Rockland County, New York's super mall took 16 years to get from conception to customer service.
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In March 1998 site plan, the 450 million dollar PALISADES CENTER covers approximately 1.8 million leasable square feet and contains 170 stores. There are five levels and parking provisions for 9,000 autos. The power mall features six major anchors, nine junior anchors, two cinema complexes, an indoor ice rink, bowling alley and supersized Food Court.
A snapshot showing the mall's original "industrial" decor. Pipes, conduits and ducts were left exposed and floors consist of barren polished concrete. This was a marked departure from the lavish, tony-tenanted mall originally proposed by developers.
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The Third Floor Food Court, with its 1907-vintage Philadelphia Tobbogan Company carousel in the background. It was replaced -with a two-tier Italian-made model- in the Fall of 2009.
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Viewing a circa-2012 layout, we find that only a few major changes have been made since 1998. Filene's was renamed during Macy's 2006 rebranding blitz and the 21-plex came under the direction of the AMC chain, also in 2006. At the time of this plan, Dick's Sporting Goods has just set up shop, becoming one of the mall's 210 stores and services.
PALISADES CENTER, circa-2023. There are 218 stores, services and entertainment venues under the enormous roof of the complex. At the time of this plan, Pyramid Development was indicating that two vacant anchor stores (previously Penneys and Lord & Taylor) could be repurposed as residential and-or office facilities.
PALISADES CENTER TENANTS 2023:
AMC PALISADES CENTER 21 / B.J.'s WHOLESALE CLUB (with B.J.'s Tire Center and Optical Center) / BARNES & NOBLE (with Barnes & Noble Cafe) / DICK'S SPORTING GOODS / DICK'S WAREHOUSE SALE STORE / DAVE & BUSTER'S GRAND SPORTS CAFE / HOME DEPOT / MACY'S (with Macy's Backstage and Sunglass Hut stores) / OLD NAVY / TARGET (with CVS Drug, Pizza Hut Express and Optical Center) / 360 Studio By MadEvents / 5 Wits Interactive Family Entertainment Center / 7-Eleven convenience store / 99 Cent Store / AAO–Against All Odds / Abercrombie & Fitch apparel / Abercrombie Kids / Accessories By Momo / Accessory Outlet / Active Physical Therapy & Wellness Center / Adidas / Adventure Awaits video games / Aerie / Aeropostale / Affinity Health Plan / Aim Point virtual shooting range / Aldo Shoes / Alter Native / American Eagle Outfitters / Arcade Game Room / Ardene / Arts Council Of Rockland / As Seen On TV / A T & T store / ATM (kiosk) / Auntie Anne’s Pretzels / Autobahn Axe Throwing / Autobahn Indoor Speedway / Backstage Rock N Roll Boutique / Banter By Piercing Pagoda (kiosk) / Bath & Body Works cosmetics / Beauty Club Salon / Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream / Billy Beez, The Kids Choice / Blu Alehouse / Boost Mobile / BoxLunch / Bridges (with Independence Cafe) / Bronte men's wear / C & C Market Research / Cali Customs apparel 1 / Cali Customs apparel 2 / Caribbean Cuisine / Carter’s / Champs Sports / Charlotte Russe ladies' wear / Chili's Grill & Bar / Chipotle Mexican Grill / Cinnabon (kiosk) / Claire's Boutique / Climb Zone indoor climbing experience / Cohen's Fashion Optical / Color Me Mine ceramics studio / Crocs shoes / Custom World / DribbleUp sports & fitness equipment / DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) / Dunkin' Donuts (kiosk) / EcoATM electronics recycle center / Exo Drome virtual reality simulator / Exotic Clouds Smoke Shop / Express ladies' wear / Famous Footwear / Feel So Good Spa / Finish Line / Five Below / Five Stars appliance & mattress / Food Festival Ferris Wheel / Foot Locker / Forever 21 young ladies' wear / Game Show Room / GameStop / Gap Kids / Garage / Glamour Culture / Glamorous / Glitter & Glam / Global Times / Glowing Candle / Golden Growers / Gold Mine Jewelers (kiosk) / Golfzon Social restaurant / Gong Cha tea / Good Game Lounge / Great American Cookies / Gusset / H & H Watches / H & M apparel / Haagen Dazs ice cream / Headquarters / Hollister Company / Home Design / Hot Topic / House of Hoops / Hudson Valley Hockey Company consignment store / Hype Room shoes / Ily ladies' wear / Independence Cafe / It'Sugar / Jello World / Jess Puddin' desserts (kiosk) / Johnny Rockets restaurant / Joseph Jacob Jewelers / Journeys Shoes / Kay Jewelers / Kids Foot Locker / Kids For Less / Kong Dog corn dogs / Kosher Korner / Kung Fu Tea (kiosk) / LA 7 / Leggings New York / Lego store / LensCrafters / Levity Live comedy club / Lids hats / Little Buddha Asian Bistro / Lovisa / Lollipop Toy Shop / Lucky Strike Lanes (with bar & grill) / Meera Fashions / Metro By T-Mobile / Mike’s Burgers / Mindful Boutique & Gallery / Minoso variety store / Mirror Maze / Mobile Couture (kiosk) / Mystery Room / Nail Pro & Spa / Newbury Comics / NewYorker apparel / Nomad Kali & Combat Fitness / Offline by Aerie / OMG Entertainment / Opinions, Limited / Pac Sun / Palisades Center Community Rooms / Palisades Center Ice Rink / Palisades Climb Adventure / Palisades Mall Dental / Palm Trees ice cream parlor / Pandora / Papaya / Pepper Palace / Perfect 10 ladies' wear / Perfume Romance / Perfuroma / Phone Fix 1 / Phone Fix 2 (kiosk) / Picanha Brazilian Steakhouse / Posh Accessories / Power Sport Wheels / Red Crab Juicy Seafood / Reis & Irvy's / Rieval apparel / Salon A To Z / Scrubs Nyack / Sephora cosmetics / Shah's Halal Food / Showcase / Sky Tykes / SlimeWorld craft studio / Social Apparel / Sonrisa Salon / Southwest Expressions / Spa 505 / Space Adventure Glow In The Dark Mini-Golf / Speed Wireless (kiosk) / Spencer Gifts / Spin Zone bumper cars / Stat Health / Swarovski / T-Mobile 1 / T-Mobile 2 / TGI Friday's restaurant / The Cheesecake Factory / The Children's Place / The Gap apparel / The Sports Fan / Threading Place salon / Time 2 Clothes / TimeMission experience / Torrid apparel / Track23 apparel / US Postal Service / UPS Drop Box (kiosk) / Vans skating accessories / Via Roma men's wear / Vibe Candle / Victoria's Secret lingerie / Visitorfun.com Exploreboards (kiosk) / Wells Fargo Bank ATM (kiosk) / Wetzel's Pretzels (kiosk) / Windsor ladies' wear & accessories / Yard House restaurant / Zachary Adam Jewelers / Zales Jewelers / Zara apparel / Zumiez apparel
FOOD COURT:
Burger King / Charley's Grilled Subs / KFC / Little Tokyo / Master Wok / Mini-melts ice cream / Mr. Smoothie / Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs / Oyishi Japan / Palisades News / Popeyes Fried Chicken / Saladworks / Sbarro The Italian Eatery / Subway / Taco Bell / Wendy's
The mall's "Food Festival Ferris Wheel," which stands at the south end of the Food Court.
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We wrap up this article with an aerial view of PALISADES CENTER. Measured by gross leasable area, the mall encompasses 2,217,300 square feet. Amazingly enough, with this much retail area, it is still not the largest shopping mall in the Empire State. Long Island's ROOSEVELT FIELD and Syracuse's DESTINY USA are even larger!
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PALISADES CENTER
Routes 59 and 303
Rockland County (Town of Clarkstown), New York
Plans for a lower Hudson Valley shopping mall were first envisaged in 1982. 3 years later, Syracuse's Pyramid Companies announced plans for an upscale shopping center which was to comprise 875,000 leasable square feet.
This complex would be developed on a 130-acre plot, located 23 miles north of New York City's Times Square, in Rockland County. The parcel was situated in West Nyack, an unincorporated section of Town of Clarkstown. The site was a wetland area with a printing plant, bowling alley, diner, cemetery, several car dealerships and two landfills.
Getting approval to build PALISADES CENTER was a difficult and time-consuming process. An initial plan, sanctioned by the local government in 1990, was met with a tidal wave of community opposition. Several years of litigation followed.
All legal challenges had been overcome by 1995. By this time, the size of the prospective shopping center had grown to 1.8 million leasable square feet. Moreover, the original plan for an upscale retail venue had evolved into one for a more middle-market "power mall." This would house traditional department stores and several big box tenants. It would be an East Coast version of Minnesota's MALL OF AMERICA and feature an indoor roller coaster, similar to one at Canada's WEST EDMONTON MALL.
PALISADES CENTER was designed by Dal Pos Associates, of Syracuse. The complex would encompass 5 floors, with the first housing a subterranean parking deck. Anchoring the mall would be a 3-level (204,000 square foot) Boston-based Filene's, 3-level (156,000 square foot) J.C. Penney and 2-level (120,000 square foot) Lord & Taylor.
A vertically-stacked structure on the west end of the complex would house three stores. On the first floor would be a 1-level (140,000 square foot) B.J.'s Wholesale Club. The second and third floors would contain a 1-level (135,000 square foot) Home Depot. A 1-level (134,000 square foot) Target would fill the fourth floor. This would be the only west end anchor store with a connection into the shopping concourse.
Junior anchor spaces on various floors would accommodate Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, Sports Authority, Barnes & Noble, CompUSA, Staples, Jo-Ann Fabrics, a J.C. Penney Home Store and Dave & Buster's.
The third floor would feature a 12-bay Food Court. It would include a ferris wheel and 1907-vintage carousel. Charter Food Court vendors included Cajun Cafe, Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs, Little Tokyo, Panda Express, Sbarro The Italian Eatery and Burger King.
On the mall's fourth floor would be the Loews Palisades Center 21 megaplex, IMAX Theatre Palisades Center, The Rink At Palisades Center (an indoor ice skating venue) and a Lucky Strike Lanes bowling alley. The movie megaplex and IMAX showed first features on April 3, 1998.
TheEATery adjoined the two cinematic venues on the fourth floor and featured nine casual dining restaurants. These included Chili's Grill & Bar, T.G.I. Fridays, Legal Seafood, Romano's Macaroni Grill and Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen.
A mall-wide preview took place on March 4, 1998, when tenants such as J.C. Penney and the J.C. Penney Home Store threw open their doors. An official grand opening was held on April 15, 1998. Target welcomed first shoppers on July 26th.
Charter inline stores included The Great Train Store, Rainforest Cafe, Catskill Corners Store, Laura's Hallmark, Ann Taylor, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, 9 West, J. Crew, The Disney Store and Restoration Hardware. The original plan for an inside roller coaster had been abandoned.
PALISADES CENTER had but one retail rival in its immediate vicinity, NANUET MALL (1969) {2.7 miles southwest, in Rockland County}. This center began a downward spiral soon after the completion of "Palisades Mall."
Other shopping facilities in the PALISADES CENTER trade area included CROSS COUNTY CENTER (1954) {12.7 miles southeast, in Yonkers}, PARAMUS PARK (1974) {11.2 miles southwest, in Paramus, New Jersey}, WESTFIELD SHOPPINGTOWN GARDEN STATE PLAZA (1957) {13.6 miles southwest, also in Paramus, New Jersey} and BERGEN MALL (1957) {13.5 miles southwest, in Paramus and Maywood, New Jersey}.
Although PALISADES CENTER comprised nearly as much physical space as Minnesota's MALL OF AMERICA, the area it was permitted to lease was restricted by local statute. This required the passage of a voter referendum before any unused sections could be utilized. Such a referendum failed in November 2002.
A few nameplate conversions have taken place. The Loews Palisades Center 21 was rebranded, as the AMC-Loews Palisades Center 21, in January 2006. Filene's became a Macy's on September 9 of the same year.
TheEATery adjoined the two cinematic venues on the fourth floor and featured nine casual dining restaurants. These included Chili's Grill & Bar, T.G.I. Fridays, Legal Seafood, Romano's Macaroni Grill and Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen.
A mall-wide preview took place on March 4, 1998, when tenants such as J.C. Penney and the J.C. Penney Home Store threw open their doors. An official grand opening was held on April 15, 1998. Target welcomed first shoppers on July 26th.
Charter inline stores included The Great Train Store, Rainforest Cafe, Catskill Corners Store, Laura's Hallmark, Ann Taylor, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, 9 West, J. Crew, The Disney Store and Restoration Hardware. The original plan for an inside roller coaster had been abandoned.
PALISADES CENTER had but one retail rival in its immediate vicinity, NANUET MALL (1969) {2.7 miles southwest, in Rockland County}. This center began a downward spiral soon after the completion of "Palisades Mall."
Other shopping facilities in the PALISADES CENTER trade area included CROSS COUNTY CENTER (1954) {12.7 miles southeast, in Yonkers}, PARAMUS PARK (1974) {11.2 miles southwest, in Paramus, New Jersey}, WESTFIELD SHOPPINGTOWN GARDEN STATE PLAZA (1957) {13.6 miles southwest, also in Paramus, New Jersey} and BERGEN MALL (1957) {13.5 miles southwest, in Paramus and Maywood, New Jersey}.
Although PALISADES CENTER comprised nearly as much physical space as Minnesota's MALL OF AMERICA, the area it was permitted to lease was restricted by local statute. This required the passage of a voter referendum before any unused sections could be utilized. Such a referendum failed in November 2002.
A few nameplate conversions have taken place. The Loews Palisades Center 21 was rebranded, as the AMC-Loews Palisades Center 21, in January 2006. Filene's became a Macy's on September 9 of the same year.
Krazy City, an indoor theme park, was installed on the mall's third floor. The family fun center was in operation between May 2007 and August 2010. Following its closing, the space became part of a 2-level Dick's Sporting Goods. This store opened for business on September 19, 2012.
PALISADES CENTER was given an interior face lift between May and December 2013. Surfaces were painted, with new ceiling treatments and soft seating areas installed. ThEATery was given new tile flooring and lighting fixtures. Center Court was also refurbished.
In 2015, the main (21-screen) cinema complex was renovated. A separate IMAX auditorium relocated into the 21-plex, with the combined venue being renamed the AMC Palisades 21 & IMAX. The Sports Authority chain went bust in August 2016. Its space at PALISADES CENTER was taken by the Autobahn Indoor Speedway, which opened for business on March 4, 2019.
PALISADES CENTER was given an interior face lift between May and December 2013. Surfaces were painted, with new ceiling treatments and soft seating areas installed. ThEATery was given new tile flooring and lighting fixtures. Center Court was also refurbished.
In 2015, the main (21-screen) cinema complex was renovated. A separate IMAX auditorium relocated into the 21-plex, with the combined venue being renamed the AMC Palisades 21 & IMAX. The Sports Authority chain went bust in August 2016. Its space at PALISADES CENTER was taken by the Autobahn Indoor Speedway, which opened for business on March 4, 2019.
An anchor exodus commenced with the shuttering of J.C. Penney, on July 31, 2017. Lord & Taylor went dark on January 29, 2020, with Bath & Beyond throwing in the proverbial towel in June of the same year. In October 2020, a voter referendum approved the leasing of 200,000 square feet of existing store space on the fourth floor. An earlier referendum had failed in 2002.
In the mid-2020s, PALISADES CENTER encompassed approximately 2,212,300 leasable square feet and housed 218 stores, restaurants and entertainment venues. Two original ThEATery restaurants were still in business; T.G.I. Fridays and Chilli's Grill & Bar. Newer ThEATery tenants included Brothers Barbeque, Mike's Burgers, Carlito's Tequileria, Red Crab Juicey Seafood, Sing Choi Kee Authentic Asian Cuisine and Kong Dog.
The third floor Food Court now featured Wendy's, Bel Fries, Charley's Grilled Subs, KFC and Saladworks, as well as three original vendors; Burger King, Little Tokyo and Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs.
Sources:
The New York Times
The Rockland Journal News (White Plains, New York)
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