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 Montgomery County Shopping Centers Lehigh County Bucks County Telford Lower Moreland Souderton Hatfield Twp. Montgomery Hatboro 29 East Greenville Pennsburg Marlborough Salford Hatfield Horsham Bryn Athyn Franconia Bor. Upper Hanover Red Hill Upper 309 611 Moreland 476 Lansdale Green Lane North Abington Towamencin Wales Lower Upper 663 Upper Gwynedd Dublin Lower Upper Salford Salford Gwynedd Rockledge Ambler 276 Jenkintown Upper 202 Frederick Douglass Lower New Frederick 73 Cheltenham Hanover 73 Whitpain Worcester Schwenksville Springfield Skippack 3 Perkiomen East Norriton Whitemarsh 100 Philadelphia Plymouth Collegeville Norristown Upper Limerick Trappe Lower West Pottsgrove Lower Providence Norriton Bridgeport Pottsgrove 422 Conshohocken West Pottsgrove Upper West Berks County Berks Upper Schuylkill River Merion Conshohocken Providence Pottstown Royersford 76 Lower Merion 29 Narberth Chester County 476 Neighborhood Big Box or Department Store Delaware County Community 0123456Miles Regional Super-Regional Visit our online data portal for a detailed list of shopping centers - http://webapp02.montcopa.org/planning/dataportal 2016 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.

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