Opened in 2007. A "pedestrian-friendly village". The focal point of Garden State Park is the 285,000 square foot Towne Place featuring the nation’s top of the line retailers and restaurants, including Barnes & Noble, The Cheesecake Factory, Brio, Talbot’s, J. Jill and other industry leaders. Towne Place is further supported by the 530,000 square foot Market Place including, Wegman’s, among several others. The towne place essentially provides Cherry Hill with its first ever "downtown" environment. This site used to be occupied by the former Garden State Race Track, which closed in 2001.