Rockaway Townsquare Mall
| Location | Rockaway Township, NJ 07866 |
|---|---|
| Opening date | September 1977 |
| Developer | Copaken, White & Blitt |
| Management | Simon Property Group |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 150+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4: JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, & Sears |
| Total retail floor area | 1,249,000 square feet (116,000 m²) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | Parking lot |
| Public transit access |
 New Jersey Transit bus: 880 Lakeland Bus Lines: 46, 80 |
| Website | Rockaway Townsquare |
Rockaway Townsquare (commonly referred to as Rockaway Mall or Rockaway Townsquare Mall) is a two-level super regional shopping mall, located on Interstate 80 and Mount Hope Avenue in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The mall has a gross leasable area of 1,248,000 ft² (114,000 m²). Rockaway Townsquare is currently owned by the Simon Property Group. It features a gross leasable area of 1,248,000 sq ft (115,900 m2), placing it in the top ten among the largest shopping malls in New Jersey.
Rockaway Townsquare attracts customers from Morris, Sussex, & Warren counties and is under an hour away from New York City.
The mall is anchored by Macy's, Lord and Taylor, JCPenney and Sears.
The mall first opened on Labor Day Weekend of 1977. It was built on top of a wetland, which was not protected in New Jersey until 1988 with the passage of the New Jersey Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, and the former Dover city landfill. A time capsule was enclosed in the interior of the mall, marked with a plaque. The contents were unveiled on August 22, 2000.
Upon opening, the mall contained five large sculptures by Rita Blitt. Most were located on the first floor and reached up through openings to the second. A twenty-foot stainless steel and brass American flag hung from the ceiling. The silhouette of one of these sculptures, the yellow Stablitt 55, became the mall's original logo. Although the other sculptures have been removed, Stablitt 55 still stands, on the corner near the three-store strip at the entrance off the main road.
A glass elevator was added to center court, as part of a larger renovation in 1995. In 2007 and 2008, renovations were made to both its interior and exterior throughout the mall. The renovations included updated flooring (carpeted upper level, ceramic tile on central portion of lower level, carpeted lower level near department stores, as well as a marble-floored center court), a remodeled and modernized food court that includes new ceilings, a rounded appearance and banquette seating, repainted ceilings in earth tones and new lighting. The mall entrances were remodeled and gained a new logo, and the parking lot received new lighting. This is the mall's 2nd renovation, which was finished just in time for the mall's grand reopening, the weekend of November 21, 2008.
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