Macy’s To Close NJ Store, Dozens Of Others

NEW JERSEY — Macy’s is moving forward with plans announced last February to close 66 stores, including one in New Jersey, the iconic department store chain said Thursday.

The majority of the stores are expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, the company said.

Over three years in a plan described as Macy’s “Bold New Chapter,” the company plans to close 150 underperforming stores while at the same time investing more heavily in 350 stores that will remain open, a news release stated. Macy's is hoping to return to "sustainable, profitable sales growth" with these closures, the company said.

The Macy’s store closing in New Jersey is at the Essex Green Shopping Center in West Orange (459 Prospect Avenue West).

“Closing any store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go–forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” Macy’s chairman and CEO Tony Spring said in the news release.