Post by admin on Nov 20, 2007 14:30:47 GMT -5
This does not belong on our Main Street thread and is not directly related to the Borough, but I felt it well worth mentioning.
Today I went to the mall for the first time since the new stores opened. It is beautiful! I was skeptical of the upgrades and decor changes, but they did a nice job.
Inside the mall the floors are redone and look good. What I really liked was all of the sitting areas. Instead of hard cold benches, there are lounge areas set up everywhere with very comfortable cushioned seating. There are a few new stores this year, but that is nothing new.
Outside, the new stores are doing well from what I could see. The Cheese Cake Factory is open. I did not go in, but I have been told by others that the wait gets to be one to two hours long during off peak periods.
I can not help but to mention a tie in to our town. As I have mentioned before, I watched in the late seventy's and early eighties as Seaview Square Mall killed down down Asbury Park.
That experience has left me concerned about our town. No matter what we do, the competition against our down town area is fierce. I don;t mean this as a gripe or a complaint, just a concern. Our down town vision study will need to be on the ball and aggressive. We will have our work cut out for us.
Today I went to the mall for the first time since the new stores opened. It is beautiful! I was skeptical of the upgrades and decor changes, but they did a nice job.
Inside the mall the floors are redone and look good. What I really liked was all of the sitting areas. Instead of hard cold benches, there are lounge areas set up everywhere with very comfortable cushioned seating. There are a few new stores this year, but that is nothing new.
Outside, the new stores are doing well from what I could see. The Cheese Cake Factory is open. I did not go in, but I have been told by others that the wait gets to be one to two hours long during off peak periods.
I can not help but to mention a tie in to our town. As I have mentioned before, I watched in the late seventy's and early eighties as Seaview Square Mall killed down down Asbury Park.
That experience has left me concerned about our town. No matter what we do, the competition against our down town area is fierce. I don;t mean this as a gripe or a complaint, just a concern. Our down town vision study will need to be on the ball and aggressive. We will have our work cut out for us.
