Springfield Mall (Virginia)
Interior of the Springfield Town Center, second level
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| Location | Springfield, Virginia, United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°46′28″N 77°10′30″W / 38.774558°N 77.1749812°WCoordinates: 38°46′28″N 77°10′30″W / 38.774558°N 77.1749812°W |
| Address | 6500 Springfield Mall, Springfield, VA, 22150 |
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1973 (as Springfield Mall) 2014 (as Springfield 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) |
1973 (as Springfield Mall)
Springfield Town Center is an 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. 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),Garfinckel's (later Sports Authority), J.C. Penney, and Montgomery Ward (later Target). Macy's was added in 1991.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the JCPenney store at the mall on November 11, 1985, during their famous American tour. 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. The mall also experienced two gang-related stabbings in 2005, a fatal shooting in December 2007, and a fatal carjacking in September 2008.
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