PEQUANNOCK - In another sign that things are finally returning to "normal" after last year’s extensive flooding, TJ Maxx and Home Goods are officially reopening in the Plaza 23 shopping center this month.
According to officials from the stores’ parent company, TJX Companies, Inc., TJ Maxx is scheduled to open first at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. Home Goods will follow on Sunday, Sept. 23.
"We are pleased to be back in Pompton Plains, delivering value and an exciting selection of fashion to serve the needs of the customers," said TJ Maxx President Richard Sherr in a press release; a Home Goods representative said that the company was "thrilled" to be back in Pequannock as well.
Both stores, which are located just off of Route 23 North at the Jackson Avenue intersection, have been closed since August 2011 due to flooding from Hurricane Irene. There was some speculation as to whether they would return, but Mayor Rich Phelan said Monday that the town is happy to hear that the stores are back in business.
"It helps that whole shopping center," said Phelan. "Those businesses have been struggling since the flood, and the extra traffic will definitely help them."
The future of the A&P supermarket, the shopping center’s anchor store, remains in doubt, however.
Phelan said that he would be surprised if the supermarket did not reopen because the location is "very profitable," but he was confident that even if it did decide to walk away, another grocery store would take its place.
"A lot of people shopped there because it was convenient for Pequannock and parts of Wayne," he said.
The Plaza 23 property is valued at about $27,700,000 and pays roughly $475,000 in taxes annually.
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