3 in anchors) |
| Public transit access |   NJ Transit bus: 722, 752 |
| Website | fashioncenterparamusnj |
The Fashion Center is a shopping center located in Paramus, New Jersey. It opened in 1967 as a traditional indoor shopping mall. The mall slowly underwent a "de-malling" process over a period of several years prior to 2009, which resulted in the former interior portion of the mall gradually taken over by other stores and eventually sealed off, with each store inside the center having its own outside entrances.
The center is currently anchored by Best Buy, Amazon Fresh, T.J. Maxx, and Buy Buy Baby. A Barnes & Noble bookstore operates in a building adjacent to the former mall, and several other businesses occupy smaller spaces.
The property is owned by Willner Realty of Pennsylvania. It has a gross leasable area of 446,000 sq ft (41,400 m2)[3] and is considered small by modern standards, with less than 15 stores at its peak.
Due to highly restrictive blue laws in Bergen County, with even stricter limitations in Paramus, the Fashion Center is closed on Sundays, except for Applebee's and the Amazon Fresh market.
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- ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: Fashion Center Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 21, 2006