Chesapeake Square

Chesapeake Square is a 717,282 square feet (66,637.7 m2) regional mall in Chesapeake, Virginia, in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The mall was developed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation. The mall's anchors at the time of its 1989 opening were JCPenney, Sears, Hess's, and Leggett.

Chesapeake Square Mall
Entrance to Chesapeake Square Mall, June 2012
LocationChesapeake, Virginia
Coordinates36°49′36.3″N 76°24′52.8″W
Opening date1989
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
OwnerKotarides Holdings, LLC.
No. of stores and services76
No. of anchor tenants6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area717,282 square feet (66,637.7 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Parking2,000
Websitechesapeakesquare.com

The mall has approximately 70 stores, four anchors (Burlington Coat Factory, Cinemark Theatres, JCPenney, and Target), several eateries at the mall's food court including one restaurant: Big Woody's (located at the mall's main entry).

The mall was previously owned by Simon Property Group until it spun off numerous properties to Washington Prime Group in 2014.[2] During March 2016, Jones Lang LaSalle owned and managed the property until Virginia Beach-based Kotarides acquired the mall for $12.9 million in February 2018.[3][4]

History

The mall was built and opened in October 1989 in former forest and swamp land of the Western Branch section of Chesapeake. Later, the business district grew with two other shopping centers including the adjacent "Chesapeake Center" as well as "The Crossroads at Chesapeake Square" across the street.

After Montgomery Ward, which opened in 1992, closed in 2001, its building was expanded for use by Target.[5]

On May 9, 2009, it was reported that Dillard's shuttered their Chesapeake Square Mall locations in 2009 along with four other undisclosed locations.[6] On July 27, 2009, Dillard's announced that it will close the two Chesapeake Square locations, laying off or transferring 45 employees. Early September 2009, the Men's building (originally Leggett until 1996, later Belk until 1998) had closed and items were moved to the Women's building (originally Hess's until 1993, later Proffitt's until 1997) until September 23 in which the store had closed as well.

Announced in May 2010, Burlington Coat Factory replaced the former Dillard's Men's building in October 2010.[7] The new store opened on September 24, 2010.

On November 12, 2010, the mall announced that the Cinemark movie theater moved to the former Dillard's Women/Hess's anchor space in with possible lifestyle stores and restaurants.[8] The theater has stadium seating with twelve screens, including an Extreme Digital (XD) auditorium and opened at December 16, 2011.[1] As of December 2017, the old Cinemark building has been demolished.

Sears announced the closure of its Chesapeake Square store in late 2014.[9]

Macy's, which opened as Hecht's in 1999, announced the closing of its store by early 2016. This leaves JCPenney as the last original anchor since the mall's opening.

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Virginia Beach-based developer purchases Chesapeake Square Mall". WVEC. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  4. Squires, Paula C. (2018-02-22). "Kotarides Holdings acquires Chesapeake Square Mall for $12.9 million". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  5. "AML - support.gale". www.accessmylibrary.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. Brown, Josh. "Dillard's may close store in Chesapeake Square Mall". Hamptonroads.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. Shapiro, Carolyn. "Burlington Coat Factory to move into Chesapeake Square". Hamptonroads.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. Rostami, Marjon. "Coming soon: A new Chesapeake Square movie theater". Hamptonroads.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  9. "Chesapeake Square Sears to close in mid-January". Wtkr.com. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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