Upscale grocer, luxury apartments and more slated in revamp of this N.J. mall

Whole Foods Market is planned to open at the Monmouth Square as part of Kushner Companies' redevelopment plan for the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Another Whole Foods Market store is set to make its way to New Jersey.

New York-based real estate developer Kushner Companies recently signed a lease to bring the popular grocery chain to Eatontown.

Whole Foods is set to occupy a 40,000-square-foot space that currently houses Barnes & Noble at the Monmouth Mall. The site’s address is 180 Route 35.

The popular grocer is anticipated to open in 2026 although an exact date has yet to be announced.

”You can almost consider it an endorsement of our vision here, in that Whole Foods doesn’t just take any location lightly,” Michael Sommer, Kushner’s executive vice president for development and construction, said. “So the fact that they were attracted to this particular location and our property specifically makes us feel that much more bullish on Eatontown and on the property.”

Barnes & Noble is expected to relocate to another space on the mall’s property. The exact location has yet to be determined.

Kushner is planning to rebrand the mall space as Monmouth Square. The open-air retail destination will have stores, 1,000 new luxury apartments, event spaces and walking paths.

The Kushner firm will reduce the center’s current 1.5 million square feet space to about 900,000 square feet by demolishing vacant JCPenney and Lord & Taylor stores at the mall.

“Monmouth Mall has been a destination in the community for several decades,” Nicole Kushner Meyer, the firm’s president, said. “The redevelopment of the property will modernize and diversify the offerings to include a supermarket, medical offices, public green and residences to create a different dynamic.”

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