MALLS: The Malls of Hampton Roads, Virginia

My home region of Hampton Roads, Virginia (aka Tidewater, Coastal Virginia, 7 Cities) has a good amount of shopping destinations, including 7 indoor malls, 3 major town centers and 2 current outlet malls (including one currently in development). They are my babies. The malls & town centers range from 70-170 stores and all but one mall has at least 80% of its stores occupied, meaning that the malls are in good standing. In the near future, EACH SHOPPING CENTER will have their own blog post, in which I will go in depth on the stores, mall size, and history of each shopping center.

To my dead mall lovers, there are also a few former malls at the end of the post, which each center will also be covered at a later time.

MALLS (Note: Multi-plex movie theaters do count as an anchor for this post):

Chesapeake Square
Anchors: 6 (Burlington, Cinemark XD 12, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears, Target)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 760,000 sq.ft.
Opened: October 1989
Owner: WP Glimcer (Managed/flagged by Simon Property Group)
Stores: 95 
Website: www.simon.com/mall/chesapeake-square

The Gallery at Military Circle
Anchors: 2 out of 5 (Cinemark 18 & Macy's. Doubletree Hotel, Sears & JCPenney have closed between 2009-2014)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 963,000 sq.ft. (Including closed anchors)
Opened: 1970
Owner: Thor Equities
Stores: 90- (30% vacancy rate)
Website: www.galleryatmilitarycircle.com

Greenbrier Mall
Anchors: 4 (Dillard's JCPenney, Macy's, Sears)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 899,101 sq.ft.
Opened: October 7, 1981
Owner: CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Stores: 109 
Website: www.greenbriermall.com

Lynnhaven Mall
Anchors: 4 (AMC 18, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 1,248,553 sq.ft.
Opened: 1981
Owner: General Growth Properties (GGP)
Stores: 150 
Website: www.lynnhavenmall.com

MacArthur Center
Anchors: 3 (Dillard's, Nordstrom, Regal Cinemas 18)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 932,000 sq.ft.
Opened: March 12, 1999
Owner:  Starwood Retail Partners (Built & formerly owned by Taubman)
Stores: 130+ 
Website: www.shopmacarthur.com

Patrick Henry Mall
Anchors: 5 (Dick's, Dillard's, Forever 21, JCPenney & Macy's)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 715,200 sq.ft.
Opened: 1987
Owner: Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT)
Stores: 105
Website: shoppatrickhenrymall.com

Pembroke Mall
Anchors: 3 (Kohl's, Sears, Target)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 638,676 sq.ft.
Opened: March 1966
Owner: Pembroke Square Associates/Madison Marquette
Stores: 56
Anchors: 3
Website: www.pembrokemall.com

TOWN CENTERS:

City Center at Oyster Point
Anchor: Paragon 12 Cinemas (Opened May 2014)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size:
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Opened: 2002
Owner: Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate
Stores: 40+
Website: citycenteratoysterpoint.com

Peninsula Town Center
Anchors: 4 (CineBistro, JCPenney, Macy's, Target)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 1,100,000 sq.ft.
Location: Hampton, Virginia
Opened: March 2010
Owner: Tabani Group as of October 3, 2014 (Formerly owned and developed by Steiner & Olshan Mall Properties)
Stores: 70+
Website: peninsulatowncenter.com

Town Center at Virginia Beach
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size:
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Opened: 2002
Owner: Armada Hoffler
Stores: 50+
Website: www.vabeachtowncenter.com

OUTLET MALLS:

Norfolk Premium Outlets
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 350,000 sq.ft.
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Opening: Fall 2016
Owner: Simon Property Group
Stores: 90+
Website: Property Fact Sheet--Website Coming Soon

Williamsburg Premium Outlets
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 522,000 sq.ft.
Opened: 1988
Owner: Simon Property Group 
Stores: 135
Website: www.premiumoutlets.com/williamsburg


FORMER MALLS:

Coliseum Mall
Anchors: 5
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 1,100,000 sq.ft.
Location: Hampton, Virgnia
Opened-Closed: 1973-MLK Day 2007
Owned: Mall Properties Inc. (Now named Olshan Properties)
Replacement: Peninsula Town Center
Stores: 120

Newmarket North Mall/Newmarket Fair
Anchors: Sears (Still in operation)
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 900,000 sq.ft.
Location: Hampton, Virginia (near the border of Newport News, Virginia)
Opened: 1975
Owned: Hahn Co., then Goodman Seger Hogan
Replacement: The Offices at NetCenter using existing building structure
Stores: Sears, Miller & Rhoads, Leggett

Tower Mall
Anchors: Bradlee's, Hess's, Miller & Rhodes, Montgomery Ward 
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size:
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Opened-Closed: 1973-2001
Owner:
Replacement: Victory Crossing Shopping Center
Stores:

The Williamsburg Outlet Mall
Location: Lightfoot, Virginia
Gross Leasing Area/Mall's size: 250,000 sq.ft.
Opened-Closed: 1983 (possibly originally named Outlets, Ltd.)-December 31, 2013
Owner:
Replacement: A Harris-Teeter anchored shopping center
Stores: 60 at its peak

WORKS CITED:
The State of Hampton Roads' Malls (Virginian Pilot)
mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/Norfolk-VirginiaBeachMalls
sickmalls.wordpress.com/category/newmarket-fair-mall/