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Location
  
Fairfax, Virginia

Management
  
Taubman Centers

No. of anchor tenants
  
5

Total retail floor area
  
15 ha

Number of anchor tenants
  
5

Developer
  
A. Alfred Taubman

No. of stores and services
  
170+

Opened
  
31 July 1980

Phone
  
+1 703-359-8300

Owner
  
Taubman Centers

Opening date
  
July 31, 1980 (1980-07-31)

Address
  
11750 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Saturday10AM–9:30PMSunday11AM–6PMMonday10AM–9:30PMTuesday10AM–9:30PMWednesday10AM–9:30PMThursday10AM–9:30PMFriday10AM–9:30PM

Similar
  
Tysons Corner Center, Dulles Town Center, Potomac Mills, Springfield Town Center, Children's Science Center Lab

Profiles

Fair oaks mall in fairfax virginia may 25 2015


Fair Oaks Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Fairfax, Virginia. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 66 and U.S. Route 50. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 1,565,000 sq ft (145,400 m2). Its anchor stores are J. C. Penney, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Macy's Furniture Gallery and Sears.

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In August 2007 it was announced by Taubman Centers that preliminary plans were in the works to expand the mall by 34%.

From 2013 through 2014 Fair Oaks Mall underwent a renovation of the common areas of the mall. The five entrances to the mall were completely renovated, and a grand entrance was built on the north side of the mall along Route 50. The interior was updated with new floor tile, seating areas, technology tables, lighting, furniture, Michael & Son Fun Zone and customer service desk.

In June 2016 the restaurant Kona Grill opened, bringing the total sit-down restaurants offered to seven, including Cheesecake Factory, Brio Tuscan Grille, Texas de Brazil, On the Border, Luciano's and Sushi On.

Sears at fair oaks mall abandoned


History

Fair Oaks Mall officially opened on July 31, 1980. The 1,400,000-square-foot (130,000 m2) mall, developed by the Taubman Company, opened in the midst of a recession, with only four of six anchor stores in operation (Hecht's, JCPenney, Sears, and Woodward & Lothrop) and 15 other storefronts occupied, leaving three fourths of the storefronts empty. The two remaining anchors opened shortly after: Garfinckel's on August 21, 1980, and Lord & Taylor in spring 1981. Developers expected 60 to be occupied by the Christmas season and 100 by the following year. Upon opening, it was the largest mall in the Washington, D.C., area. It included the first suburban Washington location of the British homegoods store Conran's.

In 1982, the Fair Oaks Mall was one of the first sites used by Sears as part of its effort to offer financial services to customers, including stocks, bonds, insurance and real estate, from its Dean Witter, Allstate and Coldwell Banker subsidiaries.

In 1987, the mall's owners attempted to evict Garfinckel's and a related company, Raleigh Stores Holding, Inc., claiming that the store owners had not received the landlord's permission to assign the lease after Allied Stores divested some lines of business. The Garfinckel's chain went out of business in 1990, and Woodward & Lothrop used the space as an auxiliary store for home furnishings. After Woodward & Lothrop went out of business, the space became a Mastercraft furniture store, and then XXI Forever in 2008.

In 1988, seeking to reach out to a broader range of patrons, the Fairfax library system opened a 10,000-volume branch at the Fair Oaks Mall. The mall also contains a Virginia DMV customer service center.

Fairfax Corner, a planned lifestyle center, opened in 2004 just south of Fair Oaks.

Anchors

  • J.C. Penney (257,000 square feet)
  • Lord & Taylor (127,000 square feet)
  • Macy's Furniture Gallery (226,000 square feet)
  • Macy's (215,000 square feet)
  • Sears (121,000 square feet)
  • References

    Fair Oaks Mall Wikipedia