Military Circle Mall
| Location | Norfolk, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Address | 880 N. Military Hwy. |
| Opening date | 1970 |
| Developer | Harvey Lindsay Jr. |
| Management | The Woodmont Company |
| Owner | Torchlight Investors |
| No. of stores and services | 68 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 963,000 square feet (GLA) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://shopmilitarycirclemall.com/ |
Military Circle Mall, known as The Gallery at Military Circle Mall from 2002 to 2015, is an enclosed shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia. Opened in 1970, it lost three anchors in the 2010s: Sears, JCPenney, and Macy's. It now features Ross Dress for Less and a Cinemark multiplex movie theater. In October 2016 the Virginia Beach City Council rejected plans for an oceanfront arena. This vote triggered discussions for the Military Circle area to include the construction of a 20,000 seat multi purpose arena.
Military Circle Mall opened in 1970, developed by Harvey Lindsay Jr. Original tenants included J.B. Hunter (later Thalhimers), JCPenney, Smith & Welton, and Leggett (a division of Belk), a Sheraton hotel, and a 6-screen AMC Theatres multiplex. Thalhimer's became Hecht's in 1992, and Macy's in 2006. Smith & Welton closed in 1990. Renovations in 1996 included the addition of skylights in the concourses, new entrances and a 600-seat food court. AMC Theaters, located in the middle of the mall, closed in the mid-90s; a Cinemark multiplex opened a few years later in a different section of the mall.
In 1998, Belk vacated the former Leggett building. A year later, then-owner Urban Retail began a renovation of the center, which included the addition of a Sears in the former Smith & Welton space, returning Sears to Norfolk after its previous store in the city closed in 1993. In 2000, an 18-screen Cinemark movie theater also opened on the site of the former Leggett/Belk.Thor Equities bought the mall in 2002 and renamed it The Gallery at Military Circle while continuing mall-wide renovation.Ross Dress for Less opened in 2004, taking space previously occupied by a McCrory dime store. A DoubleTree hotel, which had taken the former space of the Sheraton, closed about 2009 and has not reopened.KB Toys filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2009, followed soon by the closing of Suncoast, and Waldenbooks stores.
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