In 1970, the developer of the Echelon Mall envisioned the $80 million, 400-acre development — featuring retail, housing, office space, and recreational facilities — as a prototype for a new kind of suburban downtown. F. Aubrey Gorman, vice president of the Rouse Co., which also developed the Cherry Hill Mall and Philadelphia’s original Gallery at Market East, expressed optimism in a local newspaper, stating that Echelon “offers the hope that many municipalities can create town centers from scratch.”

In the decades since Echelon’s opening in Voorhees Township, however, such suburban downtowns have remained rare, while numerous shopping malls have risen and fallen. Yet, some, like Granite Run in Delaware County and Moorestown in Burlington County, are seeing a resurgence, revitalized with new retail, housing, medical facilities, entertainment, and other mixed-use developments.

*Article courtesy of The Inquirer

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