Shopping Centers and a Map Showing Approximate Locations for Each

Montgomery County Data: NONRESIDENTIAL

Shopping Center Inventory Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

This report contains an annually updated inventory of shopping centers and a map showing approximate locations for each. By providing the information on existing centers, their Over locations, and characteristics, this report not only provides a useful resource for shopping but also, when combined with other available information, suggests where opportunities may or 90,000 may not be for the development of additional shopping centers and retail opportunities in the Square Feet of county. The retail additions to the county are accurate to the end of 2017. new retail space was added Criteria To be included in this inventory, a shopping in both new center must fit into the following criteria: and existing • Has a supermarket as an anchor with shopping at least two other stores connected to it centers in 2017. • Has five or more stores with at least 30,000 square feet • Has any retail operation with a gross floor area of at least 60,000 square feet,

including stand-alone stores Whole Foods at Spring House Village in Lower Gwynedd Types of Centers The shopping centers are grouped into five categories. They are: Neighborhood Center, Community Center, Regional Center, Super Regional Center, and Big Box/Stand Alone Department Store. The guidelines for these categories are largely based on those established by the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Center Type Typical Tenants (Basis for Classification) Amount of SF

Neighborhood Supermarket and tenants 30,000 -150,000 Center Community Center Discount department store, supermarket, home 100,000 - 350,000 improvement stores, large category-dominant stores Regional One or more full-line department store(s) with many small 400,000 - 1,000,000 Center tenants or a large collection of category-dominant stores Super Regional Fully-enclosed mall with three or more full-line department stores 500,000 - 2,000,000 Center with many small tenants or a unique center with a large draw Big Box/ Stand-alone big box stores or department stores 60,000 - 200,000 Department Store Gross Floor Area = Square Footage

Each listing shows the shopping center’s map location, name, street location, major tenants (if any), approximate number of tenants, gross floor area (in square feet), year constructed, and type of center. The data comes primarily from recorded plans and records kept by the Montgomery County Board of Assessment Appeals, and has been supplemented by Montgomery County Planning Commission staff knowledge, knowledge of municipal officials, and several field checks. For shopping centers currently under construction, both currently constructed square footage and final square footage are noted.

2016 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 1 Summary Data For a detailed As of the end of 2017, there were a total of 143 shopping centers in Montgomery County. The table of all total amount of gross floor area for shopping centers in this inventory is 29,931,037 square feet, an increase of nearly 5.4 million square feet in the last twelve years. shopping centers in Montgomery Based on the latest population estimate for Montgomery County (826,075 as of July 2017), there are about 36.2 square feet of shopping center floor area per county resident, a number County please visit that has increased over the years. The national average is currently about 23.5 square feet per our online data capita. Clearly, Montgomery County is well over the average for available shopping center space, though it is important to note that many of the county’s shopping destinations serve portal using the residents of surrounding counties. QR code below. The most centers are in Abington Township at 13, followed by Montgomery Township with 12, and both Lower and Upper Merion with 11 each. Upper Merion, however, has the most gross floor area with nearly 4.6 million square feet. The range of gross floor area for this inventory is from 31,000 square feet at Abington’s Cloverly Plaza to 2,950,000 square feet at The Mall at King of Prussia. New Shopping Centers Many newer shopping centers can be found along major transportation corridors and existing commercial centers. Some of the newest and upcoming additions to the county’s shopping center landscape include:

• Centre Square Commons is an over 78,000 square neighborhood shopping complex. The development is anchored by an Aldi supermarket and is designed to pedestrian friendly.

• Village Mall in Horsham and Hatfield Pointe in Hatfield Township both had small building additions and expanded their total square footage.

• The future will bring lots of changes to a number of shopping areas across the county. Redevelopment of a former department store anchor at the Plymouth Meeting Mall, the rehabilitation of the Cheltenham Square Mall into the Greenleaf at Cheltenham, and the mixed-use Promenade at Upper Dublin are all expected within the next few years. Shuttered Stores The county’s commercial landscape is always in flux. Many well-known chains have closed area stores (or entirely) in the last few years, including chains like Sports Authority and The Limited as well as several department stores. Macy’s at the Plymouth Meeting Mall has closed, while Toys R’ Us declared bankruptcy and liquidated all of their stores nationwide. These closings will likely have an effect on the centers they occupied as well as the county as a whole. However, while some centers are lacking tenants and anchors, the majority have recovered from the recession and altered their tenant mix to complement each other. Distribution of Shopping Centers The geographic distribution of the shopping centers indicates that the centers are scattered across most of the county with the majority located in the eastern half of the county. The major retail concentrations continue to be located in areas around the largest enclosed shopping malls in the county, including King of Prussia, Plymouth Meeting, Willow Grove, and Montgomery Township, three of which have quick access to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

2016 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION 2 Rockledge

Bryn Athyn

Lower Moreland

Abington

Cheltenham

Upper

Moreland

Jenkintown

Philadelphia

Narberth

611

Hatboro

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Springfield

276

Lower Merion

Upper

Dublin

Delaware County Delaware

Whitemarsh

Horsham

Ambler

West

476

Conshohocken

Plymouth

Lower

Gwynedd

Bucks County Bucks

Whitpain

Bridgeport

309

202

Norristown

Montgomery

Upper

Merion

North

Wales

East Norriton East

Upper

West

Norriton

Gwynedd

Lansdale

Worcester

Lower

Bor.

Providence

Hatfield

Hatfield Twp.

Towamencin

Skippack

Souderton

Collegeville

Telford

Lower

Salford

476

Upper

Trappe

Franconia

Providence

Perkiomen Visit our online data portal for a detailed list of shopping centers - http://webapp02.montcopa.org/planning/dataportal Montgomery County Shopping Centers

Royersford

Upper

Salford

Schwenksville

Lower

Frederick

Limerick

422

Schuylkill River

Green Lane Green

Upper

Marlborough

Frederick

Chester County Chester

Neighborhood

Big BoxBig or Department Store Community

Regional

Super-Regional

Lower

Red HillRed

Pottsgrove

New

Hanover

Pennsburg

663

Pottstown

East Greenville East

Upper

Pottsgrove West Pottsgrove

100

Douglass Upper Hanover County Berks

Lehigh County Lehigh

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