Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

===Garden State Plaza===
[[File:9.3.07GardenStatePlazaMallbyLuigiNovi.JPG|thumb|250px|Interior of the [[Garden State Plaza]] in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], whose 07652 [[ZIP Code]] produces over $5 billion in [[retail]] sales annually, the top in the United States<ref name=Retail1>{{cite web|url=http://www.bergen.com/guide/shopping/billion-dollar-bergen-retail-reigns-supreme-throughout-the-county-1.832035|title=Billion-Dollar Bergen: Retail reigns supreme throughout the county|author=Laura Adams|work=northjersey.com|date=February 4, 2011|access-date=June 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Retail2>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/113835354_More_than_shopping.html|title=Paramus appeal goes beyond retail|author=Violet Snow|work=northjersey.com|date=January 16, 2011|access-date=June 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212111637/http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/113835354_More_than_shopping.html|archive-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>]]
The [[Garden State Plaza]] megamall is located in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. The mall is owned and managed by [[Paris]]-based real estate management company [[Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield]], and located at the intersection of [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] and [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]] near the [[Garden State Parkway]], about {{convert|15|mi}} west of [[Manhattan]].<ref name=NJ.com>Queally, James; Sherman, Ted; Grant, Jason (November 5, 2013). [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/garden_state_plaza_mall_shooting_suspect_killed_himself_in_store_source_says.html "Garden State Plaza shooting suspect killed self in mall, authorities say"]. NJ.com.</ref> Opened in 1957 as the first suburban shopping mall in New Jersey,<ref name=NorthJersey>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/shopping/2019/05/05/garden-state-plazas-makeover-sign-changing-times/1103187001/|author=Anzidei, Melanie|title=Westfield Garden State Plaza's transformation a sign of changing times in retail|date=May 5, 2019|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=NYT1959>[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/20/archives/garden-state-shopping-center-due-to-open-may-1-in-paramus-it-will.html "Garden State Shopping Center Due to Open May 1 in Paramus; It Will Be Largest in Jersey --Bergen Mall Being Built Less Than a Mile Away"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 20, 1957. p. 49. Accessed February 27, 2021. "The Garden State Plaza Shopping Center, being built in Paramus, N.J., will open on May 1, it was announced yesterday. The center will be the largest in the state."</ref> it contains {{convert|2,118,718|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of leasable space,<ref name=GSP>[http://westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/gardenstateplaza.html Westfield Garden State Plaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801221019/http://westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/gardenstateplaza.html |date=August 1, 2008 }}, [[Westfield Group]]. Accessed June 6, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0400 Westfield Garden State Plaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201643/http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=NJ0400 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, [[International Council of Shopping Centers]]. Accessed June 6, 2008</ref> and housing over 300 stores,<ref name=NJ.com/> it is the second-largest mall in New Jersey, the third-largest mall in the [[New York metropolitan area]], and one of the highest-revenue producing malls in the United States.<ref>D'Innocenzio, Anne; and Porter, David, via [[Associated Press]]. [https://6abc.com/american-dream-mall-east-rutherford-the-meadowlands-nickelodeon-universe/5647589/ "American Dream, 2nd largest mall in US, opens in New Jersey"], [[WPVI-TV]], October 26, 2019. Accessed February 18, 2022.</ref>