Chesterfield Towne Center
| Location | Chesterfield County, VA |
|---|---|
| Address | 11500 Midlothian Turnpike |
| Opening date | 1975 |
| Developer | ? |
| Owner | Macerich |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,019,193 square feet[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | www.chesterfieldcenter.com/ |
Chesterfield Towne Center is an enclosed shopping mall in Richmond, Virginia. It opened in 1975 and features five anchor stores: Garden Ridge, JCPenney, Macy's, Sears and a combination TJ Maxx/HomeGoods.
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[edit] History
Chesterfield Mall, as it was originally known, opened in 1975. Its sole original anchor was Miller & Rhoads, which became Hecht's in 1989 and is now Macy's. During the mall's initial years, traffic was sluggish, leading some to refer to it as the "Chesterfield Morgue." [3]
In 1987, the mall underwent a major renovation and expansion, adding the Hess's and Leggett-Belk anchors, a food court, a 9 screen movie theater, and the long corridor parallel to Mall Drive. [4] The mall was renamed "Chesterfield Towne Center." It began using a diamond and palm theme, and focused on attracting a more upscale customer.
Hess's closed both of its Richmond stores in 1993, selling both to Proffitt's.[5] Three years later, the store was sold again to Dillard's.[6]
In 1997, Sears opened a store at the mall, followed by JCPenney in 2001, as retailers began to flee nearby Cloverleaf Mall. Meanwhile, the Leggett-Belk store was traded to Dillards, who kept it open as a second location at the mall. [7] Hecht's also completed a modest addition during this period. Soon, Chesterfield Towne Center was the largest mall in Richmond.
In May 2008, both of the Dillard's stores closed. A Barnes & Noble bookstore filled the space left vacant by the the mall's theater complex in June 2008, relocating from a freestanding store across Huguenot Road. [8] The mall also reworked its food court facade to show off the bookstore and a Red Robin, and renovated the North Entrance.
In November 2010, the former Leggett/Belk/Dillard's was replaced with Garden Ridge, and the former Hess's/Dillard's became a combination TJ Maxx/HomeGoods store in 2011.[9] These openings began a series of store openings and renovations in 2011, including renovations to American Eagle Outfitters and Old Navy, and a new Rue 21 store.[10]
[edit] Stores
Chesterfield Towne Center has a wide selection of different stores, and stands as the second largest mall in the Richmond area, at 1,019,193 square feet. Only Short Pump Town Center is bigger, at 1,300,000 square feet. Dillard's, which has seen a steep decline in profit recently, has closed many of it's stores, and this includes the stores at Chesterfield Towne Center, and Virginia Center Commons. Chesterfield replaced it's two former Dillard's with Garden Ridge and a HomeGoods/T.J. Maxx combo store, while Virginia Center Commons has replaced it's Dillard's space with a Burlington Coat Factory. Chesterfield also has a Barnes & Noble, J.C. Penney, Macy's, and Sears as anchors.
[edit] See also
- Regency Square
- Short Pump Town Center
- Southpark Mall (Colonial Heights)
- Stony Point Fashion Park
- Virginia Center Commons
[edit] References
- ^ "Error: no
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- ^ http://m.styleweekly.com/gyrobase/the-malls-last-stand/Content?oid=1636102&showFullText=true
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ZCJUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chesterfield+Towne+Center%22+%22miller%22&dq=%22Chesterfield+Towne+Center%22+%22miller%22&hl=en&ei=aS40ToYU5t7RAfj0wJoM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF6D3EC449EC4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18971118.html
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=hCdPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chesterfield+Towne+Center%22+%22belk%22&dq=%22Chesterfield+Towne+Center%22+%22belk%22&hl=en&ei=cCw0TpqfIOfx0gHAksXsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA
- ^ http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/chesterfield-towne-center-is-getting-a-new-look/
- ^ http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/1164119-t-j-maxx-homegoods-combo-store-opens-in-chesterfield
- ^ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/07/19/new-retailers-coming-to-chesterfield-towne-center/
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