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46-472: Moorestown Mall originally opened for business in 1963 with Gimbels , Wanamaker's , and Woolworths as the original anchors. In 1971, Sears built a new store and relocated from Camden, NJ. Gimbels became Stern's in 1986 and closed in 1990. It later became Ports of the World , a new concept by Boscov's only to be converted to Boscov's not long after. Moorestown Mall underwent a partial renovation in 1986 and

92-415: A Stern's in 1995, and the mall was renamed Manhattan Mall . The anchor store closed in 2001 and the space was subdivided within the mall, while the upper levels were converted to offices. A new JCPenney anchor store opened in 2009, in the lower two levels. That anchor store closed in 2020 and by 2021 all stores in the mall had closed, and the building served only as office space. The building that housed

138-565: A $ 100 million free-standing facility that houses comprehensive outpatient cancer services, including medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology, and urology. Other resources include a new pathology laboratory, linear accelerator and PET-CT facility. The center offers patients in the Delaware Valley access to MD Anderson's cancer treatment protocols and clinical trials. The MD Anderson Cancer unit at Cooper has 30 inpatient state-of-the-art private rooms on

184-491: A Gimbels branch at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue remains, but has been converted to apartments. The Philadelphia flagship opened in 1893 when the Gimbel brothers bought the bankrupt Haines and Company dry goods store at Ninth and Market Streets. The store gradually expanded eastward to Eighth Street. In 1927 an extension south to Chestnut Street was completed and the store now comprised an entire city block, making it for

230-596: A controlling interest). The stock sales provided capital for expansion, starting with the 1923 purchase of across-the-street rival Saks & Co., which operated under the name Saks-34th Street ; with ownership of Saks, Gimbel created an uptown branch called Saks Fifth Avenue . Moving into radio, Gimbels purchased WGBS in New York and WIP in Philadelphia. In 1925, Gimbels entered the Pittsburgh market with

276-448: A given category of merchandise. The Philadelphia Gimbels specifically offered fine jewelry, men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, furniture, toys, art supplies, and appliances for the house. This store also contained The Gimbel Auditorium, Television Headquarters, a salon, and music center. With a wide variety of options Gimbels was a one stop shop that made shopping easy and accessible. Despite its limited presence, Gimbels

322-529: A new $ 130 million Academic and Research Building, as well as a stem cell institute, cancer institute, clinical research building, clinical office building and additional off-street parking. Designed by EwingCole of Philadelphia , the patient pavilion opened in December 2008 and the hospital's orientation was shifted from Haddon Avenue to Martin Luther King Boulevard, as visitors began entering

368-412: A plan to close 31 stores nationwide which left Boscov's as the only traditional anchor left. In 2022, it was announced that PREIT, the malls owner, gained approval to build 375 apartments on the property with a 125-room hotel in the works. The number of apartments could reach 1,065 units. Turn 7 Liquidators opened in the former Lord & Taylor space in 2022. Cooper University Health Care converted

414-666: A small community hospital into a 635-bed regional tertiary care center. In 1982, it opened a trauma center that remains one of only three state-designated Level I Trauma Centers in New Jersey . It is certified by the American College of Surgeons and serves as the regional trauma center for southern New Jersey counties. It also serves as a resource for Level II Trauma Centers in the South Jersey region. Cooper admits nearly 3000 trauma patients each year, making it

460-483: A subsidiary company for its retail holdings. BATUS initially left the Gimbels chain in the four autonomous divisions that had been established under Gimbel family ownership: Gimbels New York, Gimbels Philadelphia, Gimbels Pittsburgh, and Gimbels Milwaukee. Each division operated independently of each other in advertising and buying. Each division offered their own charge card which could only be used at Gimbels stores in

506-415: A time the largest department store in the world . In 1977 Gimbels moved to The Gallery mall across Market Street. The original buildings were demolished in 1979-1980 except for the 1927 addition which was converted to professional office spaces, primarily a data center and medical offices. The Gallery location closed in 1986. In Pittsburgh , Starrett & van Vleck designed the downtown flagship of

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552-591: Is the chief sponsor of the parade. Brown & Williamson, the American subsidiary of  British American Tobacco , a diversified conglomerate based in Louisville, Kentucky , acquired Gimbels in 1973. Brown & Williamson also owned  Marshall Field's  (purchased in 1982),  Frederick & Nelson ,  The Crescent  stores, and  Kohl's  (purchased in 1972). Brown & Williamson later created the  BATUS Retail Group  as

598-580: The Delaware Valley metropolitan region. Cooper is affiliated with the Coriell Institute for Medical Research and is a tertiary partner for 21 regional hospitals in the Delaware Valley. Cooper University Hospital was established in 1887 by the family of Richard M. Cooper, a Quaker physician. The original hospital had 30 beds and provided health care services to the low-income population of Camden, New Jersey . It slowly grew from

644-617: The Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade , originating in 1920 in Philadelphia. Gimbels was also considered the chief rival of Macy's with their feud popularized in American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store chain in the world. The company expanded to a peak of 53 stores by 1965, and closed in 1987 with 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. The company

690-577: The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . Affiliated with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University , the hospital offers training programs for medical students, medical residents, fellows, nurses, and allied health professions . In partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston , Cooper also operates a comprehensive oncology center serving patients in New Jersey and

736-483: The American popular argot as " Does Macy's tell Gimbels? ", an idiom used to brush off any query about matters the speaker didn't wish to divulge. To distinguish itself from Herald Square neighbors, Gimbels' advertising promised more: "Select, don't settle." Gimbels became so successful that in 1922 the chain went public , offering shares on the New York Stock Exchange (though the family retained

782-602: The Gimbels Department Store, which was built in 1914 at 339 Sixth Avenue. After Gimbels ceased operations in the late 1980s, the building sat vacant for several years and was redeveloped in the 1990s for retail, home to, among other shops, the first Barnes & Noble to open in Pittsburgh. In 2002, another redevelopment changed the building to offices, and is now home to the Heinz 57 Center . In 1997, it

828-693: The Moorestown Mall in order to increase revenues at the mall. As a result, several upscale, polished casual restaurants have been opened, highlighted by the Philadelphia region's first Yard House sports-bar restaurant and Distrito , a restaurant from the Garces Group . On December 22, 2011, PREIT and the Regal Entertainment Group announced their intent to build a new state-of-the-art 56,000 sq ft 12-screen theater known as Regal Moorestown Mall Stadium 12 , which will feature

874-542: The Saks Fifth Avenue brand. BATUS closed Gimbels in 1986, and subsequently sold Saks to Investcorp S.A. in 1990. Cooper University Health Care This is an accepted version of this page Cooper University Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility located in Camden, New Jersey . The hospital formerly served as a clinical campus of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and

920-475: The busiest center in New Jersey. Cooper serves as southern New Jersey's major tertiary-care referral hospital for specialized services and is home to the Bone & Joint Institute, Heart Institute, Neurological Institute and Urological Institute. In June 2004, Cooper University Hospital announced a $ 220 million expansion to the hospital's Health Sciences Campus that includes a new patient care pavilion attached to

966-637: The chain, the downtown Milwaukee store where Adam Gimbel had first found success (and supposedly the most profitable Gimbel store), was handed to BATUS sister division Marshall Field's, but eventually closed in 1997. Gimbels flagship stores were located in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee. The Gimbels New York City flagship store was located in the cluster of large department stores that surrounded Herald Square , in Midtown Manhattan . Designed by architect Daniel Burnham ,

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1012-634: The company moved its operations to the Gimbel Brothers Department Store in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. It became a chain when it opened a second, larger store in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, in 1894, moving its headquarters there. At the urging of future company president Bernard Gimbel , grandson of the founder, the company expanded to New York City in 1910. The company is known for creating the oldest Thanksgiving parade,

1058-443: The country and sales of $ 123 million ($ 2.2 billion today) across 20 stores; this made Gimbel Brothers Inc. the largest department store corporation in the world. By 1953, sales had risen to $ 300 million ($ 3.4 billion today). In 1962, Gimbels acquired Milwaukee competitor Schuster's , and in that region operated stores from both chains for a while as Gimbels Schuster's . By 1965, Gimbel Brothers Inc. consisted of 53 stores throughout

1104-473: The country, which included 22 Gimbels, 27 Saks Fifth Avenue stores, and four Saks 34th St. Gimbels' principles and merchandise sought to reflect the ideals of middle class America. Their principles consisted of "courtesy, reliability, good value, and enlightened management". By using middle class values Gimbels attracted shoppers to a store that also could fit their budgets. Keeping the store plain and less extravagant than some of its competitors, Gimbels used

1150-461: The existing facility. Subsequently, plans for the new patient care pavilion were expanded from six floors (211,000 sq ft.) to ten floors (312,000 sq ft.), with the inclusion of additional landscape improvements and patient amenity design features. Cooper University Hospital's pavilion project is part of the hospital's efforts to create a regional health science campus in Camden, which will also include

1196-681: The fifth floor of the Roberts Pavilion. Cooper University Hospital is one of three co-branded partner institutions of MD Anderson Cancer Center, which include the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Arizona and MD Anderson International in Spain . The MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper had over 6,500 new patient visits in 2016. The Leapfrog Group for Pancreatic Surgery ranks MD Anderson Cooper number one in

1242-527: The first medical evacuation helicopter service in Cumberland County . In 2012, the American talk show host Kelly Ripa became an official spokesperson for Cooper. In 2013, George Norcross , a New Jersey native and chairman of the Cooper's board, led the effort to create a new partnership between Cooper University Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston . The two institutions opened

1288-667: The former Sears store to an ambulatory care facility, the Cooper University Health Care - Moorestown Campus , which opened in November 2023. Junior Anchors Former Anchors & Junior Anchors Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels ) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes , Indiana, in 1842. In 1887,

1334-548: The founder's son, Isaac Gimbel—acquired the Granville Haines store (originally built and operated by Cooper and Conard) in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and in 1910, opened another branch in New York City . With its arrival in New York, Gimbels prospered, and soon became the primary rival to the leading Herald Square retailer, Macy's , whose flagship store was located a block north . This rivalry entered into

1380-615: The hospital through the new lobby and utilizing the Camden County Improvement Authority parking, which connects to the hospital via an enclosed walkway. The hospital is a planned stop on the Glassboro–Camden Line , an 18-mile (28.97 km) diesel multiple unit (DMU) light rail system projected for completion in 2019, which will connect to the River LINE . In 2010, the hospital launched

1426-631: The mall's expansion plans. The Strawbridge's store was rebuilt in 1999. In an attempt to protect the Cherry Hill Mall , a mere 3 miles (4.8 km) away, The Rouse Company acquired the Moorestown Mall. PREIT acquired the Cherry Hill Mall, Echelon Mall , Moorestown Mall, Exton Square , Plymouth Meeting Mall , and Gallery at Market East in exchange for Christiana Mall on March 7, 2003. Strawbridge's became Macy's in 2006. In 2011, Moorestown residents voted to allow liquor sales at

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1472-691: The new Regal Premium Experience (RPX). The theater took over the 7-screen United Artists Theaters at the mall, while a formerly adjacent skate park was used as an expansion to the new theater which more than doubled the size of the current theater. Additionally, the development marked the first RPX theater in the market, which features digital projectors, surround sound , 2D and RealD 3D , stadium seating with high-back rocking recliner seats, and Regal Express kiosks for automated ticket purchasing. Although opened with standard theater seats, all screens were renovated less than two years later to include full power reclining seats on all screens. The RPX theater features

1518-879: The non-anchor occupancy rate at Moorestown Mall is 82.4%. On January 4, 2017, Macy's announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 68 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2017. On February 8, 2018, it was announced that HomeSense , and Sierra Trading Post would be opening in the former Macy's space. HomeSense opened in September 2018, Five Below opening in Winter of 2018 and Sierra Trading Post opening in Winter/Spring 2019. On August 28, 2019, Lord & Taylor announced that it would also be closing in 2020. On February 4, 2020, Sears announced they would be closing as well on April 11, 2020 as part of

1564-415: The parade now known as the 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade . The Gimbel family saw the parade as a way to promote holiday shopping at its various store locations. Macy's did not start a parade until 1924. When Gimbels ceased operating in 1986, television station WPVI assumed responsibility for the parade, with sponsorship by Reading, Pennsylvania –based Boscov's . Currently, Dunkin' Donuts

1610-534: The purchase of Kaufmann & Baer's, acquiring WCAE in the deal. Although expansion spurred talk of the stores becoming a nationwide chain, the Great Depression ended that prospect. Gimbel did increase the number of more upscale (and enormously profitable) Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the 1930s, opening branches in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. By 1930, Gimbels had seven flagship stores throughout

1656-541: The same division. In 1983, Gimbels New York and Gimbels Philadelphia were combined into a single entity, Gimbels East, in an attempt to reduce corporate overhead. Deciding that Gimbels was a marginal performer with little potential for increased profitability, BATUS in 1986 decided to close its Gimbels division and sell its store properties. Some of the more attractive branches were taken over by Stern's ( Allied Stores ), Pomeroy's ( Allied Stores ), Kaufmann's ( May Department Stores ), or Boston Store . The cornerstone of

1702-466: The same new seating with the addition of tactile sound technology from ButtKicker. In 2015, the mall's food court was redeveloped and upgraded to provide an enhanced environment that better matches the merchandising mix and upscale demographics. In recent years, the Moorestown Mall has seen an increase in the vacancy rate, due to declining mall traffic and competition from the larger Cherry Hill Mall located less than 4 miles (6.4 km) away. In 2019,

1748-555: The slogan "the customer pays for fancy frills." Gimbels was about the product, not the aesthetics. By offering a wide range of cutting-edge technology in its merchandise, Gimbels reflected the ideals held by the middle class of staying up to date with technologies and carrying new appliances and merchandise at an affordable price. Gimbels Department Store offered a variety of merchandise and products, including home appliances, outdoor equipment, furniture, clothing, and much more. With multiple floors in its flagship stores, each floor offered

1794-571: The state of New Jersey for safety in Pancreatic surgery. As of 2017, Cooper is one of the largest healthcare providers in the Philadelphia and South Jersey region with over 1.2 million outpatient visits annually and over 7,000 employees. The Cooper Institutes and Centers of Excellence include: The Bone and Joint Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, The Ripa Center for Women's Health and Wellness, The Cooper Heart Institute and Center for Population Health, among many others. In 2022,

1840-506: The structure, which once offered 27 acres (110,000 m ) of sales space, has since been modernized and entirely revamped. When this building opened, on September 29, 1910, a major selling point was its many doors leading to the Herald Square New York City Subway station. Due to such easy access, by the time Gimbels closed in 1986, this store had the highest rate of "shrinkage", or shoplifting losses, in

1886-443: The world. Doors also opened to a pedestrian passage under 32nd Street , connecting Penn Station to the 34th Street (New York City Subway) and 33rd Street ( PATH ) stations. This Gimbels Passageway was closed in the 1990s for security reasons during a period of high crime. The structure was converted in 1989 to A&S Plaza, a mall named for its anchor department store, a midtown branch of Brooklyn 's A&S . The store became

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1932-533: Was added to the list of historic landmarks by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation . Saks was founded by Horace Saks in New York City. In 1923, Gimbels purchased Saks, which became a subsidiary of Gimbel Brothers, Incorporated, a publicly traded company. Adam Long Gimbel, grandson of the founder of Gimbels, Adam Gimbel , turned Saks into a national brand. In 1973, Brown & Williamson, who later formed BATUS Inc. , acquired Gimbel Bros. and

1978-490: Was completely renovated in 1993-94, after a serious fire damaged the northeast quarter of the mall on December 23, 1992. Wanamaker's became Hecht's in 1995 and was later converted to Strawbridge's . Prior to The Rouse Company 's purchase of the center in December 1997, Lord & Taylor had committed to opening a store at the mall. Nordstrom also considered opening a location in South Jersey but they did not commit to

2024-515: Was founded by a young Bavarian Jewish immigrant, Adam Gimbel , who opened a general store in Vincennes, Indiana . After a brief stay in Danville, Illinois , Gimbel relocated in 1887 to Milwaukee , Wisconsin, which was then a boomtown heavily populated by German immigrants. The new store quickly became the leading department store there. However, with seven sons, Adam Gimbel saw the opportunity to expand elsewhere. In 1894, Gimbels—then led by

2070-450: Was frequently mentioned as a shopping destination of Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz on the hit 1950s TV series I Love Lucy . The Slinky made its debut at the northeast Philadelphia Gimbels store. The Philadelphia Gimbels was also the first department store in the world to move customers from floor to floor via the escalator . The idea of a department-store parade originated in 1920 with Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia with

2116-483: Was well-known nationwide, in part because of the carefully cultivated rivalry with Macy's, but also thanks to an endless stream of publicity. The New York store received considerable attention as the site of the 1939–1940 sale of art and antiquities from the William Randolph Hearst collection. Gimbels also gained publicity from the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street , the 1967 film Fitzwilly , and

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