Willow Grove Park Mall is a three-story shopping mall located in the community of Willow Grove in Abington Township, Pennsylvania at the intersection of Easton Road and Moreland Road (Pennsylvania Route 63) in the Philadelphia suburbs. The Willow Grove Park Mall contains over 120 stores - with Bloomingdale's, Primark, Macy's, Nordstrom Rack, and Tilted 10 as anchor stores - along with several restaurants including The Cheesecake Factory, TGI Fridays, and Yard House. It is owned by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) and is the third most profitable mall in the Philadelphia area. The mall features a carousel, scenic elevator, and formerly featured a fountain (since removed). In October, the fountain was illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Location
The Willow Grove Park Mall is located on the site of the previous Willow Grove Amusement Park in the census-designated place of Willow Grove in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, north of Center City Philadelphia in the northern suburbs of the city. The mall is bordered by Pennsylvania Route 63 (Moreland Road) to the northeast, Easton Road to the southeast, and Old Welsh Road to the southwest. The mall is located near Pennsylvania Route 611 and is a little more than a mile from the Willow Grove exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Willow Grove Park Mall serves as a transit hub for SEPTA bus routes , , , , and . The mall is also near the Willow Grove station on the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail. The Willow Grove Park Mall has a market area that covers eastern Montgomery County along with Northwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia, and portions of central Bucks County.
Stores
The Willow Grove Park Mall currently contains five anchor stores. Bloomingdale's, which is , opened in 1982 when the mall was built. The Bloomingdale's store is one of two located in the Philadelphia area. Macy's, which is , opened in 2001 as part of a mall expansion. An anchor space opened in 1982 as B. Altman and Company before becoming Sears in 1987. In 2015, Sears reduced its space from to on the first floor while leasing of space to Primark, mainly on the second floor. Sears closed its store at Willow Grove Park Mall in 2022. Another anchor space opened in 1982 as Abraham & Straus before becoming Strawbridge & Clothier (later Strawbridge's) in 1988. Strawbridge's closed in 2006. A part of the former space on the third floor reopening as The Cheesecake Factory in 2007, which is in area. Another part of the former Strawbridge's became a Bravo! Cucina Italiana that opened in 2011; Bravo! Cucina Italiana later closed and the space became Yard House in 2019. In addition, a relocated two-story Forever 21 opened in a small portion of the former Strawbridge's in December 2011. The lower two floors of the Strawbridge's space became a JCPenney store in 2012. JCPenney officials announced that the Willow Grove store will be among 138 locations the company will shutter; the store closed on July 31, 2017. The former JCPenney became a Tilted 10 entertainment center in 2023. The remaining area of the former Strawbridge's on the third floor opened as a Nordstrom Rack in 2012.
In addition to the anchor stores, the Willow Grove Park Mall contains over 130 smaller stores, including Apple Store, a two-story H&M, Lucky Brand Jeans, Sephora, Victoria's Secret, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Go! Games & Toys, and GameStop. The mall also contains a food court with eleven spaces as well as three sit-down restaurants: The Cheesecake Factory, TGI Fridays, and Yard House.