Expansion and Future Plans
The mall has undergone several expansions since it opened. These include a strip mall in the southeast corner of the property currently anchored by Best Buy, and previously occupied by Acme Markets (closed in 2010), Rite Aid (formerly Thrift Drug, then Eckerd, closed in October 2011), and Office Depot (previously Child World and then Kids "R" Us, now closed). A Hilton Garden Inn was opened next to an office building that is currently occupied by BASF. A row of three stores (Linens 'n Things (now a Christmas Tree Shops), Michaels, and Borders (now a BuyBuy Baby) was opened next to that. The west end of the property, called Rockaway Plaza, is now occupied by Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Pier 1 Imports, PetSmart and a new 16 screen AMC Theatres (intended to be a Loews Theatres but opened after AMC bought them out while the theatre was under construction; many Loews elements remain, and it is not connected to the original 12 screens from earlier).
The Shops at Rockaway Mall, a strip mall developed by Transmark Company, also opened in the corner near Route 80 and features Dunkin' Donuts (one used to exist in the mall next to the food court), Fatburger (now closed), Cold Stone Creamery, Quizno's, Sleepy's, La Salsa, FedEx Office, Carter's, OshKosh, and Supercuts along with a separate Olive Garden. Plans include a Banana Republic, an Old Navy, and others, but none have been built since the 2005 proposal. A Nori Sushi opened where the former Maui Wowi was located in Foodworks, along with a Charley's Grilled Subs, and the former location of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is now a newsstand. Around the mall, the HDTVs located throughout the lobby of the mall now show updated news stories from CBS News, and events at the mall, while monitors in Foodworks show music videos. Inside Macy's a local pub by the name of Muldoon's Steakhouse and Pub has opened (there is another standalone location in nearby Ledgewood).
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