 The mall opened on November 14, 1957 with great fanfare, as Dave Garroway, host of "The Today Show" served as master of ceremonies.Bergen Mall got its second anchor when a Ohrbach's location opened on August 17, 1967.In July 1972, the owners of the Bergen Mall announced that they would begin converting the facility from an outdoor shopping plaza with a vast number of stores to an enclosed structure with all of these stores operating under one roof; the new mall would be anchored by Stern's at one end of the enclosed structure and Ohrbach's at the other.