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Apple Store Opening at Massive American Dream Mall Outside New York City
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There's a lot - and I mean a LOT - of money in NJ.
Geeze I found nine in PA and THREE are in Pittsburgh
Ummm...let me think about this.... Um, maybe because Apple does well with sales in NJ and nows the financials much better than you.
One for each person that wanted to live in New Jersey.
NJ is the most densely populated state. It sometimes get a bad rep, but it's a good location that has NYC very close, suburbs, cities, and beaches. Plus lots of malls. Paramus is arguably one of the top retail zips in the country.
this couldn't be late Nov 2022. Everyone is 100% maskedMost of the time Apple really selects a good mall location if they can, the very large Apple Valley Fair San Jose store is a good example, has two entrances one to the outside, and one inside allowing Mall foot traffic.
Couple of good images to show its size. This store is the one where most stuff gets delivered as well as main store for Apple Guru support. The bottom image is showing the store looking further into it, it's that large.
There should be a Netflix doc on the story of building this mall. I’m coinvinced it was a giant money laundering scheme for the NJ mob.
Anyone else surprised to see such a massive mall opening when malls have been failing all over the country? What sort of magic sauce does this place have to expect to survive?
NJ malls have been doing very well. There's several large malls in Northern NJ that all have their customer base and seem to do well: Garden State Plaza, Short Hills, Riverside Square, Bergen Town Center and American Dream.
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Went there once couple months ago. A lot of nothing and had to pay $5 to park
Correct this was from when the opening of Apple Store in Valley Fair Oct 2020.
They won’t survive. They have already defaulted on debt. Everything there is wildly overpriced because the stores are desperate to recoup their losses. This mall was always a bad idea, willed into being likely because there are some shady dealings behind it. Research Xanadu mall. Apple should have stayed away from it; I’m guessing they got a great deal on the space.
And for the person who posted about Paramus malls, if you think they aren’t struggling, you’re nuts. All malls are struggling now, Paramus or not. Although I will concede that Garden State Plaza, specifically, is one of the more likely to survive.
Short Hills Mall - very high end, no food court, no movie theater, not appealing to kids/teens at all.
It is one of the most densely populated states and its residents have the highest household income in the US (last I saw). In short, the perfect customer base for a high end product company like Apple.
Do you know what its square footage is? I think their largest US store is Apple Boyston St. in Boston (21,350 sq. ft).Most of the time Apple really selects a good mall location if they can, the very large Apple Valley Fair San Jose store is a good example, has two entrances one to the outside, and one inside allowing Mall foot traffic.
Couple of good images to show its size. This store is the one where most stuff gets delivered as well as main store for Apple Guru support. The bottom image is showing the store looking further into it, it's that large.
I live in NYC my whole life and even I find it odd the phrasing of this article. 10 miles outside of midtown Manhattan in New Jersey. Just say it’s in East Rutherford, NJ. No one in Manhattan will travel to NJ for the Apple Store since there are like 4 in Manhattan alone and many people in Manhattan don’t drive.
OR for now on, any new Apple Store opening announcement article should include how far they are from Manhattan.
Having said all that (just poking fun) I think I have been to this mall a few times
it’s very nice.
OR for now on, any new Apple Store opening announcement article should include how far they are from Manhattan.
Having said all that (just poking fun) I think I have been to this mall a few times
it’s very nice.There’s a couple of short documentaries about this mall and its rough start. A majorly ambitious project that has never reached its potential, and still may never, even if it manages to exist. It’s still not thriving and it’s hard to envision it doing so as it ages and requires more repairs and upkeep.
TBH, I wouldn't mind checking out the food court. And I do enjoy walking into Apple Stores (even though I've never purchased anything from them).
Cherry Hill Mall down here in South Jersey has been around since 1962 and has always done well. Big new Apple Store with inside and outside entrances. Old location inside was always packed every time I went.
I miss going to the mall with my friends, sifting through endless CD's at FYE, checking out the goofy gifts at Spencer's, and daring each other to chat up the cute girls by the fountain. So much fun. Waiting for the real Time Machine by Apple.
Apple today announced it is opening a new retail store at the massive American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, December 3, at 11 a.m. local time. The store is located around 10 miles outside Midtown Manhattan by car.
American Dream is the second-largest shopping mall in the U.S. behind the Mall of America in Minnesota. Opened in 2019, the three-million-square-foot shopping destination has several indoor attractions, including the Nickelodeon Universe amusement park, DreamWorks Water Park, a year-round indoor skiing and snowboarding resort, an NHL-sized ice skating rink, a burger restaurant owned by YouTube star MrBeast, and more.
The store features Apple's latest retail design, including a dedicated pickup area for orders placed on Apple's online store. Like other locations, the store will offer free Today at Apple creative sessions and Genius Bar appointments for hardware support.
Apple's grand opening date at American Dream was first spotted by Michael Steeber, who recently released an iPhone app tracking all of the company's retail locations.
Apple operates over 520 retail stores worldwide, including 11 other locations in New Jersey.
Article Link: Apple Store Opening at Massive American Dream Mall Outside New York Cit
FYI: East Rutherford NJ is ’outside’ of NYC as Baltimore is outside of Washington DC…
Apple today announced it is opening a new retail store at the massive American Dream shopping mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, December 3, at 11 a.m. local time. The store is located around 10 miles outside Midtown Manhattan by car.
American Dream is the second-largest shopping mall in the U.S. behind the Mall of America in Minnesota. Opened in 2019, the three-million-square-foot shopping destination has several indoor attractions, including the Nickelodeon Universe amusement park, DreamWorks Water Park, a year-round indoor skiing and snowboarding resort, an NHL-sized ice skating rink, a burger restaurant owned by YouTube star MrBeast, and more.
The store features Apple's latest retail design, including a dedicated pickup area for orders placed on Apple's online store. Like other locations, the store will offer free Today at Apple creative sessions and Genius Bar appointments for hardware support.
Apple's grand opening date at American Dream was first spotted by Michael Steeber, who recently released an iPhone app tracking all of the company's retail locations.
Apple operates over 520 retail stores worldwide, including 11 other locations in New Jersey.
Article Link: Apple Store Opening at Massive American Dream Mall Outside New York City