NORDSTROM

Boscov's

Two Guys from Harrison or Woolworth!

Trader Joe's!

J. C. Pennys

We need a new Record shop in the area!

Bloomingdales replaced Sterns. If Bloomingdales isn't making enough money there than maybe the spot should go to a different level of shopper. Like J C Penny. But Pennys is in financial trouble right now due to some administration changes last year. Although their ad campaign might revive them. Considering that Bloomingdales is so high end, and that the Bridgewater location does not have as much selection as the Short Hills location, I think that a change in the level of department store in that location is what needs changing. Bridgewater already has a Lord and Taylor and a Macy's. Macy's owns Bloomingdales, if they would let go of their lease or are in default the mall might want to talk to something like Century 21 which has locations in Morristown and NYC. That would bring more shopping traffic to the mall and might actually help Macy's also, as C 21 does not always have everything. Anyway these are business decisions and should be handled by the businesses involved including the Landlord. This is NOT a decision for a planning board. The space is commercial and the free market makes the best decisions.

REI

Trader Joes or a Whole Foods or a similar idea. no clothes, no more restaraunts

Asian Food Market like in North Plainfield or Piscataway or Hong Kong Supermarket like in East Brunswick.

Hard to put a food store in the mall without immediate access to the parking lot with shopping carts. Strip malls seem to work better.

PF Changs....awesome restaurant!

Nordstrom. BW Commons is very similar to Menlo Park & it works there as far as I know.

Trader Joe's but not the typical store that looks like an afterthought. If it is nice looking and the parking can be figured out fine-but no one wants to lug groceries all over the place. Century 21...NO...that place treats everyone as if they are criminals.

I love Bridgewater commons largely because it is not a Short Hills Mall and definitely not a Menlo or Freehold Mall. It's built its own little niche in the community and while the stores may mirror other malls, it remains a little more distinctive. I wouldn't want to see the lower end retailers as mentioned earlier like JCP, Sears, H&M, etc..., because then our mall will just be like everyone else and start losing its identity. The last thing we need is another coffee house or yogurt shop. Wouldn't mind seeing a place like The Capital Grill, Legal Seafoods, Fogo de Chao or something a little more unique than what you commonly find at malls like Menlo or Garden State Plaza. I also do not think the mall is an appropriate place for a Whole Foods or Trader Joes although, the adjacent properties on commons way or Rt 22 would be nice.

Exactly where do you think people are going to park???? That is the worse place for parking. The asphalt is not maintained especially under the parking garage. Lighting is terrible and it is one of the worst malls to get into and out of especially during holidays. I think towns ought to rethink any more commercial/retail space. Seems to me it's got to be a money maker, in some other inovative way, other than renting. Especially with more and more people going to the internet and shopping at their smaller local boutiques, i.e. Somerville, Westfield(assuming the parking doesn't kill those towns). Get the developers back to renovating our cities where we need them such as Plainfield and Elizabeth. Clean those up before you destroy more land and sprawl out anymore creating nothing but a maze.

A pistol range would do very nice in the area.

Pistol range sounds great. I'm in.

Steakhouse

I am going to post this again because I am such a fan of Nordstrom. They have the best shoe department ever! And they customer service out does any other store.

P.F. Changs. would be my vote.

Also, i would like to see some free or cheap fun for kids added to the mall. I recently went to visit me relatives who live outside of st. louis and they had a train rides, indoor play area, ice rink. . . etc. here is the link to that website. http://www.stlouisoutletmall.com/

I wish Macy's would expand. The one in Monmouth Mall is much larger than ours but only has slightly more inventory. Theirs is wide open and airy, and ours is as packed as a PATH station at rush hour.

How about an arcade?

Sporting goods store that stocks and sells ski, golf, baseball, basketball, swimming, hockey, tennis, etc. equipment with catalog purchases as required with excellent shipping services.

PF Chang is great restaurant option or I'd love to see a wine and small bites place open. Love to see Whole Foods come to town. We have the right demographics ! Should have been where DSW went in. If a new store is in the plan I agree with customer service oriented Nordstroms

H & M or Trader Joes

TRADERS JOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We NEED one close by!

Nike store

Boscovs, penny's or my last pick is Tradrts Joes

I think Sears would be a good addition to the mall. That or a restaurant that maybe hasn't made it's way to Jersey anywhere else yet?

I heard there is a Dick's Sporting Goods coming to town but, if not, this would be my choice. We are stuck with the limited selection at Models or the overpriced stock at Effingers.

Lisa C, I agree with the space that was taken by DSW. I thought for sure that was going to be a whole foods or at least a big gym.

Bloomingdales should pack it in. The store is a ghost. Of course they are not going to expand. Tear it down and put in a Dodg'em car track-men hate shopping because everything at the mall is for women. When I go I stand around like a dip waiting for my spuse to finish. To go to the mall, I would rather pour a can of gasoline on me and light a match.

A book store.

JCPennys and Tiffany's

Hobout a drug store?

I vote for nordstrom. Or a great restaurant like Joe's American Grill, or paparazzi, or the like. Maybe a nyc style unique place with eclectic gourmet food. Something high end..let's keep it classy. We have the demographic. We should definitely open a trader joes or whole foods in area but not in mall. Maybe on circle? Or to replace that A&p that is closing down in pluckemin.

With the way things work, the A&P in Pluckemin will probably be replaced by a high end store, to compete with Kings. However, I think that the people living in the h\Hills and the older folks in Pluckemin Park need a quality, reasonably priced general market on the order of a small Acme or comething similar. I remember when the Somerset Shopping Center on the Circle featured both an Acme and a Grand Union. Great for competition, Now the area is left with Kings (overpriced) and Shop Rite Branchburg (too far for non driving folks) as well as Wegmans which is clear on the far end of Bridgewater.

Trader Joe or whole foods!

Lifetime Athletic!

I have never seen a supermarket in a Mall, and I don't think one would work.

Laura- don't go to the mall because I want to. Because of the Second Ammendment, my spouse makes me go with her at gunpoint. If it wasn't for the free Japanese food samples on the top level and watching the kids scream when they meet Santa at Christmastime, the whole thing would be cause of a complaint of spousal abuse.

It will be Bahama Breeze or Seasons 52

A broom store.

Dave and Buster's would be awesome

A cow magnet store.

this is one of the most expensive malls I have ever been in. I think a store or two that is affordable would be the best thing I'd like to see. PF Changs? Isn't that extremely expensive? How about a more affordable restaurant? Somerset County is one of the most expensive places I've ever lived.

Gastric Bypass Surgery R Us.

PF Changs or Seasons 52. Trader Joe's should come to town, but it won't open in the mall. There are other empty locations in our area.

Boscov's, Bon-Ton, or PF Chang's

anyone recommending a supermarket needs to have their brain examined.

LL Bean store

We keep losing the good stores (ie Disney, Lindt) because the Mall has decided it wants to be more upscale like the Short Hills mall and keeps raising the rent to kick those types of stores out! I agree with some of the other comments - we don't want to be like the other malls! We need to keep some of the mid-range and fun stores to attract the middle class shopper too! We don't need a grocery store at the mall, but that old A&P in Manville would be a GREAT spot for a Whole Foods or Trader Joes! I say we remove Bloomindales which is just a waste of space and add either a great restaurant or split the space for a few smaller stores. Don't expand the mall anymore than it is. We've done enough building in B'wtr. I'd hate to become overly huge like the Garden State Plaza in Paramus - it's a NIGHTMARE to shop there! Way too big!

The lack of parking is reaching a critical point at key times. Time to stop building it out, this is not Paramus. My family likes the California Kitchen and Cheesecake Factory. We can go to the mall, shop, then have dinner. Another restaurant would be great if they can fit it in.

FOGO de chao

A place to buy CDs! Can't believe there are none there and FYE at the Circle left.

I would love a middle end store. While I love my Nordstrom, I really miss the likes of Sterns, Korvettes and JM Fields. Is there some type of store that can fill this niche? I used to like shopping at Sterns because of all of its housewares. We don't need another Short Hills mall here and, anyway, that mall is not that far away!!

Internet cafe with a TV area for those footballs watchers, and a play area for children

I vote for a restaurant like Seasons 52 or something like that. I heard they are putting a whole foods where A&P is in Pluckemin. Nordstrom would be ok.

Roy Rogers

Galoshes & Rubbers Family Store

Bloomingdales is doing fine here...that space was set aside for a home store that they ultimately decided not to build. I think Nordstrom would be great, but they need more than 10,000 square feet to do it. I think something like Bobby's Burger Palace or PF Changs is more likely to be built along with smaller store offerings. A bookstore would be nice but I doubt it will happen. They don't have any other bookstore offering besides Barnes and Noble left.

Do nothing until you fix the infrastructure of the roads getting in and out of there!!!

Posting for my husband who says an ESPN Zone or Sports Bar is needed in the area and would be perfect at the mall.

A Seasons 52 is coming to the mall...a small plates restaurant

Five Minute Liposuction and Jiffy Lube Combo

We need something to replace the old store that are currently vacant like the old Kmart on Rt 206. I would love to see a Hobby Lobby in that space. It would be prefect. They are a mixture of the old Rag Shop, Michaels, Home Goods (but more) and AC Moore. They do classes. Closest one is in S. Plainfield.

uniqlo

Trader Joes and I'm there.

Bonnie's Bidets

Bruce's Bad Boy Bomb Shelters & Bistro