# Elizabeth Center > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elizabeth_Center > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elizabeth_Center.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Center > Source revision: 1322427666 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Retail center in New Jersey The **Elizabeth Center** is a [power center](/source/Power_center_(retail)) located off exit 13A on the [New Jersey Turnpike](/source/New_Jersey_Turnpike) in [Elizabeth, New Jersey](/source/Elizabeth%2C_New_Jersey). The location near the exit is incorporated into the center's logo, as **El13Abeth Center**. The first tenant, [IKEA](/source/IKEA), opened in 1990. It is right next to the [Jersey Gardens](/source/Jersey_Gardens) mall and also located in an [Urban Enterprise Zone](/source/Urban_Enterprise_Zone). [Newark Liberty International Airport](/source/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport) is located to the left of Elizabeth Center. There is a [parking lot](/source/Parking_lot) right next to the IKEA store for [plane spotters](/source/Plane_spotters) to view aircraft. ## History Built on a former [landfill](/source/Landfill), in 1990 the [Swedish](/source/Sweden)-based home furnishings store, [IKEA](/source/IKEA), opened. It became very successful, and by the mid-1990s, an [Incredible Universe](/source/Incredible_Universe) store opened next to IKEA. [Toys "R" Us](/source/Toys_%22R%22_Us) Kid's World, a prototype store also opened which included 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2). of space, including Toys "R" Us, Kids "R" Us, [Babies "R" Us](/source/Babies_%22R%22_Us), the [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) store, Kids [Foot Locker](/source/Foot_Locker), a photo studio, children's hair salon, play area, candy store and [Pizza Hut](/source/Pizza_Hut). The IKEA store was renovated and expanded in 1998. The Incredible Universe store was closed in 1996 after the chain went under. In 1997, Here Comes The Place, "RexPlex", a large indoor theme park, skate park, and arena park. It also featured a soccer field in the parking lot. It closed in 2004 and the soccer field has since been paved over. In 2011, [Big Lots](/source/Big_Lots) was opened next to Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us. All Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores closed in 2018, and Big Lots closed in 2019. A [Raymour & Flanigan](/source/Raymour_%26_Flanigan) was also opened in the former RexPlace in 2019 with [Floor & Decor](/source/Floor_%26_Decor) to be opened in the former Big Lots and the joint Toys R Us and Babies "R" Us location in the future.[1] ## Tenants ### Current - [IKEA](/source/IKEA) (opened 1990 – remodeled 1998) - [Raymour & Flanigan](/source/Raymour_%26_Flanigan) (opened 2019) - [Floor & Decor](/source/Floor_%26_Decor) (opened 2019) ### Former - [Kids Foot Locker](/source/Kids_Foot_Locker) (opened 1996 – closed 1999) - [Pizza Hut](/source/Pizza_Hut) (opened 1999 – closed 2000) - Warner Bros. Studio Store (opened 2000 – closed 2001) - [Toys "R" Us](/source/Toys_%22R%22_Us) (opened 1996 – closed 2018) - [Toys "R" Us KidsWorld](/source/Toys_%22R%22_Us_KidsWorld) (opened 1996 – rebranded as Toys "R" Us in 2007) - [Babies "R" Us](/source/Babies_%22R%22_Us) (opened 2007 – closed 2018) - [Incredible Universe](/source/Incredible_Universe) (opened 1995 – closed 1996) - RexPlex (opened 1997 – closed 2004) - [Big Lots](/source/Big_Lots) (opened 2011 – closed 2019) - Unknown Photo Studio (opened 1992 - closed 1996) - Unknown Hair Salon (opened 1991 - closed 1996) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The long-vacant RexPlex building next to Ikea finally has a new tenant"](https://www.nj.com/business/2019/11/the-long-vacant-rexplex-building-next-to-ikea-finally-has-a-new-tenant.html). November 6, 2019. ## External links - [Exit 13A](http://www.exit13a.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080305104449/http://www.exit13a.com/) March 5, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Elizabeth Ikea](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/elizabeth/) [40°40′07″N 74°10′16″W / 40.6685°N 74.1712°W / 40.6685; -74.1712](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Elizabeth_Center¶ms=40.6685_N_74.1712_W_type:landmark_region:US) v t e Shopping malls in New Jersey Atlantic County Hamilton Mall The Quarter at Tropicana Tanger Outlets Atlantic City Bergen County American Dream Meadowlands Garden State Plaza The Outlets at Bergen Town Center Paramus Park The Shops at Riverside Burlington County East Gate Square Moorestown Mall The Promenade at Sagemore Camden County Cherry Hill Mall Main Street Complex Voorhees Town Center Cumberland County Cumberland Mall Essex County Lackawanna Terminal The Mall at Short Hills Gloucester County Deptford Mall Hudson County Newport Centre The Plaza at Harmon Meadow Mercer County MarketFair Princeton Shopping Center Quaker Bridge Mall Middlesex County Forrestal Village Menlo Park Mall Woodbridge Center Monmouth County Freehold Raceway Mall The Grove at Shrewsbury Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Pier Village Morris County Rockaway Townsquare The Shops at Ledgewood Commons Ocean County Ocean County Mall Seacourt Pavilion Passaic County Center City Mall Willowbrook Mall Somerset County Bridgewater Commons Union County Elizabeth Center The Mills at Jersey Gardens Defunct Brunswick Square Burlington Center Mall Fashion Center Ledgewood Mall Livingston Mall The Mall at Mill Creek Manalapan Mall Monmouth Mall Phillipsburg Mall Playground Pier Seaview Square Mall Shore Mall Wayne Towne Center v t e Shopping malls in the New York metropolitan area New York New York City Atlantic Terminal Bay Plaza Shopping Center The Boulevard Bronx Terminal Market Brookfield Place East River Plaza Empire Outlets Empire Stores Fulton Center Gateway Center Kings Plaza Manhattan Mall New World Mall Pier 17 Queens Center Mall Queens Place Rego Center The Shops at Atlas Park The Shops at Columbus Circle The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards Staten Island Mall South Street Seaport Westfield World Trade Center Long Island Americana Manhasset Belmont Park Village Broadway Commons Green Acres Mall Lake Success Shopping Center Mall at The Source Roosevelt Field Smith Haven Mall South Shore Mall Sunrise Mall Sun Vet Mall Tanger Outlets at the Arches Tanger Outlets Riverhead Walt Whitman Shops Wheatley Plaza Hudson Valley City Center at White Plains Cross County Shopping Center Galleria at Crystal Run Jefferson Valley Mall Hudson Valley Mall Newburgh Mall Palisades Center Poughkeepsie Galleria The Shops at Nanuet The Source at White Plains The Westchester Ridge Hill Mall Woodbury Common Premium Outlets New Jersey American Dream Meadowlands Bridgewater Commons Center City Mall Elizabeth Center Fashion Center Forrestal Village Freehold Raceway Mall Garden State Plaza The Grove at Shrewsbury Jersey Shore Premium Outlets Ledgewood Mall Livingston Mall The Mall at Mill Creek The Mall at Short Hills The Mills at Jersey Gardens Manalapan EpiCentre MarketFair Mall Menlo Park Mall Monmouth Mall Seacourt Pavilion Newport Centre Ocean County Mall The Outlets at Bergen Town Center Paramus Park Pier Village The Plaza at Harmon Meadow Princeton Shopping Center Quaker Bridge Mall Rockaway Townsquare The Shops at Riverside Willowbrook Mall Woodbridge Center Connecticut Brass Mill Center Connecticut Post Mall Danbury Fair Hawley Lane Mall The SoNo Collection Stamford Town Center Westfield Meriden Westfield Trumbull Pennsylvania Stroud Mall Defunct Brunswick Square Dutchess Mall Galleria at White Plains Phillipsburg Mall Pier 17 Pavilion Seaview Square Mall South Hills Mall The Mall at the World Trade Center Wayne Towne Center Canceled New Haven Galleria North Haven Mall This article about a building or structure in New Jersey is a stub. 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