Rockaway Townsquare is a two-level super regional shopping mall, located on Mount Hope Avenue in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. As of 2022, the mall currently features anchors Macy's, JCPenney, & Raymour & Flanigan, as well as Hollister Co., Guess, White House Black Market, J.Crew, and LUSH Cosmetics. It is served by exit 35 of Interstate 80 and located directly south of that highway. Rockaway Townsquare is currently owned by the Simon Property Group. It features a gross leasable area of , placing it in the top ten among the largest shopping malls in New Jersey. Rockaway Townsquare attracts customers from Morris, Sussex, and Warren counties and is under an hour away from New York City. Mall history The mall first opened on Labor Day Weekend of 1977. It was built on top of a wetland, which was not protected in New Jersey until 1988 with the passage of the New Jersey Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, and the former Dover town landfill. A time capsule was enclosed in the interior of the mall, marked with a plaque. The contents were unveiled on August 22, 2000. Upon opening, the mall contained five large sculptures by Rita Blitt. Most were located on the first floor and reached up through openings to the second. A twenty-foot stainless steel and brass American flag hung from the ceiling. The silhouette of one of these sculptures, the yellow Stablitt 55, became the mall's original logo. Although the other sculptures have been removed, Stablitt 55 still stands outside the mall, on the corner near the three-store strip at the entrance off the main road. Major stores that have since closed include: Bamberger's which was in the location currently occupied by Macy's (it was converted along with the other Bamberger's stores to the Macy's nameplate in 1986), Hahne's which was in the location most recently occupied by Lord & Taylor (converted to the L&T nameplate in 1988), Child World, which was occupied by Kids "R" Us after Child World went out of business in 1992, though was occupied by Office Depot after the majority of standalone KRU locations closed in 2003. (Office Depot has since closed as well; this space has since been converted to DSW, relocated from the existing Marketplace at Rockaway location; after Toys R Us closed in 2018, Toys R Us/Kids R Us is currently occupied by Party City), Acme, which is currently occupied by Nordstrom