I love Uniclo but will that make me come to the mall? Not likely. If the mall was smart they would lower the rent in small stores, so mom and pop shops could fill in the gaps. No one really likes the Kiosk junk unless it’s Christmas and your out of time.

Bring in a kids ninja warrior, play area, rock climbing, HomeGoods, Ross, Costco, Dollar Tree and etc. Those stores are always packed, there are a ton of shop with videos online in those store and they are the only ones people are talking about at the PTA, my union, book club or online.

Also if there was a place I could also drop off my laundry and it would be done by the time I was finish shopping that would be the chefs kiss. Make the parking cheaper or free during the week day.

Otherwise malls are dead.

It's OK. Definitely feeling the competitive pressures of fancier malls and NYC being nearby. It's a working class mall with working class selections, and it's doing pretty well in that demographic.

People who want Apple Stores and other high end things are going to need to take the PATH to the city, or drive to American Dream, Garden State Plaza or Short Hills, all of which are close enough that no one would really dream of higher end aspirations for Newport.

They opened an Apple Store at American Dream, which honestly kills the prospect of an Apple Store opening anywhere closer in Hudson County. Close enough from a driving perspective that they'll figure that people in Jersey City/Hoboken are probably either going to go to American Dream or WTC. Better to just have the mini-shop in Best Buy, really.

I saw Michael Jackson’s Dad eating Popeyes in the cafeteria back in 1998. DEAD ASS SERIOUS

great memories in the mall. Hudson Catholic class of ‘04 what’s up !

Have the same energy with the phone you used to make that comment 🤓

This is just an ad

Same. Nordstrom would be really great. There's a Sephora, there's a Lush, I think there's opportunity for it.

By law the system has to be able to produce heat at a certain temperature during winter months (can't remember exactly what temperature). But I don't think the law states anything about specific rooms... your best bet is probably to just buy a small space heater for your bedroom. Then turn down the thermostat so you aren't wasting money heating the rest of your apartment. You'll probably save money

Pardon moix, but I make my own clothing from hair that I pull out of my shower drain, it's really the only way to remain ethical.

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Yes, we need Chanel.

Well, if they catch it and it survives for more than 3 days, they can certainly rule out rabies...

The high-end, “special trip” malls are doing the best. Upper income people are doing better than ever and they still want to buy luxury goods like Louis Vuitton bags in person.

It’s the lower and mid-tier malls that are struggling. The middle class is getting squeezed and people are happy to shift their spending to online shopping in search of deals.

I agree that Newport seems to be doing fairly well for itself. And I think the fact that it’s in a walkable area with good transit access is a big part of that.

But it will be interesting to see what happens if/when Newport loses its anchor tenants (Sears, JCPenny, & Macy’s). Those anchor tenants occupy huge spaces that are hard to re-lease.

Vacant anchor spaces are a huge financial drag on a mall and if that happens at Newport it will probably spur the complete redevelopment of the mall into a more modern mixed used concept.

This mall is kind of 'ghetto' -- didn't someone fire shots in the mall recently? This mall needs more security and shows why JC can't have nice things. It's a subpar mall compared to something like Jersey Gardens even and doesn't come close to the Garden State Mall or even the Staten Island Mall. Sad to say.

Newport Mall is surrounded by money. Newport itself is a wealthy area. Hamilton Park to the west. Hoboken to the north. Downtown JC to the south. The light rail makes it accessible to more working class neighborhoods. The PATH station being the intersection point between the lines to midtown and downtown manhattan makes it accessible to commuters.

Honestly I expect it to be one of the last malls to close in America. The location is too good and it will probably remain profitable for a long time.

The American Dream mall wishes it had such a juicy location. That place feels like a ghost town every time I've been there.

Not the only, but I think the next closest is in like Massachusets. I can't imagine the ones left are very long for this world.

This mall is such a land of missed opportunities.

Those are very selectively manipulated stats chosen to make apple look like a reality distortion field.

Apple has few stores relative to sales. By far the biggest disparity for any consumer manufacturer. Of course they have more sales per square foot/per retail employee/etc etc.

Which is mainly because they don’t need retail sales. They opened stores primarily for service and training (Apples big push has always been the Genius Bar and classes), but tax wise and zoning wise you’re incentivized to be retail space nearly everywhere. Teaching boomers how to switch to a Mac literally made them billions.

Yes, shitty malls all over the nation are closing down. High end malls are doing just fine.

>I (quite obviously) compared Newport to the malls that are failing nationwide.

Well, not so obviously... you literally wrote "I wonder if that will help them overcome the problems higher-end malls that require a “special trip” suffer from" - higher end malls are not shutting down. if you read past the click-bait headlines you would actually understand that the contraction in malls is happening to low- and mid-tier malls. What the industry calls/terms C and D malls, and to some extent also B-rated malls. A and A+ malls are doing fine and actually seeing growth and expansion. You are simply wrong, but sure... you were obviously comparing Newport to failing malls and not the higher-end ones that require a special trip and which are actually not failing.

> catch it and test it.

That means kill it.

There is no testing that can diagnose rabies in a living animal.

I've been saying this for years. The mall was installed back in the day when Hamilton park wasnt so nice and they wanted to segregate it from the waterfront. Now its the opposite. The mall and the office buildings in front of it absolutely are a barrier to the waterfront and public transportation from all points west in JC. We need to open that open. Sure you can "walk" through the mall to get to the other side but its a sickening maze. Try explaining it to someone whos never traversed it. Besides the stink super oily popcorn and Cinnabon is vile.

I never claimed that they are a high end brand. They are a company that produces mass market products at a markup to reflect design and a certain image. But, they certainly cater to a demographic representative of high end brands. A full one third of Apple customers are from households earning 100K or above, which is well above the national average. On average, an Apple Store averages between 6 and 7 thousand per square foot. The second highest revenue per square foot retailer is Tiffany, at half the amount of Apple.

Seems you’re a newer r/jerseycity user too cause all this sub does is complain about everything

Raccoon update: Animal Control has not caught the raccoon yet. They also said this is their baby season so there’s lots of protective raccoon mamas out there which might explain the dog attacks. They have no way of knowing if a raccoon has rabies unless they catch it and test it.

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curious if you both turning around and filming them with your cameras woulda done anything... (this is a question, not necessarily a suggestion)