The Shops at Nanuet is a

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located in

Nanuet, New York Nanuet is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States. The third largest hamlet in Clarkstown, it is located north of Pearl River, south of New City, east of Spring Valley, and west o ...

. It is located at the intersection of

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and Middletown Road and is also accessible via exit 14 of the

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. Built on the site of the former Nanuet Mall, the Shops at Nanuet debuted in 2013. As of 2022, The mall currently maintains traditional tenants At Home,

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, as well as a

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. The mall currently features a handful of classic brands such as White House/Black Market,

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, and

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History

The original mall opened in 1969 with the two original anchor stores which were

Bamberger's Bamberger's was a department store chain with branches primarily in New Jersey and other locations in Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The chain was headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. History 1892–1912 Newark was known for ma ...

(later became

Macy's Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wi ...

) and

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

. In 1994, a new wing was built anchored by

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, which became

Stern's Stern's (originally Stern Brothers) was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The chain was in business for more than 130 years. In 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Departmen ...

in 1995. When the Stern's brand was phased out in 2001, (with most other stores becoming Macy's stores) the anchor space became

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in 2002, before the latter closed in May 2008 in preparation for the mall's demolition (Simon Property Group owned the Boscov's space while Macy's and Sears owned their respective real estate). The mall, which used to be

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s, had grown to and encompassed 120 stores in 1999. The mall went into decline following the opening of the nearby

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in March 1998. Nearly all of the stores except for Macy's and Sears vacated by early 2011, when Simon unveiled plans to rebuild the mall as The Shops at Nanuet, an outdoor mall featuring shops, restaurants, a fitness center, and a

movie theater, which opened on November 7, 2013. By January 2012, demolition had begun. Construction started after the demolition and the new Shops at Nanuet opened on October 10, 2013.

Sears

On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. The store closed in January 2019. Representatives from the shopping center's owner, Simon Property Group, have discussed reconstructing the store, according to Clarkstown Town Supervisor George Hoehmann. Hoehmann said he held several discussions about the Sears space with Simon representatives since June and anticipated getting more details in the next few months. Although no formal plans have been filed, Simon officials want to bring up to three undisclosed national retailers into the space formerly occupied by the defunct department store. Also, the adjacent property once occupied by the Sears Tire and Auto Center is being eyed for a hotel and additional retailers, Hoehmann said.

2018 and 2019

On November 29, 2018, it was announced that At Home furniture store would join the complex on the first floor, with additional mall space to be announced) coming on the second floor, to replace Macy's. At Home opened in February of 2021. On September 23, 2019,

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announced that they would be closing their Shops At Nanuet location. The store closed on September 25, 2019.

2020s

On November 18, 2020,

announced they would relocate from their current Nanuet location on South Middletown Road to the former

Space. The location opened on August 6, 2021. The former Sears store became a Depo House furniture store in 2022.

Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wild Wings (originally Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, hence the nickname BDubs, or BW3) is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Unit ...

replaced the former Zinburger location and opened on September 8, 2022. Also, a new Mexican restaurant known as Sombrero Tacoria replaced the former Qdoba in late 2022. A new coffee shop known as Roast'd replaced Starbucks. The Regal Cinemas location will close in January 2023 due to the company’s financial struggles.

Incidents

Nanuet Mall was the site of the

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, during which members of the

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and the

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murdered two police officers and a security guard during the robbery of an armored car.Gado, Mark
"AMBUSH: THE BRINKS ROBBERY OF 1981"
. Crime Library. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

References

External links

Shops at Nanuet Official WebsiteDead Malls Article about Nanuet Mall
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shops at Nanuet Shopping malls established in 1969 Shopping malls in New York (state) Simon Property Group Buildings and structures in Rockland County, New York Shopping malls in the New York metropolitan area Tourist attractions in Rockland County, New York 1969 establishments in New York (state)