Springfield Town Center
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Interior of the Springfield Town Center, second level
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Location | Springfield, Virginia, United States |
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Address | 6500 Springfield Mall, Springfield, VA, 22150 |
Opening date | 1973 (Original mall) 2014 (Town Center) |
Developer | Arthur M. Fischer Inc. and Franconia Associates |
Management | PREIT |
Owner | PREIT |
No. of stores and services | 250+ at peak |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2) |
No. of floors | 2 of retail |
Parking | 8,100 parking spaces (2 four-level parking garages plus uncovered lots) |
Springfield Town Center is a shopping center in Springfield, Virginia. It opened in 1973 as Springfield Mall, an enclosed shopping mall, which closed on June 30, 2012 as part of a multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan to turn it into a multifaceted "Town Center"-style shopping center with a main indoor area similar to the nearby Tysons Corner Center and Dulles Town Center, while transforming the exterior into a pedestrian friendly environment with restaurants with cafe style outdoor seating and entrances.[1] It is located at the intersection of Interstate 95 and Franconia Road (Route 644), which is part of the Springfield Interchange, 1/4 mile north of Franconia-Springfield Parkway (State Route 289) and the Franconia-Springfield Metro station. The mall reopened on October 17, 2014 following its two-year renovation.
Original anchors were Lansburgh's (later E.J. Korvette),[2][3] Garfinckel's (later Sports Authority), J.C. Penney, and Montgomery Ward (later Target). Macy's was added in 1991.[4]
Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the JCPenney store at the mall on November 11, 1985, during their famous American tour.[5] However, the mall's fortunes declined in the 1990s and 2000s. Its DMV office was where Hani Hanjour and Khalid al-Mihdhar, two of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks, illegally obtained state identification.[6] The mall also experienced two gang-related stabbings in 2005,[7] a fatal shooting in December 2007,[8] and a fatal carjacking in September 2008.[9]
One of the largest malls in Northern Virginia, it was owned and operated by Vornado Realty Trust. In 2005, Vornado purchased an option valued at $36 million to buy the mall from the previous owners Franconia Two LP.[10] In early 2006, Vornado purchased the mall for an additional $80 million along with plans to redevelop.[11]
In March 2012, Vornado announced plans to close all but the three anchor stores starting on July 1, ahead of the two-year renovation and redevelopment, which is part of a decade-long plan intended to turn the Mall and its surrounding area into the new Springfield Town Center.[12] Springfield Town Center re-opened as scheduled on October 17, 2014.[13][14]
In March 2014, Vornado announced plans to sell Springfield Town Center to Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust for $465 million, with the deal slated to close in March 2015.[15]
References
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