Willow Grove Park Mall - Stores

Stores

The Willow Grove Park Mall currently contains five anchor stores. The largest is Bloomingdale's, which is 237,537 square feet (22,068 m2) and opened in 1982. The Bloomingdale's store is one of two located in the Philadelphia area. The second largest is Macy's, which is 225,000 square feet (20,903 m2) and opened in 2001 as part of a mall expansion. The third largest anchor store is Sears, which is 175,584 square feet (16,312 m2) and opened in 1982 as B. Altman and Company before becoming Sears in 1987. Another anchor space opened in 1982 as Abraham & Straus before becoming Strawbridge & Clothier (later Strawbridge's) in 1988. Strawbridge's closed in 2006, with a part of the former space on the third floor reopening as The Cheesecake Factory in 2007, which is 10,310 square feet (958 m2) in area, and a 7,500 square feet (697 m2) Bravo Cucina Italiana that opened in 2011. In addition, a relocated two-story 17,000 square feet (1,579 m2) Forever 21 opened in a small portion of the former Strawbridge's in December 2011. The lower two floors of the Strawbridge's space became a 114,000 square feet (10,591 m2) JCPenney store in 2012, the mall's fourth largest anchor. The remaining area of the former Strawbridge's on the third floor opened as a 41,000 square feet (3,809 m2) Nordstrom Rack in 2012, the mall's smallest anchor store.

In addition to the anchor stores, the Willow Grove Park Mall contains over 130 smaller stores, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, Guess, a two-story H&M, J.Crew, Lucky Brand Jeans, Sephora, Victoria's Secret, and Williams-Sonoma. The mall also contains a food court with eleven spaces as well as three sit-down restaurants: Bravo Cucina Italiana, The Cheesecake Factory, and T.G.I. Friday's. As of 2011, the Willow Grove Park Mall has a nonanchor occupancy rate of 94.4%.