# Fashion Center

Paramus, NJ · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-29c643df36` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/paramus-fashion-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-29c643df36.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-29c643df36.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-29c643df36

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | shopping center with stores having outside entrances | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1967 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “It opened in 1967 as a traditional indoor shopping mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center
- **after_notes**: “with each store inside the center having its own outside entrances.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center
- **status**: “The Fashion Center is a shopping center located in Paramus, New Jersey.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center
- **strategy**: “The mall slowly underwent a 'de-malling' process over a period of several years prior to 2009, which resulted in the former interior portion of the mall gradually taken over by other stores and eventually sealed off, with each store inside the center having its own outside entrances.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center

## Timeline

- 1967: Opened as a traditional indoor shopping mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Fashion Center is a shopping center located in Paramus, New Jersey. It opened in 1967 as a traditional indoor shopping mall. The mall slowly underwent a "de-malling" process over a period of several years prior to 2009, which resulted in the former interior portion of the mall gradually taken over by other stores and eventually sealed off, with each store inside the center having its own outside entrances.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Fashion Center, Paramus, NJ." Record m-29c643df36, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/paramus-fashion-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_paramusfashioncenter,
  title = {Fashion Center, Paramus, NJ},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/nj/paramus-fashion-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-29c643df36, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.