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Opening date
  
1991

No. of anchor tenants
  
4

No. of floors
  
1

Phone
  
+1 804-266-9000

No. of stores and services
  
100

Total retail floor area
  
775,000 square feet

Opened
  
1991

Virginia Center Commons

Location
  
Glen Allen, Virginia, USA

Address
  
10101 Brook Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059, USA

Hours
  
Closing soon · 10AM–9PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday12–6PMSuggest an edit

Owners
  
Simon Property Group, Washington Prime Group

Similar
  
Short Pump Town Ce, Chesterfield Towne Center, Southpark Mall, Stony Point Fashion Park, The Shops at Willow Lawn

Profiles

Walk through of virginia center commons mall interior in glen allen va


Virginia Center Commons (VCC) is the Richmond area's third newest mall and the last to be built indoors to date (opened 1991). It is located in northern Henrico County along U.S. Route 1 near the intersection of Interstate 295. VCC is the closest mall to many parts of the Richmond region, such as Mechanicsville, Ashland, and the city of Richmond's North Side. Its anchor stores are J. C. Penney, Sears, Burlington Coat Factory, and American Family Fitness.

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History

When VCC first opened, it siphoned off a significant amount of business from 3 other area malls: Azalea Mall, Fairfield Commons (formerly Eastgate Mall) and Willow Lawn. In the case of Azalea Mall, it took enough business away to relegate that mall to "dead mall" status and Azalea Mall was subsequently closed and demolished. It took the Sears anchor away from Fairfield Commons and sent it almost to the same point. That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall. It also took the JC Penney anchor away from Willow Lawn and led Willow Lawn to eventually reposition itself as more of a community shopping center than a regional shopping destination.

Stores

Among the mall's original anchor stores were Proffitt's and Leggett, a division of Belk. These stores both became Dillard's in 1997 and 1998, respectively. In 2011, Dillard's closed the former Proffitt's store, which became a Burlington Coat Factory, and downgraded the former Leggett to an outlet store before closing it later in 2011. The former Leggett is now occupied by American Family Fitness.

As part of a nationwide closing of 36 stores, Macy's has closed its former Hecht's store at Virginia Center Commons in spring 2016.

References

Virginia Center Commons Wikipedia