MacArthur Center
Operated by the Taubman Company, and owned by the city of Norfolk, Virginia, MacArthur Center is the premier upscale shopping center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Located in the heart of Norfolk, this 1.1 million square foot structure is adjacent to the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial. The center is anchored by Nordstrom and Dillard’s department stores, with space for a third major anchor tenant. There are 400,000 square feet of mall tenant shops and 100,000 square feet of food and entertainment offerings. In addition to the three-story mall, two 5 level parking decks are provided accommodating 4,000 cars.
The 140-store mall opened with great fanfare in March 1999, making downtown Norfolk a prime shoppers destination, with the region's first Nordstrom department store anchor. MacArthur Center was originally compared to other downtown malls, such as Baltimore's Harborplace, Indianapolis' Circle Centre Mall, Atlanta's Lenox Square Mall and most comparably to The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City near Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Virginia.