When was palisades mall built

Our holiday hours are now available. Click HERE! About Palisades Center Palisades Center is among the top ten most visited malls in America and is the premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination in Southern New York. About Pyramid Management Group Pyramid Management Group, owner of Palisades Center, is one of the largest, most innovative, privately-held real estate developers in the northeast. Hoehmann said he believed the mall was in good financial shape, but "God forbid they're not successful, there's an enormous hole in the county budget, the school district budget and the town budget.

Marketing director Rachel Chester said the Palisades Center would continue to diversify its mix of retail with dining and entertainment. She pointed to the addition of a ropes course, escape rooms, bowling alley and comedy club as examples of the mall's efforts "to stay vibrant, relevant and enhance the overall guest experience. Hoehmann said it was crucial that the mall reinvent itself as an entertainment destination to counter the threat retailers face from online sellers.

He said the town was close to a deal with the owners in that would have allowed them to add space upstairs for an entertainment venue as well as adding a multi-level parking garage. EklecCo NewCo, the Delaware-based LLC that owns the Palisades Center, is claiming that back when the mall was being built, it was forced into accepting the covenant, which is now claims is a violation of the company's constitutional rights.

Hoehmann noted that residents in November voted against releasing the company from the covenant. We have one opinion and their attorneys have another. Hoehmann continued: "It's hard to come 20 years later and say, 'We had a gun put to our head and was forced into this,' and they agreed to it and there already was a permissive referendum 15 years ago. Its website positions the Palisades Center as "the center of it all," and for many Rockland residents it continues to occupy that place.

Alyssa Sunkin-Strube recalled her excitement as a year-old when it opened, drawing her attention away from the Nanuet Mall, which paled in comparison. The new mall quickly became the place to be for Sunkin-Strube and her friends.

Now 32, she parks in the commuter lot outside the Palisades Center to catch the TZ Express en route to her Midtown communications job — but rarely goes inside to shop. Instead, she favors the Shops at Nanuet — which she still refers to as the Nanuet Mall. Krazy City, an indoor theme park, was installed on the mall's Third Level. The family fun center was in operation between May and August Following its closing, the space became part of a 2-level Dick's Sporting Goods.

This store opened for business on September 19, 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 , the main screen cinema complex was renovated. The Sports Authority chain went bust in August An anchor exodus commenced with the shuttering of J. Other problems included flooding from one of the region's glacier-dug bottom spots and runoff from three landfills on the property.

The mall finished construction in December and opened in March From the beginning the mall was dogged by rumors, the most prevalent of which being that the underground parking lot was sinking because it was built on unstable swampland, and that it would collapse under its own weight.

After the holiday seasons, rumors of the mall's closing abounded. Local police, town engineering officials and the mall's developers, however, assured the public that there was no truth to these stories and that the mall was safe and in no danger of closing. A managing partner of the mall, Thomas J. Valenti, appeared on a later episode of The Rosie O'Donnell Show , where he performed a song and dance number to the tune of "Cheek to Cheek," debunking the rumors of the mall sinking.

In , ShopRite opened across the street from the mall. On May 3, , Pyramid announced that Palisades Center would undergo a multimillion-dollar makeover later that month, which would be completed by the end of the year. The remodeling was intended to create a more sophisticated appearance to the mall, which had begun to show signs of wear and tear.

The renovation brought about a warmer color scheme to soften the institutional beige of the mall, colored glass mosaics, ceiling facets, and designer lighting. Some aspects of the remodeling targeted specific areas of the mall. For example, the four-story court at the center of the mall incorporates glass handrails and architectural lighting elements, and the "Theatery" area on level 4 received new tile floors and chandelier fixtures. Other areas had soft seating, custom planters, and plush carpets added to them.

The kiddie rides were removed; some of them were moved to the escalators leading from the food court to the fourth floor, while others, such as the Jolly Roger Superman Train kiddie ride, were removed entirely. Two years later, in , the AMC Theatres location was renovated.