Seaview Square its second life as a big box shopping center

 The Seaview Square Mall had a very short life. what ended this mall after a 20 plus year span. Did nearby Monmouth Mall kill the business or did the new Freehold Raceway Mall end the business at Seaview. I believe Freehold def played a factor with fresh new stores and anchors is what made this mall demise in such a short span.

Seaview Square Mall opened in 1977 as the original anchors were Sears and Steinbach which moved over from its flagship in nearby Asbury Park also a Acme supermarket and General Cinemas 2 screen theatre was added near the malls entrance off rt 66. Stern's was added in 1979. The malls only anchor change was Steinbach closing in 1995 and replaced with a Value City in 1996. Stern's in the late 90's was turned into a 1/2 clearance center after Stern's took over the A&S at nearby Monmouth Mall. By the mid 1990's Seaview was a dead mall just a few stores left time was running out on this shopping center and was demolished at the end of 2000 with the Stern's leaving just Value City and Sears standing. Target was added along with Marshalls, Lowe's, Costco and a few other stores. The area where the cinema was was turned into a little strip mall with Applebee's, Starbucks, Gamestop, Subway, Baja Fresh now Dave's Hot chicken. The Value City was demolished and Petco, Homegoods and Sierra trading was added also. Seaview Square was renamed to the Seaview Shopping Center. 

                                         def 1984 when the first Ghostbusters hit the theatres











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